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The six Brexit traps that will defeat Theresa May – Guardian op-ed 3 May 2017
, 03/05/2017
“It’s yours against mine.” That’s how Wolfgang Schäuble, Germany’s finance minister, put it to me during our first encounter in early 2015 – referring to our respective democratic mandates. A little more than two years later, Theresa May is trying to arm herself with a clear democratic mandate ostensibly to bolster her negotiating position with European powerbrokers – […]
Why we support Macron in the second round – op-ed in Le Monde (English original) and DiEM25 France in Mediapart
, 02/05/2017
In today’s Le Monde I call upon French progressives to vote for Macron in the second round of France’s Presidential election. The article explains my recommendation to French voters and finishes off with the following promise to Emmanuel: “I shall mobilise fully to help you beat Le Pen with the same strength that I shall […]
On Theresa May’s EU negotiating tactics – BBC Radio 4 World at One, 2nd May 2017
, 02/05/2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glQaXrWgV-U&feature=youtu.be
Daily Telegraph’s serialisation of Adults in the Room
, 29/04/2017
Prior to the publication of my ADULTS IN THE ROOM, the Daily Telegraph serialised ten of the events the book turns on: A strange visit by Merkel’s go-between The blocked Chinese deal The key Berlin meeting Osborne meeting Tapped phone calls Coup d’état: How the government overthrew the… voters Dressing with dash: The story of that leather jacket The […]
DiEM25’s position paper on why we supported Macron in the second round – Mediapart
, 28/04/2017
Pour faire opposition à Le Pen, DiEM25 appelle à voter Macron 28 AVR. 2017 PAR LES INVITÉS DE MEDIAPART ÉDITION : LES INVITÉS DE MEDIAPART Le Mouvement pour la démocratie en Europe DiEM25, mouvement politique pan-européen lancé en 2015 par l’ancien ministre des Finances grec Yanis Varoufakis, appelle à faire barrage à l’extrême droite « […]
Ecuador has much to teach us in the Eurozone
, 27/04/2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ooX3I_mwjE
A message from DiEM25 Barcelona – The European Revolution Starts with You
, 13/04/2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EiTE47CoXo
DiEM25 practises democracy internally, before preaching it… The case of the French Presidential elections
, 05/04/2017
DiEM25 practises democracy at home before preaching it! Like other campaigns and elections (e.g. the referenda in the UK and Italy), DiEM25’s position is decided by means of a comprehensive internal debate and a vote involving all DiEM25ers – even those who live in Latin America or the United States (yes, we have an ideological […]
DiEM25’s Rome 25th March 2017 Launch of the European New Deal – from Teatro Italia
, 03/04/2017
On 25th March 2017, as Europe’s leaders gathered in Rome to celebrate the… disintegration of the EU, DiEM25 was there, at Teatro Italia, launching our major Policy Paper The European New Deal – a comprehensive economic and social policy agenda, applicable to the whole of Europe (not just the EU), by which to save Europe […]
Europe’s Illiberal Establishment – Project Syndicate op-ed
, 03/04/2017
ATHENS – On March 25, Europe’s leaders convened in the birthplace of the “European project” to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome. But what exactly was there to celebrate? Were they reveling in Europe’s disintegration, which they now call “multi-speed” or “variable geometry” Europe? Or were they there to applaud their business-as-usual […]
PM Theresa May has miscalculated – Op-ed in THE MIRROR
, 02/04/2017
Theresa May has miscalculated her Brexit strategy, says the former Greek finance minister who handled his country’s EU negotiations. Yanis Varoufakis, writing exclusively for the Mirror, says the PM’s threat of a “ hard Brexit ” will not make Britain’s departure any easier. Mr Varoufakis said: “By making a hard Brexit the default of the negotiating […]
How does the triggering of article 50 look from Europe? Op-ed, The Guardian
, 02/04/2017
How do I feel now that article 50 has been triggered? I feel sad that so many good people in Britain will feel so disappointed when they realise that Brexit has not helped them “take back their country”. I feel alarmed that, driven by Brexit, EU leaders chose its 60th anniversary, last Saturday, to embrace […]
CNN op-ed following Article 50: The EU cannot survive if it sticks to business as usual
, 02/04/2017
March for a Different Europe in Rome, March 25, 2017. From DiEm25 facebook page. Allowing EU member states to move in different directions and at different speeds is precisely the wrong way to address the differing concerns of Europeans living in different countries – and it seems an odd way to unite them behind a […]
Llevar a las urnas un New Deal Europeo – Spanish version of DiEM25’s Press Conference
, 02/04/2017
The Spanish version of DiEM25’s European New Deal Press Conference follows, courtesy of sinpermiso:En vísperas de la presentación de su New Deal Europeo en Roma, DiEM25 llevó a cabo una rueda de prensa el pasado 24 de marzo en la que Yanis Varoufakis hizo la siguiente declaración antes de una sesión de preguntas y respuestas […]
“Diem25, un movimento per superare il fallimento dell’Europa” – La Repubblica
, 02/04/2017
L’ex ministro dell’Economia greco presenta il suo nuovo progetto politico: “Mi piacerebbe attrarre il maggior numero di democratici di tutti i tipi” di MATTEO PUCCIARELLI MILANO. La crisi greca non è finita, anzi. “Tsipras sta percorrendo un vicolo cieco e lui lo sa benissimo”, assicura l’ex ministro all’Economia greco Yanis Varoufakis. È in Italia per il […]
VAROUFAKIS IL DISOBBEDIENTE
, 02/04/2017
Marzo 2017 LA FINANZA RACCONTATA DALLA SUA SCATOLA NERA Mib 0.45% Il piano del movimento DiEM25 per salvare l’Europa da se stessa: uno European New Deal, con una Banca europea di investimenti dalla quale la Bce comprerebbe i bond, uno European Equity Depository, un Dividendo universale di base al posto del reddito universale. L’ex ministro […]
“DiEM25’s European New Deal demands electoral expression” – Rome Press Conference, 24 March 2017
, 25/03/2017
On the eve of launching its European New Deal policy framework in Rome, DiEM25 held a press conference where Yanis Varoufakis issued the following statement prior to a Q&A session with gathered journalists. With this statement DiEM25 announced its determination to bring the European New Deal policy framework to a ballot box in every corner of Europe.
Congressman Huizenga Introduces Bill to Oppose IMF’s Third Greek Bailout
, 17/03/2017
Anyone who doubted that the IMF is in deep trouble over its inane involvement in the toxic Greek bailout, and Berlin’s policy of extending Greece’s insolvency ad infinitum while the country’s social economy shrinks, should now have no more doubts. Congressman Bill Huizenga (R-MI), a senior member of the House Financial Services Committee, yesterday introduced the IMF […]
The campaign goes on: Did the ECB break the law in closing Greece’s banks? Sign the petition today!
, 14/03/2017
Europe has created a central bank with the exorbitant power to close down a member-state’s banks. This central bank, the ECB, was supposed to be independent of politicians. Except that, as the case with closure of the Greek banks in 2015 proves, no central bank has less independence of politicians operating behind closed doors (e.g. the Eurogroup). This combination […]
Socialising androids – Two Project Syndicate op-eds & one Guardian commentary
, 14/03/2017
Click here for my Project Syndicate op-ed in which I reply to Bill Gates’ proposal for a tax on robots, counter-proposing the idea first canvassed here of a universal basic dividend from a public share trust fund. See also this commentary in The Guardian.
, 14/03/2017
By AnnMarie Welser and Brian Maguire | EURACTIV.com Greece’s economy suffered a new blow, contracting by 1.2% at the end of 2016, according to revised figures released earlier this week. The figures, published by the Greek statistics agency, Elstat, show it was the worst quarter since the summer of 2015, when the European Central Bank […]
Varoufakis and De Masi push for ECB transparency – euobserver
, 08/03/2017
By ALEKSANDRA ERIKSSON BRUSSELS, 8th March 2017
The Guardian on the paperback edition of ‘And the Weak Suffer What They Must?’
, 07/03/2017
Click here for The Guardian site. Or…