Interviews
“Ich bin stolz auf die Dämonisierung” – Deutsche Welle
, 29/01/2019
In der Finanzkrise zog er den Zorn europäischer Sparpolitiker und heimischer Eliten auf sich. Jetzt will Yanis Varoufakis selbst nach Brüssel. Im Interview mit der Deutschen Welle spricht er über seine Vision für die EU. Als Finanzminister Griechenlands verhandelte Yanis Varoufakis während der Finankrise 2015 – ohne Erfolg. Nach seinem Rücktritt gründete der Ökonom die paneuropäische […]
Mrs Merkel’s Athens visit, her fall from grace and Greece’s demand for war reparations – on BBC Radio 4
, 12/01/2019
Over the past two days, Mrs Merkel was in Athens on a victory lap to celebrate her successful subjugation of the Syriza government and the subsequent extension of the Greeks’ debt bondage. Nevertheless, even this subservient Greek government managed to upset her victory lap by mentioning the… war and the reparations the Greeks will continue to demand for the […]
At the Edinburgh Festival, in conversation with Jeremy Corbyn on reviving socialism, with Maria Alyokhina (Pussy Riot) on despotism, and with Shami Chakrabarti on liberty
, 08/01/2019
In 2018, the good people behind the Edinburgh Festival kindly invited me to host a series of discussions under the title KILLING DEMOCRACY? My remit was: Further to explore the question of whether the current form of financialised capitalism is devouring democracy, reflecting on my work with the Democracy in Europe Movement (DiEM25). In a series […]
Realistic Utopias versus Dystopic Realities – Oxford University, Taylor Lecture, 12/2/2019
, 22/12/2018
The Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, Oxford University, kindly invited me to deliver the 2019 Taylor Lecture on 12th February 2019. In my book was addressed to my daughter regarding the economy I tried to offer her a simple, though not simplistic, account on how capitalism works and how it fails. Critics, correctly, pointed out that the book’s […]
Talking Brexit, Bernie and Left Internationalism with Yanis Varoufakis – VICE
, 22/12/2018
Varoufakis talks to us about what he’s planning with the veteran US politician, why Jeremy Corbyn has been slow to support his campaigning efforts in Europe, and whether it’s possible for the UK to “remain and reform” inside the EU. VICE: Can you start by telling me about your trip over to the US. What […]
Καλωσορίζοντας την Σοφία Σακοράφα στο ΜέΡΑ25
, 20/12/2018
Χτες, 19η Δεκεμβρίου 2018, καλωσορίσαμε στο ΜέΡΑ25 την ευρωβουλευτή, φίλη και συνοδοιπόρο Σοφία Σακοράφα – τόσο ως μέλος του κόμματος όσο και ως μέλος της Πολιτικής Γραμματείας. Ακολουθεί το κείμενο της ομιλίας μου κατά την διάρκεια της Συνέντευξης Τύπου: Το 2018 σημαδεύτηκε με την προσπάθεια του Μνημονιακού Τόξου να περάσει το Οργουελιανής έμπνευσης αφήγημα περί […]
Launch of Generation-s & European Spring in Paris, 6 DEC 2018
, 14/12/2018
Onwards with DiEM25-Generation-s-EUROPEAN SPRING and our New Deal for Europe
“Why we need a Progressive International”. With Christiane Amanpour on CNN Int
, 14/12/2018
Western democracies in chaos: In the face of divisive nationalist movements, DiEM25 co-founder and former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis wants the world’s progressives to fight for democratic rights and an International Green New Deal. Here he explains why. Source: CNN
Η Προοδευτική Διεθνής είναι εδώ. Εντάξου!
, 10/12/2018
Μια ολομέτωπη επίθεση έχει εξαπολυθεί εναντίον της εργατικής τάξης, του περιβάλλοντος, της Δημοκρατίας, της ανθρώπινης αξιοπρέπειας. Ένα παγκόσμιο δίκτυο ακροδεξιών μορφωμάτων εξαπλώνεται διεθνώς, υπονομεύοντας τα ανθρώπινα δικαιώματα, καταπιέζοντας τις αντίθετες απόψεις, προωθώντας τη μισαλλοδοξία. Η ανθρωπότητα έχει εισέλθει σε βαθιά υπαρξιακή κρίση που όμοια της έχει να βιώσει από τη δεκαετία του ‘30. Για να ηττηθεί αυτή η ακροδεξιά […]
The Progressive International has been launched. Read the Open Call. See the video. Join us!
, 01/12/2018
A global war is being waged against workers, against our environment, against democracy, against decency. A network of right-wing factions is spreading across borders working to erode human rights, silence dissent, and promote intolerance. To defeat this new Nationalist International, we cannot simply go back to the failed status quo. Unfettered globalization promised peace and prosperity. But it delivered financial […]
TIME magazine’s report on DiEM25’s German party campaign for the European Parliament, and my candidacy in Germany
, 27/11/2018
On Sunday morning, the former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis picked up a microphone in Berlin, the German capital where, three years ago, high-stakes negotiations with E.U. leaders culminated in his resignation. Varoufakis, 57, knows many Germans still blame him and his country for the European debt crisis. But on stage in Berlin, next to a banner […]
My candidacy in Germany for the European Parliament – Press Conference speech
, 26/11/2018
Germany is experiencing a paradoxical crisis. Germany is, on paper, flooded by… money. The federal government is in surplus. A tsunami of foreign money is flooding German banks. Families are saving. And even corporations hoard huge amounts of savings. So, why is the political centre not holding? Why are the major parties bleeding? Why is […]
“The EU declared war and Theresa May played along” – Interview in The NewStatesman
, 23/11/2018
In 2016, shortly before the EU referendum, Yanis Varoufakis warned that the UK was destined for a “Hotel California Brexit”: it could check out but it could never leave. The former Greek finance minister spoke from experience. In 2015, his efforts to end austerity – “fiscal waterboarding” – were thwarted by the EU (a struggle […]
The euro and Steve Bannon’s Fascist International – Oxford Union address, video & audio 16th November 2018
, 16/11/2018
On 17th October 2018, Valdis Dombrovskis, Vice President of the European Commission, addressed the Oxford Union in support of the motion that “the euro has never been stronger“. Today, Friday 16th November 2018, Steve Bannon is addressing the Oxford Union also. In between, on Wednesday 14th November 2018, I had the opportunity to also address […]
Behind the closed doors of negotiations with the EU? – The Guardian podcast, November 2018
, 10/11/2018
As the Brexit negotiations near crunch point, Theresa May is still battling to keep her party on side as she edges closer to a deal with Brussels. But is it possible to take on the EU in negotiations and win? One man who staked his political career on trying just that was the former Greek finance minister Yanis […]
DiEM25’s radical Europeanist political agenda – Interviewed by Jacobin’s David Broder
, 03/11/2018
Last Friday, Yanis Varoufakis was in Italy to promote European Spring, a list of candidates standing across the continent in next May’s European election. The former Greek finance minister visited Rome just days after the European Commission had struck down the Italian government’s budget, sparking further rows over Brussels’ authority to curb member states’ spending. […]
DiEM25 will contest the European Parliament elections in Italy – Press Conference announcement, Rome, 26th OCT 2018
, 28/10/2018
Ladies and Gentlemen, we are here because Italy is being torn by two destructive forces: Brussels and Salvini. By the failed establishment of Renzi-Merkel-Juncker-Moscovici and by the reckless, racist anti-European Salvini project. Tragically, Brussels and Salvini are working very well together against the interests of Italians in particular and of Europeans in general. […]
On Europe’s austerity drive and DiEM25 – an OECD podcast
, 15/10/2018
One country that symbolised the crisis of the last 10 years was Greece. Its insolvency embarked the country on a long regime of bail-outs and austerity. This August, Greece officially emerged from the crisis, with the OECD forecasting GDP growth again. So, did the austerity work? The former Greek finance minister and co-founder of the […]