Interviews
Démocratiser l’euro! – L'OBS, 8 October 2015
, 08/10/2015
Click here or on the adjacent icon for a pdf of my interview with L’OBS
What to do about Europe? – At the Volksbühne Theatre, Berlin, 6th October 2015
, 08/10/2015
At the legendary Volksbühne Berlin theatre in discussion with Franco „Bifo“ Berardi, Srećko Horvat and Guillaume Paoli
Greece without illusions – op-ed in Project Syndicate
, 05/10/2015
ATHENS – “The costliest minor government reshuffle in Greece’s history.” That is at least one way to describe the result of the Greek general election on September 20. Indeed, with few exceptions, the same ministers have returned to the same offices as part of an administration backed by the same odd pair of parties (the […]
Artists should be feared by the powerful – Keynote closing the 6th Moscow Biennale, 1st October 2015 (audio)
, 04/10/2015
Click above for an audio of my Moscow talk – which RT-tv was broadcasting live until I began to criticise the Putin government…
Entretien exclusif – YANIS VAROUFAKIS sur ECORAMA
, 01/10/2015
Yanis Varoufakis était l’invité de Boursorama mercredi 30 septembre dans l’émission Ecoramaanimée par David Jacquot. L’ancien ministre des Finances grec est revenu sur les coulisses des négociations de cet été, tout en livrant ses opinions sur l’économie française.
Europe revisited – 2hr interview on Mediapart, 25 SEP 2015
, 30/09/2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRH39j3Kmh0#action=share https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-B6PoHgqZUBBC One's Question Time, 24th September 2015 – full program
, 24/09/2015
Yanis Varoufakis, Conservative former Chancellor Ken Clarke, Shadow Leader of the House Chris Bryant (Labour), UKIP’s Suzanne Evans and columnist/commentator Julia Hartley Brewer. See here for a review of the program by The Guardian.
Il Fatto Quotidiano interview on M. Renzi's 'comment' & my reply
, 23/09/2015
Italian daily Il Fatto Quotidiano just published an interview with me regarding PN Renzi’s recent comments on my “removal” and my reply to him. Here are is the original Q&A in English.
POLITICO: Interview
, 23/09/2015
VAROUFAKIS TOLD YOU SO By DAVID PATRIKARAKOS ATHENS — Yanis Varoufakis lives in understated elegance. His apartment is spacious and pleasing to the eye. Shelves bulge with books on politics and economics, unsurprising for a university professor who was, until July, Greece’s finance minister. TO READ THE INTERVIEW ON POLITICO’s SITE, CLICK HERE. Or…
Tsipras' triumph vs the impossible task of implementing a program designed to fail – in The Guardian
, 22/09/2015
Alexis Tsipras has snatched resounding victory from the jaws of July’s humiliating surrender to the troika of Greece’s lenders. Defying opposition parties, opinion pollsters and critics within his ranks (including this writer), he held on to government with a reduced, albeit workable, majority. The question is whether he can combine remaining in office with being […]
Paul Krugman on Greece's 3rd MoU: An agreement designed to fail
, 19/09/2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=11&v=aZY-5wp_6IQAddressing the striking staff of London's National Gallery – 14th SEP 2015
, 19/09/2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wY_-Z0HQxYUBack-to-back speeches by Yanis Varoufakis & John McDonnell (audio)
, 16/09/2015
This audio was recorded (apologies for the iffy quality) at the PCS fringe meeting at this year’s TUC Conference in Brighton – Saturday 12th September 2015. A few hours later it was announced that John McDonnell was selected, by Jeremy Corbin, as Shadow Chancellor
On Corbyn, Greece and the UN – Interviewed for RT-tv's UNDERGROUND
, 16/09/2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=1&v=_giZbaZPm94Interview in Corriere Della Sera – 16 SEP 2015
, 16/09/2015
L’ex ministro greco delle Finanze: «Presto ci sarà il lancio ufficiale e una sinistra pan europea capace di offrire una politica alternativa all’austerità» For the Italian version as published in CDS, click here. But beware: The Italian text there is a summary of my answers and, in my view, offers a distorted version of my […]
Britain, Greece & the Struggle for a Decent Future – Emmanuel Centre, London, 14th September 2015
, 15/09/2015
Jump to 1:04:50 for my address
On German Moral Leadership – English version of op-ed in Sunday's FAZ
, 14/09/2015
For the published version in Sunday’s Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung click here. For my original English text read on…
HOW EUROPE CRUSHED GREECE – Yanis Varoufakis' op-ed in the NYT
, 09/09/2015
ATHENS — Since the beginning of Greece’s financial crisis in 2010, two prime ministers have been swept from office after they were forced to adopt an unfeasible package of austerity measures in exchange for a bailout from the troika, as the eurozone authorities — the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary […]
Interviewed, for DW's Conflict Zone, by Tim Sebastian
, 09/09/2015
Click on the picture above to watch the interview
On the state of the European Union – Address at the 41st Forum of The European House-Ambrosetti
, 07/09/2015
In a session entitled ‘Old and New Conflicts and Challenges in the EU’, featuring also Peter Sutherland (FT), Mario Monti and Otmar Issing, I used the unwillingness of the Eurogroup, and the troika, even to consider a document prepared by my (then) ministry (entitled “A Policy Framework for Greece’s Fiscal Consolidation, Recover and Growth“) as a […]
On CNBC discussing Greece and Europe – full transcript, 4th September 2015
, 04/09/2015
First on CNBC Interview: Squawk Box Europe Interview Yanis Varoufakis, former Greek Finance Minister Following are excerpts from the unofficial transcript of a First on CNBC interview with Yanis Varoufakis, former Greek Finance Minister, aired on Friday 4th September on Squawk Box Europe. CLICK HERE FOR THE CNBC SITE OR…
Democratizing the Eurozone – a Project-Syndicate op-ed
, 02/09/2015
ATHENS – Like Macbeth, policymakers tend to commit new sins to cover up their old misdemeanors. And political systems prove their worth by how quickly they put an end to their officials’ serial, mutually reinforcing, policy mistakes. Judged by this standard, the eurozone, comprising 19 established democracies, lags behind the largest non-democratic economy in the […]
Varoufakis on Schäuble – extract from Stephan Lamby's SWR-ADR documentary
, 31/08/2015
Extract from Stephan Lamby’s SWR-ADR documentary Schäuble: Power & Powerlessness in which I discuss our government’s January-June 2015 negotiating experience and aspects of my discussions with Dr Wolfgang Schäuble.