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Germany needs a frank debate – Deutsche Welle op-ed (in English & German)
, 12/09/2017
OPINION Yanis Varoufakis: Germany needs a frank debate The Greek people are paying dearly for having been lulled into a false sense of security, writes former Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis. Germans, he says, are laboring under the same illusion today. Complacency is a country’s worst enemy. My compatriots were, once upon a time, lulled into […]
“Denn sie wissen nicht, was sie tun” – Review of Adults in the Room by Basler Zeitung (in German)
, 29/07/2017
Yanis Varoufakis, der linke Star, erzählt, wie die EU sein Land zu einer Kolonie gemacht hat. Er hat recht von Alpha bis Omega. Yanis Varoufakis, der wilde Marxist, der kluge Ökonom, kritisiert in seinem neuen Buch die Europäische Union. Bild: Keystone Der frühere griechische Finanzminister Yanis Varoufakis hat vor Kurzem ein Buch vorgelegt («Die ganze Geschichte: […]
De Thucydide à Varoufakis : leçons grecques sur l’Euro – Examen de ‘Et les faibles subissent ce qu’ils doivent?’
, 16/07/2017
De Thucydide à Varoufakis: leçons grecques sur l’Euro PAR JULIEN MILANESI · PUBLICATION 15/06/2017 · MIS À JOUR 16/06/2017 Et les faibles subissent ce qu’ils doivent ?, de Yanis Varoufakis, est un des meilleurs livres d’économie, dans ce genre particulier qu’est l’analyse de l’actualité, que j’ai lu ces dernières années. Economiste grec formé en Angleterre, enseignant dans plusieurs universités anglo-saxonnes, Varoufakis fut […]
LIBERATION: Bruno Le Maire dans les pas de Yánis Varoufákis?
, 14/06/2017
Le ministre de l’Economie va proposer une indexation du remboursement de la dette grecque en fonction de la croissance du pays. Neuf thérapies en forme d’austérité budgétaire, trois plans d’aides, un changement de gouvernement et, au bout du compte, un énorme fiasco. Malgré l’obstination de la «troïka» (BCE, FMI et Commission européenne), qui n’a cessé d’imposer (le pistolet […]
der Freitag: Eine neue Partei für Europa
, 14/06/2017
Eine neue Partei für Europa DiEM 25 Ein radikales und zugleich seriöses Programm, gute Leute, ökonomische Expertise: Wird Yanis Varoufakis’ Bewegung zur Konkurrenz für die Linke in Deutschland? „Ein anderes Europa ist möglich“: Dafür kämpfen viele, aber bisher noch keine transnationale Partei Löscht eure Paypal-Konten und helft, das Monopol privater Finanzkonzerne über Europas Zahlungsverkehr zu […]
El Confidential: ¿Qué fue de Varufakis?
, 30/05/2017
Creó un movimiento paneuropeo desde el que diseñar su regreso: Diem25, con sucursales ya en capitales europeas. También en Madrid. Sus miembros decidirán si se presenta o no a las elecciones 30.05.2017 – 05:00 H. Yanis Varufakis desembarca de nuevo en Grecia después de una travesía por el desierto que ha durado casi dos años. […]
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 […]
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 « […]
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 […]
Trump’s Triumph: DiEM25 on how progressives must react
, 09/11/2016
Donald Trump’s victory marks the end of an era when a self-confident Establishment preached the end of history, the end of passion and the supremacy of a technocracy working on behalf of the 1%. But the era it ushers in is not new. It is a new variant of the 1930s, featuring deflationary economics, xenophobia […]
PSOE’s Penchant for Repeating PASOK’s Disappearing Act – El Diario (English & Spanish texts)
, 02/11/2016
el PASOK mordió el polvo por participar en el derrocamiento de su líder y, curiosamente, el PSOE ha tomado el mismo camino. EFE [For the El Diario site click here] History may repeat itself but never as quickly or as mindlessly as it does within Europe’s social democratic family. Spain’s socialists jettisoned Pedro Sánchez […]
Varoufakis & DiEM25 a La Gabbia Open
, 28/10/2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9Tz6iSqS9AKURIER: Österreichs Sozialdemokratie hat ihr Ende erreicht
, 04/09/2016
Der griechische Ex-Finanzminister sagt, der Geist Bruno Kreiskys sei verloren gegangen. 31.08.2016, 14:01 Der frühere griechische Finanzminister Gianis Varoufakis hat in Alpbach bei einem Pressegespräch auch zur österreichischen Innenpolitik Stellung genommen. Er kritisierte dabei die von den Sozialdemokraten übernommenen Inhalte rechter Politiker, wie die Errichtung neuer Grenzen. Damit sei das Ende der Sozialdemokratie, wie sie […]
"Merkel has no plan" – interviewed by Die Welt’s editor, Stefan Aust
, 16/08/2016
A few weeks ago, Stefan Aust, Die Welt’s editor and formerly the heart and soul of Der Spiegel, paid me a visit at our Aegina house. We spoke for a good two hours on Europe, Germany, Greece and, of course, DiEM25. It was a serious, pleasant and at times passionate discussion. On 14th August the […]
Building a Progressive International – op-ed Project Syndicate
, 31/07/2016
ATHENS – Politics in the advanced economies of the West is in the throes of a political shakeup unseen since the 1930s. The Great Deflation now gripping both sides of the Atlantic is reviving political forces that had lain dormant since the end of World War II. Passion is returning to politics, but not in […]
The Eurozone After Brexit – Die Zeit (in English and German)
, 20/07/2016
For the German language version, as published in Die Zeit on 18 July 2016, click here. For the English version (as I wrote it originally)…
Who was planning a coup? Tom Strohschneider in Neues Deutschland
, 20/07/2016
This article by Tom Strohschneider was first published in the German newspaper Neues Deutschland. Read the German original here or the English version on the DiEM25 site.
Stefano Fassina’s reply to our la Repubblica article on democratising Europe
, 15/07/2016
Stefano Fassina wrote the following letter to la Repubblica’s editor, in response to the article that I published in the same newspaper with Lorenzo Marsili. Over the next few days, I shall be replying to Stefano here. Meanwhile for the original version in Italian, click here. For the English language version…
On the anniversary of the Greeks’ OXI, we say NO to a retreat to leftist nationalism – op-ed in La Repubblica
, 11/07/2016
by Yanis Varoufakis and Lorenzo Marsili. Click here for the la Repubblica site. For the English language version…
Mantener la unidad de la izquierda de manera progresista y eficaz -Público.es
, 26/06/2016
Lecciones desde Grecia y España Yanis Varoufakis Economista y exministro de Finanzas de Grecia La experiencia de Syriza pesa en la conciencia colectiva de la izquierda europea. Es importante que aprendamos de esta experiencia y resurjamos más unidos, progresistas y eficaces en la tan apremiante como necesaria consecución de una agenda paneuropea humanista.
Brexit and Spain: Interviewed by El Diario
, 25/06/2016
24/06/2016 – 20:27h Yanis Varufakis en la redacción de eldiario.es en una foto de archivo Yanis Varufakis, exministro de Finanzas de Grecia, nos atiende desde Roma en un día en el que su teléfono no para de sonar con periodistas de todo el mundo recabando su opinión. Su movimiento DiEM25 está enfocado a lograr […]
Interview in El Confidencial on Europe & the Spanish election
, 07/06/2016
FOR THE PUBLISHED VERSION IN SPANISH, CLICK HERE. For the original Q&A (in English)…