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The Independent on my Brexit proposal: Trigger Article 50 and agree a 5yr Norway-like transition period

Yanis Varoufakis has told the UK government to get a move on with triggering Article 50 to begin a “robust debate” on what a post-Brexit Britain could look like. In an interview with the BBC’s Today programme, the former Greek … Continue reading →

Apple, Brussels, and Ireland’s Bruised Sovereignty – Project Syndicate op-ed

ATHENS – Despite their unequivocal Europeanism, the Irish have been serially mistreated by the European Union. When Irish voters rejected the Treaty of Lisbon in 2008, the EU forced them to vote again until they delivered the “right” outcome. A … Continue reading →

A broken-up Europe will breed monsters: Varoufakis on CNBC

Europe is disintegrating and this could come at great human cost, Greece’s fiery former finance minister warned on Tuesday. “The great fear is that the disintegration of the European Union — whatever you may think about the European Union — … Continue reading →

Yanis Varoufakis on George Osborne’s responsibility for Brexit – The Telegraph

Yanis Varoufakis said George Osborne was trapped in a vicious cycle by Cristina Criddle 28 SEPTEMBER 2016 • 11:23AM Yanis Varoufakis, Greece’s outspoken former finance minister, has said George Osborne will “go down in history as a particularly inept Chancellor.” Mr Varoufakis said that … Continue reading →

Discussing Brexit on BBC Radio 4, the Today program

An interview on the Brexit paradox-cum-enigma and the future of the European Union – the interview was recorded in the context of the Institute of Directors conference on post-Brexit Britain, 27th September 2016Filed under: DiEM, European Crisis

Distinguished Visiting Professors join Kings College, Univeristy of London

Reposted from Kings College website Former Greek Finance Minister & Rolls Royce Chairman join King’s College Posted on 19/05/2016 Yanis Varoufakis, Greece’s former Finance Minister and Sir Simon Robertson, former Chairman of Rolls Royce are both joining King’s as distinguished … Continue reading →

Which is the single largest threat to the global economy?

Filed under: And the Weak Suffer What They Must? - the book, DiEM, European Crisis

Negotiating Brexit – On Channel 4 News

  Interview begins at 1’45”Filed under: DiEM, European Crisis, Politics and Economics

The Cambridge Union’s 2016 London Debate – Friday 23/9

Varoufakis’ speech last Michaelmas was thought to attract over a thousand students [The following is re-posted from the Cambridge Union’s The Tab] With the Autumn Statement of the new Government looming, the Cambridge Union takes over Inner Temple hall to question the … Continue reading →

A message for left wing comrades – Berlin, 17 September 2016

 The above is an extract from a joint pre-election speech, for the Berlin state election, by Varoufakis and Kipping and Lederer at Astra Kulturhaus Berlin, Revaler Str. 99 Filed under: DiEM