Yanis Varoufakis's Blog, page 143

Stefano Fassina’s reply to our la Repubblica article on democratising Europe

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 … Continue reading →

Advice to the Australian PM for his next term – from eight of us, courtesy of ABC Radio National

As Malcolm Turnbull prepares to return to Canberra to take the reins of government again, ABC Radio National has compiled eight pieces of advice on how he should approach his next term. The advice comes from: Ian Thorpe, Ursula Yovich, … Continue reading →

On the anniversary of the Greeks’ OXI, we say NO to a retreat to leftist nationalism – op-ed in La Repubblica

by Yanis Varoufakis and Lorenzo Marsili. Click here for the la Repubblica site. For the English language version… A year ago, the OXI vote in Greece was a thumping NO to an authoritarian, austerian, troika-controlled EU and a majestic YES … Continue reading →

ONLY EUROPE’S RADICALS CAN SAVE THE EU – Newsweek op-ed on the Spanish election outcome

Podemos suffered in the Spanish elections because it lacked a defining European agenda. BY YANIS VAROUFAKIS ON 7/8/16 AT 4:19 PM – click here for the Newsweek site or… Spaniards went to the polls three days after the shock of … Continue reading →

Galbraith, writing for DiEM25 on OXI’s anniversary, on our Plan X

James K. Galbraith, a founding DiEM25 member, writes exclusively on DiEM25’s site about his latest book and his contribution to the first SYRIZA government’s Plan X – a defensive plan to be activated if Greece’s creditors made good of their … Continue reading →

One Year Since the ‘OXI’ Referendum, One Year Since DiEM25 Was Conceived

DiEM25 Jul 5, 2016, Articles, Press releases Today DiEM25 marks the anniversary of the brave Greeks’ OXI (No!) referendum vote but also of its own beginnings. “Our NO is a majestic, big YES to a democratic Europe!”, wrote Varoufakis at the … Continue reading →

In memoriam: Michel Rocard & the Modest Proposal for Resolving the Euro Crisis

It was with great sorrow that I learned of Michel Rocard’s passing. Since 2013, when he wrote the Preface to our Modest Proposal for Resolving the Euro Crisis, Michel has been a valued interlocutor and supporter. Only a few weeks … Continue reading →

The anniversary of the troika-imposed capital controls on Greece and the struggle to save Europe

On the anniversary of the troika imposed capital controls on Greece, the struggle of the Greek people has become the struggle to save Europe – from the DiEM25 site A year has passed since the troika and the ECB closed the … Continue reading →

On Brexit, the EU’s slide into crisis & the need for a pan-European democratic alternative- on ABC’s LNL with Phillip Adams

http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/rn/podcas... under: DiEM, European Crisis, Politics and Economics

The fake & the actual choice Europeans face – by Slavoj Žižek

Slavoj Žižek, philosopher, friend and DiEM25 early signatory, writes on the DiEM25 site that Europeans face one fake and one actual choice. The fake choice is between :(1) a globalised, financialised version of capitalism that is run by a transnational … Continue reading →