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DiEM25 in Italy – watch video and sign the Transparency Petition

ROME, 23rd March 2016 DiEM25 in Italy was launched, along with DiEM25’s TRANSPARENCY IN EUROPE, NOW! campaign. Watch the video below, join DiEM25 and sign the TRANSPARENCY IN EUROPE, NOW! petition! Filed under: DiEM

DiEM25 in Italy – watch the livestream here

Tonight, at 19.00 Central European Time, DiEM25 in Italy will be launched in Rome. The event, which is livestreamed (see below), will close with the launch of DiEM25’s TRANSPARENCY IN EUROPE, NOW! campaign Filed under: DiEM

La Repubblica: Diem25, un movimento per superare il fallimento dell’Europa

For a copy of the (longer) interview in English, click:  Original answers by Yanis Varoufakis, in English, to La Repubblica, 19 March 2016. Click here the LA REPUBBLICA site (Italian), or… MILANO. La crisi greca non è finita, anzi. “Tsipras sta percorrendo … Continue reading →

Lectio magistralis, Torino University – post-lecture video interview

 Filed under: DiEM, Politics and Economics, Post-MinFin missives

Professorship Honoris Causa, International University College of Torino – report in La Stampa

Folla all’università di Torino per la lectio magistralis dell’ex ministro che racconta i duelli con Schäuble: «Gli dissi che le sue idee erano ottime per il Partito comunista cinese» SEPPE SALVAGGIULO, TORINO – Click here for La Stampa’s website or… «L’Unione … Continue reading →

Noam Chomsky joins DiEM25

The following was published in openDemocracy “DiEM25’s Manifesto is a bold effort to reverse the damage and restore the promise,” says Chomsky. CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, March 14, 2016– Distinguished American linguist, philosopher and political activist, Noam Chomsky, has officially endorsed DiEM25, … Continue reading →

Lies, Damn Lies, and European Growth Statistics

ATHENS – “Greece has at last returned to economic growth.” That was the official European Union storyline at the end of 2014. Alas, Greek voters, unimpressed by this rejoicing, ousted the incumbent government and, in January 2015, voted for a … Continue reading →

Lectio Magistralis: DEMOCRACY IN EUROPE – The Political Economics of an Epic Struggle. March 17, Torino, Italy

PROFESSORSHIP HONORIS CAUSA & Lectio Magistralis  YANIS VAROUFAKIS has been appointed Professor Honoris Causa by the International University College di Torino. His Lectio Magistralis DEMOCRACY IN EUROPE, The Political Economics of an Epic Struggle will take place  on Thursday March 17, at 2:30 pm, in the … Continue reading →

L’Union européenne est en train de s’écrouler – L’ Echo

L’ancien ministre grec des Finances Yanis Varoufakis est désormais à la tête d’un mouvement paneuropéen qui veut agir pour plus de démocratie et de transparence. Publicité Il y a un mois, l’homme ayant tenu le rôle de ministre grec des … Continue reading →

Salmond’s ‘big mistake’ – in The Sunday Times

The former Greek minister says that the stance on sterling was a serious strategic error in the fight for independence, writes Michael Glackin. Click here.Filed under: DiEM, European Crisis, Politics and Economics, Post-MinFin missives