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Yanis Varoufakis
Yanis Varoufakis born 24 March 1961 is a Greek economist, politician, and co-founder of DiEM25. A former academic, he served as the Greek Minister of Finance from January to July 2015. Since 2019, he is again a Member of Greek Parliament and MeRA25 leader. He is the author of several books including, Another Now (2020).
Varoufakis is also a professor of Economics – University of Athens, Honorary Professor of Political Economy – University of Sydney, Honoris Causa Professor of Law, Economics and Finance – University of Torino, and Distinguished Visiting Professor of Political Economy, Kings College, University of London.
Former Greek finance minster Yanis Varoufakis responds to his critics and lays out DiEM25’s plan for resisting within the European Union
Interview on privatization, human rights, media, experience with the EU and capitalism’s ability to reform
Negotiations between Greece and international creditors hit an impasse over the bankers’ demands for extra austerity measures
Interview on the refugee crisis in Europe, and so-called hot spots that are registration centers for refugees in his country
The European Union is disintegrating – but leaving is not the answer
We should establish a pan-European coalition of radical, social, green, and liberal democrats to put the “demos” back into democracy
This program that was agreed to in August was designed to fail
Is any European democrat happy with the situation in which all important decisions are taken in complete darkness and secrecy?
Interview on why he is launching a pan-European movement for democracy, to save Europe before it’s too late