A close adviser to Greece’s former Finance Minister, Yanis Varoufakis, gives an insider view of the government negotiations with the Eurogroup. Interview by acTVism Munich. Deutsch.
Since Greek voters rejected Troika rule by a landslide, the Hellenic citizenry presents a threat far greater than the government it elected. It must be punished.
This Greek rule-bending ambition, from a position of weakness, violates the basic principles of financial realism.
This lack of lived experience with the violence of our state entails an almost inevitable blindness to the deepening divide between those our states protect and those whose life it represses, expels, and humiliates.
Europe's handling of Greece reveals the crisis of its own project, which is even more serious in the context of accelerating global changes.
Varoufakis is an exception to the norm precisely because he really believes in representative democracy.
Temporary Eurozone exit plan is a smokescreen for shock doctrine tactics that would condemn the Greeks to perpetual austerity. Argentina, Ecuador or Iceland show there is an alternative. Español
La salida temporal de Grecia de la zona euro es una cortina de humo que oculta la doctrina de schock que condenaría a los griegos a una austeridad perpetua. Los casos de Argentina, Ecuador o Islandia demuestran que el default es posible. English.
To achieve anything in politics, including changing the rules, you have to master ‘the art of the possible,’ as conservative German statesman Otto von Bismarck famously said, rather than merely trumpet ‘the truth.’
Gli "accordi" del 13 luglio a Bruxelles segnano la fine di un'epoca? Sì, ma certamente non nel senso indicato dal comunicato conclusivo el "vertice". English. Français.
Do the “agreements” reached on July 13 mark the end of an era? Yes, but certainly not in the sense suggested by the press release of the “summit”. Italiano. Français.
A Greek question to which the answer comes eventually from elsewhere.
