Yanis Varoufakis on Transparency, Economic Crisis & Democratizing the ECB
In this video Yanis Varoufakis talks about the need for transparency in the European Union and why this concept is an essential component for democracy. Varoufakis goes on to explain how the diverse economic problems faced by countries across the European Union are manifestations of a deeper, underlying and systemic flaw.
Notable quotes from the video:
Yanis Varoufakis on the importance of transparency:
“Without transparency you have no democracy, because if citizens don’t know what their governments is doing on their behalf, they cannot pass critical judgement on it.”
Yanis Varoufakis on the democratic state of the EU Parliament:
“The European Parliament is not a parliament. What parliament do you know in the world in the history of liberal democracy that cannot legislate?”
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