{"id":1784,"date":"2016-06-30T12:17:35","date_gmt":"2016-06-30T10:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.actvism.org\/?p=1784"},"modified":"2020-11-06T17:48:57","modified_gmt":"2020-11-06T16:48:57","slug":"varoufakis-constitution-economic-disintegration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/latest\/varoufakis-constitution-economic-disintegration\/","title":{"rendered":"Yanis Varoufakis on the European Constitution, Economic Disintegration and Orwellianism"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-md-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-8 pb-3\">\n<p>In this video the former finance minister of Greece and founder of<a href=\"https:\/\/diem25.org\/home-de\/\"> DiEM25<\/a> (Democracy in Europe Movement 2025), Yanis Varoufakis, provides us insights into why the European constitution does not represent European cititzens and lacks democratic substance. He also talks about the disintegration of the European Union, what forces are driving its demise and how Orwellian language is used to hide this.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Does Europe have a constitution that represents the will of the people?<\/li>\n<li>What observations are indicating towards the disintegration of the European Union?<\/li>\n<li>In what form is Orwellianism employed to provide the superficial appearance of progressive reform?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These questions and more are addressed in the video below:<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>VIDEO: Yanis Varoufakis on the EU Constitution, Economic Disintegration and Orwellianism<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Yanis Varoufakis on the European Constituion, Economic Disintegration and Orwellianism\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RoT0LsrB840?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>To watch acTVism Munich\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLhxITUni9OWfCYbsCcTSm98MhcLqR0wcn&amp;feature=iv&amp;src_vid=7V5u5xck3v8&amp;annotation_id=annotation_1429857235\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video playlist on Yanis Varoufakis &amp; DiEM25, click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><b>Donate today to support independent &amp; non-profit journalism<br \/>\n<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here or on the picture below.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/donate\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1283 size-large alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Banner-Spende-Webseite_E-1024x342.jpg\" alt=\"Banner Spende Webseite_E\" width=\"640\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Banner-Spende-Webseite_E-1024x342.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Banner-Spende-Webseite_E-300x100.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Banner-Spende-Webseite_E-700x233.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Banner-Spende-Webseite_E.jpg 1418w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>About Yanis Varoufakis:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/GreeceDebtCrisis042115.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-1516 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/GreeceDebtCrisis042115-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Yanis Varoufakis\" width=\"272\" height=\"155\" \/><\/a><b>Yanis Varoufakis<\/b> is\u00a0 professor of Economic Theory at the University of Athens, founder of the Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 (DiEM25) and former finance minister of Greece.<\/p>\n<p>Varizfajus served as the Greek <a title=\"Ministry of Finance (Greece)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ministry_of_Finance_%28Greece%29\">Minister of Finance<\/a> from January to July 2015, when he resigned. 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