{"id":3638,"date":"2017-09-23T10:00:19","date_gmt":"2017-09-23T08:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.actvism.org\/?p=3638"},"modified":"2020-11-06T17:48:53","modified_gmt":"2020-11-06T16:48:53","slug":"yanis-varoufakis-demokratie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/politics\/yanis-varoufakis-demokratie\/","title":{"rendered":"Perspectives of Democracy &#038; the German election | Yanis Varoufakis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-md-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-8 pb-3\">\n<p><strong>Perspectives of Democracy &amp; the German election | Yanis Varoufakis\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>In this video, former finance minister of Greece and founder of the <a href=\"https:\/\/diem25.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Democracy in Europe Movement 2025<\/em>,<\/a> Yanis Varoufakis, provides his perspective on democracy and how his movement practices it internally. In addition Varoufakis talks about the context under which the European Union was formed\u00a0and also surfaces\u00a0concrete examples from the current period in how the EU employs\u00a0double standards when applying rules and regulations towards its member states.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>VIDEO:\u00a0Perspectives of Democracy &amp; the German election | Yanis Varoufakis<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Yanis Varoufakis - Perspectives of Democracy &amp; the German Election (Deutsch &amp; English)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iO1KTagPHBQ?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 read the full transcript, please <a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/170923_Transcript_Public_Varoufakis_Democracy_Election.pdf\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To view our YouTube-playlist with Yanis Varoufakis &amp; DiEM25,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLhxITUni9OWfCYbsCcTSm98MhcLqR0wcn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Donate today to support independent &amp; non-profit media!<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0or on the picture below:<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><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\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" 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\" alt=\"Banner Spende Webseite_E\" width=\"640\" height=\"214\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>ABOUT YANIS VAROUFAKIS &amp; DIEM25<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Varoufakis.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3324 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Varoufakis-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><strong>Yanis Varoufakis<\/strong>\u00a0is a professor of Economic Theory at the University of Athens, former finance minister of Greece and founder of the Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 (DiEM25). Varoufakis is also the author of several books on the European debt crisis, the financial imbalance in the world and game theory.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DiEM25<\/strong> is a pan-European, cross-border movement of democrats that is focused on addressing the economic and social problems faced by Europe today. It provides an alternative to austerity policies that it\u00a0 argues are dividing the continent and fuelling the rise of \u201cinternational nationalists\u201c.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this video, former finance minister of Greece and founder of the Democracy in Europe Movement 2025, Yanis Varoufakis, provides his perspective on democracy and how his movement practices it internally. 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