A Ghost called democracy

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A Ghost called democracy

Yanis Varoufakis wants a new, democratised European Union. In Berlin, he founded therefore a pan-European movement. In front of the press, he quotes even Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Also, seven months after his not quite voluntary resignation as Greek Finance Minister is Yanis Varoufakis, the public attention for sure. An estimated 200 attendees flock to the Berliner Volksbühne to a short-term scheduled Presseauftritt. Including, apparently, even many supporters of the Athens Wirtschaftsprofessors, such as for press conferences, unusual applause at the end of the event suggests.

Varoufakis is come to Berlin, to nothing Less than a pan-European movement, with the “disintegration” and “de-politicisation” of the European Union are to be stopped. True, the Greek Ex-Finance Minister, since his legendary Brussels clashes with colleagues, not just as a friend of the European Union in its current state. But – and here it is dialectical, with a collapse of the current EU things would be even worse, says Varoufakis. He refers to during the press conference, even to the 30s of the last century when the disintegration of Europe, had devastating consequences and in the fascism.

Light in the back room

The answer to the Euro – and refugee crisis is from the point of view of the 54-year-old economist is not Re-nationalisation, but the renewal of the European Union through democratization. “Democracy in Europe Movement in 2025, shortly DiEM25, is the project that Varoufakis in Berlin with some colleagues from European countries officially launched.

Its founding document call Varoufakis and co a Manifesto and the beginning in German Translation quoted in the daily newspaper Neues Deutschland: “A Ghost seeks the great powers of Europe home…”. The Ghost is in this case: democracy.

By 2025, want to the author of the Klüngelei in Brussels backrooms by a transparency Offensive end. Meeting of the European Council, the ECB or the Euro group should live on the Internet stream. Documents, including the TTIP-negotiations, should be published. Within two years, wants to “DiEM 25” a Europe-wide constitutional Convention, to call into existence. Later, a new European Constitution, all the previous European treaties to replace.

“We need to try it”

Crowds at the Presseauftritt of Yanis Varoufakis in Berlin’s Volksbühne

In his Presseauftritt in Berlin, Varoufakis of the Croatian philosopher and author Srecko Horvat accompanied the questions from the audience accepts. Horvat is the Director of the annual “Subversive festival” in Zagreb, which is critical with the EU is concerned. If there is not enough left movements in Europe, give, wants to be a Journalist to know.

The Left, says Varoufakis, was still in the great defeats of the 80s and 90s of the last century caught. His movement wanted to have a coalition with the Democrats, politically independent, and followers of different currents to appeal to, Left, Green, socialist, Liberal. “Perhaps it will be a failure, but we need to try it,” says Varoufakis. The Greeks, whose popularity is on the left-a pop star at the Success of the project is to help quotes even German Chancellor Angela Merkel and transforms their saying: “We can do it”.

At the official founding meeting in Berlin on the evening should intellectuals from at least twelve European countries, an accurate list of names wanted the organizers to not publish it. The German left party announced after the participation of their Chairpersons, Katja Kipping.

Varoufakis pan-European movement, initially in the Form of a network exist, especially digitally communicates. The next step will be community meetings on a local level, national and pan-European level, it is called.

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