“Greece was merely the laboratory where these failed policies were being tested and developed before their implementation everywhere across Europe.” — Yanis Varoufakis Copy Share Image
“Forcing new loans upon the bankrupt on condition that they shrink their income is nothing short of cruel and unusual punishment. Greece was never… — Yanis Varoufakis Copy Share Image
“Larry Summers is one such rare insider. His question to me was in fact an invocation to reject the lure of the outside. Underpinning… — Yanis Varoufakis Copy Share Image
The many refugees are not a Greek or German problem. They are a European problem. We should therefore develop a common strategy. That's why… — Yanis Varoufakis Copy Share Image
“If you cannot imagine walking out of a negotiation, you should never enter it. If you cannot fathom the idea of an impasse you… — Yanis Varoufakis Copy Share Image
Had history been democratic in its ways, there would have been no farming and no indsturial revolution. Both leaps into the future were occasioned… — Yanis Varoufakis Copy Share Image
We will compromise and compromise and compromise but we will never be compromised. — Yanis Varoufakis Copy Share Image
“Beneath the specific events that I experienced, I recognised a universal story – the story of what happens when human beings find themselves at… — Yanis Varoufakis Copy Share Image
Germany is Europe's heart. But bitterness is widespread. Currently the Germans hate the Greeks and the Greeks hate the Germans. The demonization of the… — Yanis Varoufakis Copy Share Image
I don't believe a Brexit will hurt the City of London as one of the largest financial centers in the world. — Yanis Varoufakis Copy Share Image
“Whenever a politician in the know gives a journalist an exclusive in exchange for a particular spin that is in the politician’s interest, the… — Yanis Varoufakis Copy Share Image
European Union partners never said European Union partners're going to renege on any promises, European Union partners said that European Union partners promises concern… — Yanis Varoufakis Copy Share Image
