Shooting stars Quote by Yanis Varoufakis

“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

“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

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

“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

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

The economic crisis has weakened the EU for years.

— Yanis Varoufakis

We will compromise and compromise and compromise but we will never be compromised.

— Yanis Varoufakis

“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

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

I don't believe a Brexit will hurt the City of London as one of the largest financial centers in the world.

— Yanis Varoufakis

“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

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