Yanis Varoufakis was already an internationally known economist and academic when he was elected to the Greek parliament as a member of the Syriza party. He served as Minister of Finance from January to July 2015. He resigned when Syriza broke its campaign promise to re-negotiate Greece's debt and significantly curtail the austerity measures imposed on Greece.
Varoufakis has become one of the eloquent and best known critics of the unlimited economic growth systems in Europe and the US - that make the largest corporations and financial institutions major drivers of climate change.
Yanis Varoufakis is answering the question: What's wrong in Europe today and how to fix it tomorrow morning and presents the Green New Deal for Europe and how it will tackle underemployment & involuntary migration.
Yanis Vaorufakis is running in the elections for the European Parliament in May 2019 with a coalition of 11 European states under the auspices of DiEM25 - the Democracy in Europe movement that he co-founded.
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