The Latest Breaking News from Yanis Varoufakis

Varoufakis Warns Future UK Leaders Face Financial Constraints From Bond Markets

Rising debt servicing costs in the UK are constraining future public spending, with economists highlighting the influence of global financial markets on borrowing conditions and fiscal policy.

International Business Times UK · Jun 23

Oxford Union president vows to platform Hasan Piker and Cenk Uygur despite UK ban

BANNED American political activists will still be platformed at the Oxford Union this weekend, the president has confirmed

The National (Scotland) · Jun 2

Yanis Varoufakis calls prosecution after admitting taking ecstasy 40 years ago ‘ridiculous’

Greek leftwing intellectual and former minister says his indictment is indicative of far-right turn in western politics

The Guardian - UK · Feb 28

Newsletter: Avoiding the 'slow agony' of EU economic decline

How to restore Europe's economic edge in a world of aggressive competition? It's the question on the table as EU leaders gather for a retreat in the Belgian countryside later today.

Euronews · Feb 12

Capitalism has already ended and we don’t even know it, Yanis Varoufakis warns

Speaking to Euronews after his panel at Web Summit Qatar, the former Greek finance minister said the world could be heading toward another crisis like 2008, driven by the rise of stablecoins and powerful tech platforms.

Euronews · Feb 2

I’m watching myself on YouTube saying things I would never say. This is the deepfake menace we must confront

These inventions trigger rage, but also optimism. Maybe they will make people think more critically about debate and democracy, says Yanis Varoufakis

The Guardian - UK · Jan 5

Greek finance minister elected as Eurogroup president

Greek Finance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis has been elected as president of the Eurogroup — a move that would have been unthinkable just 10 years ago, when the country was in the throes of a deep financial crisis that almost saw it tossed out of the eurozone altogether

The Independent UK · Dec 11, 2025

Amazon and the tightening grip of capitalism

Letter: Benjamin Selwyn argues that the company’s power lies not in escaping capitalist logic, but in intensifying it

The Guardian - UK · Dec 3, 2025

How Amazon turned our capitalist era of free markets into the age of technofeudalism

Amazon Web Services owns the basic infrastructure for other businesses to operate online, turning even governments into its serfs, says the leader of MeRA25, Yanis Varoufakis

The Guardian - UK · Nov 27, 2025

Former Greek PM Tsipras says no one 'could stand' ex-finance minister Varoufakis

On Tuesday, Varoufakis told Greek state TV ERT that he has not read the book, saying that he would instead "wait for the movie to be released".

Euronews · Nov 25, 2025