Yanis Varoufakis endorses Tsipras' candidacy for President of the European Commission

Published on Friday, 02 May 2014 13:43

"Over the past year I have argued that Europe needs a jolt," notes Yanis Varoufakis showing his overwhelming support of Tsipras' candidacy for the presidency of EU Commission. 

"And that there can be no better jolt than the election to the Presidency of the European Commission of a pro-European young leader, from the suffering Periphery, who is  intent on keeping the Eurozone together by opposing (rather than acquiescing to) the European establishment’s failed, toxic policies. A leader who is keen neither for austerity nor for federal moves or cumbersome Treaty changes that will sap Europe of whatever energy it has left. Alexis Tsipras is such a leader and, for this reason, he has my support" concludes Varoufakis professor of Economics in Athens University.

The video below explains the reasons.

Originally published: http://yanisvaroufakis.eu/2014/05/01/my-endorsement-of-alexis-tsipras-candidacy-for-the-presidency-of-the-european-commission/