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February 10, 2016

Former Greek Finance Minister Launches New Europe-Wide Movement
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Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has announced the launch
of a new grassroots movement to bring together progressive groups and
parties with the goal of democratizing Europe. Varoufakis, known for his
stance against German-backed austerity in Greece, made the announcement
Tuesday night in Berlin.

Yanis Varoufakis: "The only alternative is to try something we've never
tried before-a political movement that starts everywhere in Europe at
once, cross-border, independently of political-prior political party
affiliations, that has one simple objective: to get Europeans around a
metaphorical table, digital table, in forums like this one tonight, to
discuss, as Europeans, their common problems and what we want our common
solutions to these common problems to be."



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