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Yanis Varoufakis responds to Alexis Cukier and Patrick Surain, who challenged him on his time as Greek finance minister, the feasibility of reforming existing EU structures, and a left-wing exit from the EU. Read 'the challenge' here.

By Yanis Varoufakis
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Group photo after the Eurogroup's deliberations on BREXIT, EU economic policies and the migration crisis, September, 2016. Bundas Engler/Press Association. All rights reserved. Friends,

Thank you for your article in reply to my op-ed ‘The Left After Brexit’. Here is my response to your important questions and retorts, which I take the liberty to summarise in the following headings:

1. Why did I sign the 20 February 2015 agreement with the Eurogroup? Was this not a violation of DiEM25’s principle of constructive disobedience?

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