The former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, now leading the Diem25 movement he founded, has been banned from entering Germany. Not only. Varoufakis will also not be able to participate in video conferences on politics taking place in the country. The motivation? In a speech by him, published last Friday, Varoufakis called for peace […]
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For the former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, today leading the Diem25 movement he founded, it clicked The absolute ban on entering Germany. Not only. Varoufakis won’t even be able to participate in video conferences on politics that take place in the country. The motivation? In a speech by him, published last Friday, Varoufakis he asked peace between Israelis and Palestinians. Words he should have uttered during the Palestinian congress, in Berlin, a three-day conference to which the Greek politician was invited. An event which, however, was interrupted by the German police forces.
The complaint comes from the Greek economist himself in a video message broadcast on social networks. “Today, the German Ministry of the Interior issued a ‘against me’betätigungsverbot‘, a ban on any political activity – He says Yanis Varoufakis – not only to visit Germany but also to participate in Zoom events hosted in the country.” Then the story of the police violence which, according to Varoufakis, “did irruption in a location in Berlin for MELT our congress on Palestine, hosted by the Movement for Democracy in Europe 2025 (DiEM25)”. The former minister then concludes, wondering “what kind of society is becoming Germany if its police bans the feelings” reported in his speech. At the event, as the Manifestwas also expected Ghassan Abu SittaBritish-Palestinian surgeon, who was withheld And questioned at Berino airport and to which he was then prevented entry into the country.
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