Former Greek finance minister says the Catalan people have a legitimate right to self-determination
Yanis Varoufakis, former finance minister of Greece, sees
Catalonia’s quest for independence as a fully legitimate one. In an
interview in the French magazine Ballast
which touched on the issue of national and supranational sovereignty,
Varoufakis said that he saw no contradiction between separatism and
internationalism. ‘I’m not against independence [of Catalonia]. I
believe in the right of self-determination. If you live in Barcelona and
feel colonized, internationalism does not mean that you should accept
being colonized.’
Catalonia’s quest for independence as a fully legitimate one. In an
interview in the French magazine Ballast
which touched on the issue of national and supranational sovereignty,
Varoufakis said that he saw no contradiction between separatism and
internationalism. ‘I’m not against independence [of Catalonia]. I
believe in the right of self-determination. If you live in Barcelona and
feel colonized, internationalism does not mean that you should accept
being colonized.’
Varoufakis also stated that the right of
self-determination is not inconsistent with the possibility ‘of having a
European Union in which the Catalans, Madrileños, Greeks, French and
even Brits can be part of the magma that gives rise to a new identity, a
European identity, and a new form of sovereignty.’
self-determination is not inconsistent with the possibility ‘of having a
European Union in which the Catalans, Madrileños, Greeks, French and
even Brits can be part of the magma that gives rise to a new identity, a
European identity, and a new form of sovereignty.’
