Yanis Varoufakis: The right response to past injustices is for Ireland to recover sovereignty in Europe

The right response to past injustices is to recover sovereignty in a Europe where the powerful are prevented from preying on the weak, writes former finance minister of Greece Yanis Varoufakis

DESPITE their unequivocal Europeanism, the Irish have been serially mistreated by the European Union.

When Irish voters rejected the Treaty of Lisbon in 2008, the EU forced them to vote again until they delivered the “right” outcome.