Democracy in Europe Movement 2025
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The Democracy in Europe Movement 2025, or DiEM25, is a pan-European political movement and political party founded in 2016 by a group of Europeans, including Yanis Varoufakis and Srećko Horvat. The movement was officially launched at ceremonial events on 9 February 2016 in the Volksbühne theatre in Berlin[2] and on 23 March in Rome.[3]
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Abbreviation | DiEM25 |
Secretary-General | Yanis Varoufakis |
Founders | Yanis Varoufakis Srećko Horvat |
Founded | 9 February 2016; 8 years ago (2016-02-09) |
Membership (2024) | 166,000+[1] |
Ideology | Pan-Europeanism Post-capitalism Progressivism Democratic socialism Environmentalism Ecofeminism Alter-globalisation |
Political position | Left-wing |
International affiliation | Progressive International |
Colours | Orange-red |
European Parliament | 0 / 720 |
European Council | 0 / 27 |
European Commission | 0 / 27 |
European Lower Houses | 11 / 6,312 |
European Upper Houses | 1 / 1,498 |
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DiEM25's tendencies are alter-globalisation,[4] social ecology,[5] ecofeminism,[6] post-growth[7][8] and post-capitalism.[9][10] Implementation of a universal basic income is widely defended among its members.[9][11][12]
The acronym DiEM alludes to the Latin phrase carpe diem. To highlight the urgency of democratising Europe before reaching a point of no return, the movement sets the horizon for the year 2025 to draft a democratic constitution that will replace all the European treaties that are in force today. Yet, it failed to elect representatives in the European Parliament up to the 2024 European elections. [13][14]