Democracy in Europe Movement 2025

This article is about the European political alliance. For status of democracy, see Democracy in Europe.

Democracy in Europe Movement 2025
AbbreviationDiEM25
Secretary-GeneralYanis Varoufakis
FoundersYanis Varoufakis
Srećko Horvat
Founded9 February 2016; 8 years ago (2016-02-09)
Membership (2024)172,000+[1]
IdeologyPan-Europeanism
Post-capitalism
Progressivism
Democratic socialism
Environmentalism
Ecofeminism
Alter-globalisation
Political positionLeft-wing
International affiliationProgressive 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
Website
diem25.org

The Democracy in Europe Movement 2025, or DiEM25, is a left-wing European political alliance founded in 2016. It operates as a pan-European umbrella for subsidiary parties sharing the same name and branding (e.g. MeRA25, MERA25), and runs electoral lists with other affiliated parties. Despite its organisation sometimes being referred to as a "European party" or "transnational party", DiEM25 does not meet the requirements to register as a European political party.

DiEM25 was founded 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]

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]

  1. ^ "Members". Diem25.org. Democracy in Europe Movement 2025. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  2. ^ Varoufakis, Yanis (9 February 2016). "EU no longer serves the people". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  3. ^ "Democracy in Europe: DiEM25 in Rome with Yanis Varoufakis". openDemocracy. 29 March 2016.
  4. ^ Varoufakis, Yanis (December 2015). Capitalism will eat democracy — unless we speak up (video). TEDGlobal. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  5. ^ George, Susan (October 2009). Susan George on Ecological Economics (video). EcoLabs1 via YouTube. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  6. ^ Pietrandrea, Paola (March 2018). "The polis needs the feminine, at least as much as the feminine needs the polis". Diem25.org. Democracy in Europe Movement 2025. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  7. ^ Collins, Abel (13 February 2014). "Chomsky: Putting the eco back in economy". HuffPost. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  8. ^ Bershidsky, Leonid (20 March 2017). "Happy nations don't focus on growth". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  9. ^ a b "Progressive Agenda for Europe". diem25.org. Democracy in Europe Movement 2025. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  10. ^ Lydon, Christopher (2 June 2017). "Noam Chomsky: Neoliberalism Is Destroying Our Democracy". The Nation. Archived from the original on 11 January 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  11. ^ Samuel, Henry (29 January 2017). "Leftist Benoît Hamon who wants 'universal wage' for all wins French Socialist primaries in boost for Emmanuel Macron". The Telegraph. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  12. ^ Chomsky, Noam; Varoufakis, Yanis (28 June 2017). Noam Chomsky & Yanis Varoufakis discuss Basic Income (video). acTVism Munich via Pressenza. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  13. ^ "No MEP seat for DiEM25". 28 May 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  14. ^ "MERA25 falls short but our objectives remain the same". 10 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.