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Post by Admin on Nov 19, 2021 20:21:37 GMT
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Post by Admin on Nov 19, 2021 20:24:34 GMT
Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_in_Europe_Movement_2025The Democracy in Europe Movement 2025, or DiEM25, is a pan-European political movement founded in 2016 by a group of Europeans, including former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis and Croatian philosopher 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. One year after its foundation, DiEM25 declared that it had over 60,000 members from across the European Union.[1]
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Post by Admin on Nov 19, 2021 20:26:51 GMT
The movement DiEM25 is a pan-European movement of democrats, united under the conclusion that the European Union will only survive if it is radically transformed. We must replace the current structure, serving the rich and powerful, with a union of all European countries under an independent parliament, operating based on a Constitution that protects all Europeans as equal citizens, and is designed to ensure their welfare and happiness. To achieve this, we need to be honest about who stands in our way. The reaction of those in power has been to further reinforce the same politics that brought us to this mess. Borders are being closed, solidarity is extinct, member countries are leaving or becoming outright fascist. All the political elites can think to do is to cover their failure with lies and tricks that make them seem involved, when all they do is increase the power and riches of the same few. This is understandable: they see their survival is at risk, and they withdraw and defend themselves with everything they’ve got. We cannot expect the solution to come from the political elites that have prioritized their own gains over the wellbeing of Europeans. We must now unite under a common Vision for Europe that recognizes the current limitations of the European Union and that seeks to build new forms of transnational solidarity. Times of great crisis are also times of great opportunity. That is why we have come together in order to take over the EU. Abandoning the European project and returning to separate nations is not an option. The environmental, economic and coronavirus crises have proven what we already knew: real solutions for the many, not the few, can only come when we join forces beyond borders. This is DiEM25’s mission: a coordinated effort, everywhere in Europe, to unite like-minded citizens and create enough power to save the EU from itself. The EU will unite, or it will perish. We must act quickly, before it is too late: that is why we are the Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 (DiEM25). diem25.org/about/
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