Coordinating Collective
The Coordinating Collective (CC) is the body tasked with directing DiEM25 across Europe and beyond, coordinating the strategy and policy of the movement, while enabling members to take the fight to the Establishment. Each year, half of the seats of the CC are open to election. The following people make up the current CC:
The 12-member Coordinating Collective (CC) coordinates all our activities. Every year, half of the seats on the CC are renewed through an election.
Nils Belliot
Worker. Personnel Representative.
Hoping to create bridges between social and climate justice.
Patrizia Pozzo
Press and Media relations
Environmental activist strongly convinced that there can be no environmental justice without a social one.
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Retired professor of German as a foreign language, political activist, lives in Athens, Greece
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MeRA25 leader and Member of Parliament
Economist. Former Greek finance minister and Member of the Hellenic Parliament. DiEM25 co-founder.
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Self-employed consultant for hospitality and events, activist and optimist.
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Lecturer in Law, Politics and Social Sciences. Amateur geologist,eternal optimist.
Defne Dalkara
Lapsed biologist, economics and ecology enthusiast, part of GNDE coordination team.
Danae Stratou
Installation artist and founding member of DiEM25.
Operations team
The CC appoints several people to assist its work. An overview of all DiEM25 hires and their job descriptions can be found here.
Judith Meyer
IT Coordination
Polyglot, computational linguist (MA) and author of several books and online courses on language-learning.
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Organising Director
Board member of MERA25 Germany, studied Renewable Energies.
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Policy Coordinator
Works with our grassroots members in developing policy positions for the Movement.
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Political Communications and Impact
Does political communications and photojournalism. Based in Greece – a beautiful country that’s having a tough time.
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Digital Communications and Online Strategy
Political scientist with background in communications. Based in Brussels.
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Media relations & Newsletter coordination
Media Relations and Cultural Projects Manager based in Lisbon, activist in her heart.
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Info Desk & Translations Coordination
Andreas Vou
Web editor
Alex Wilk
Web design and front-end development