DiEM25: Four Years On

[vc_row css_animation=”fadeIn”][vc_column el_class=”oyo_openning_text”][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn”]In February 2016, a group of activists, thinkers, and agitators gathered together in Berlin’s Volksbühne theatre and vowed to shake Europe.
Four years on, our movement is rumbling around the globe, with more than 120,000 members and more than 170 Spontaneous Collectives (DSCs) worldwide.
DiEM25 local groups are sprouting everywhere across the world to address Europe’s crisis of democracy. DiEM25 local groups are not only marching in the street for a Green New Deal for Europe but discussing how to turn policy into action.
And in Greece, we made history with our Greek Electoral Wing, MeRA25, by entering the Greek Parliament, with nine MPs, on our very first attempt!
Many doubt us. The establishment fears us. But in the course of four years, we have shown that it is possible for the people of Europe to come together in the fight for democracy.
In the face of growing authoritarianism around the globe and the Establishment’s contempt for ordinary people in favour of economic interests, the fight for democracy is more important than ever.
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February 2019

• DiEM25 local groups in Lisbon and Oeiras got together to plan how to build the movement in Portugal
• DiEM25 local group in Porto organised a series of events under the banner Carpe DiET – Democracy for European Tummies
• Held the third DiEM25 Academy in Cologne to boost a citizen takeover of the European institutions next May
• Pamela Anderson joined DiEM25 co-founder Srećko Horvat to promote our Green New Deal for Europe

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March 2019

• Organised a campaign on International Women’s Day to fight the right’s war on women
• Published a press release on the situation in Algeria
• Organised A Citizen Take-Over of the EU Institutions at BOZAR in Brussels ahead of the May European Parliament elections
• Launched historic transnational alliance to compete in the 2019 European Parliament election

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April 2019

• Came out against the EU Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market [Watch video]
• Supported Julian Assange’s fight for freedom
• Wrote about why MeRA25 is the only hope for Greece now
• Condemned every sort of anti-Semitism
• Broke down the myths of economic migration

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May 2019

• Organised transnational solidarity in action: Athens Labour Day 2019
• Pamela Anderson declared her support for DiEM25
• Outlined why DiEM25 is more trustworthy on climate than the Greens [watch video]
• Gathered more than 1,4 million votes across Europe in the European elections

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June 2019

• Our DiEM25 local group in Belgrade organised an action to protest the unlawful and inhumane incarceration of Julian Assange [watch video]
• Held our DiEM25 Academy in Lisbon
• Took part in the first international climate strike

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July 2019

• Made it into the Greek Parliament, with nine MPs! [watch video]
• Committed to deconstructing “every single of your toxic proposals” – referring to the new right-wing government of New Democracy in Greece

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August 2019

• Launched the We Are Millions exhibition
• DiEMers from Sicily opposed Special Economic Zones
• Launched a petition to suspend free trade with Brazil
• Held elections for the Coordinating Collective of DiEM25

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September 2019

• Joined the call for activists to participate in the Rebellion Week
• Published an article outlining why the Green New Deal for Europe paves the way for global justice

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October 2019

• Naomi Klein supported our MeRA25 MPs on the day Greece’s Parliament ratified oil and gas extraction deals
• Joined the international day of action demanding the end of Turkey’s occupation of Rojava
• Joined forces with Extinction Rebellion
• Condemned police brutality in Greece

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November 2019

• Published a statement on the Chile protests
• DiEM25 co-founder Srećko Horvat spoke at pro-Assange event in London [watch video]
• DiEMers from all over the world voted for the top proposals to be discussed at our DiEM25 Assembly in Prague
• Published a statement on the situation in Kashmir
• More than 300 DiEM25 activists gathered in Prague to help define DiEM25’s strategy to take on the EU Establishment

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December 2019

• DiEM25 members voted to support The Labour Party in the UK General Election
• Launched DiEM25 in Turkey

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January 2020

• Announced our official policy on for how to democratise technology

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