Democracy in Europe Movement 2025
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 and on 23 March in Rome.
Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | DiEM25 |
| General Secretary | Yanis Varoufakis |
| Founders | Yanis Varoufakis Srećko Horvat |
| Founded | 9 February 2016 |
| Membership (unknown date) | 148,000+ |
| Ideology | Pan-Europeanism Post-capitalism Progressivism Democratic socialism Environmentalism Ecofeminism Alter-globalisation |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| Colours | Orange-red |
| Slogan | A progressive movement for Europe |
| European Parliament | 0 / 705 |
| European Lower Houses | 0 / 9,874 |
| European Upper Houses | 0 / 2,714 |
| Website | |
| diem25.org | |
DiEM25's tendencies are alter-globalisation, social ecology, ecofeminism, post-growth and post-capitalism. Implementation of a universal basic income is widely defended among its members.
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.