Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 explained

Democracy in Europe Movement 2025
Abbreviation:DiEM25
Secretary General:Yanis Varoufakis
Founders:Yanis Varoufakis
Srećko Horvat
Ideology:Pan-Europeanism
Post-capitalism
Progressivism
Democratic socialism
Environmentalism
Ecofeminism
Alter-globalisation
Position:Left-wing
International:Progressive International
Membership Year:2024
Membership:166,000+[1]
Colours: Orange-red
Seats1 Title:European Parliament
Seats1:
P194:Q8889
Seats2 Title:European Council
Seats4 Title:European
Lower Houses
Seats5 Title:European
Upper Houses
Country:European Union

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[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]

Aims

DiEM25 argues that the people of Europe need to seize the opportunity to create political organisations at a pan-European level. Its participants consider that the model of national parties forming fragile alliances in the European Parliament is obsolete and that a pan-European movement is necessary to confront the great economic, political and social crises in Europe today. In its analysis, the movement considers that these crises threaten to disintegrate Europe, and which possess characteristics that are similar to those of the Great Depression of the 1930s.[15]

DiEM25 seeks to create a more democratic Europe. They see the European Union becoming a technocratic superstate ruled by edict. DiEM25 aims instead to make Europe a union of people governed by democratic consent through a policy of decentralisation. DiEM25 cites eight distinct elements of European governance by compulsion, the first of which is "hit-squad inspectorates and the Troika they formed together with unelected 'technocrats' from other international and European institutions". Adding that the establishment is "contemptuous of democracy" and "all political authority [must come] from Europe’s sovereign peoples".[16]

DiEM25 would like to act as an umbrella organization, gathering left-wing parties, grassroots protest movements and "rebel regions" to develop a common response to the five crises Europe faces today, namely debt, banking, poverty, low investment and migration.[17] Further, DiEM25 wishes to reform EU institutions, originally designed to serve industry, so that they become fully transparent and responsive to European citizens. Ultimately, DiEM25 envisions European citizens writing a democratic constitution for the European Union.

Adopting a bottom-up approach by mobilising at a grassroots level, the movement aims to reform the European Union's existing institutions to create a "full-fledged democracy with a sovereign Parliament respecting national self-determination and sharing power with national Parliaments, regional assemblies and municipal councils" in order to replace the "Brussels bureaucracy".[16] Among others, the movement is supported by prominent American linguist and political activist Noam Chomsky, Italian philosopher Antonio Negri, American anthropologist Charles Nuckolls, American economist James K. Galbraith and former Labour MP Stuart Holland. Diverse figures including Julian Assange, film director Ken Loach, Green Party MP Caroline Lucas, British Labour politician John McDonnell, Dutch sociologist Saskia Sassen, Franco Berardi and Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek are on its Advisory Panel.[18]

DiEM25 supports the petition "Transparency in Europe now!", requesting the live broadcasting of the meetings of major European institutions, a comprehensive list of all Brussels lobbyists and the electronic publication of all TTIP negotiating documents.[19] DiEM25 describes itself as internationalist and promotes a foreign policy where non-Europeans are "ends-in-themselves".

Policies

The democratisation of Europe Union is the motivating force behind DiEM25.The overwhelming consensus within the movement is that the EU will either be democratised, or it will disintegrate. Democracy in Europe shows partial democratic backsliding.[20] Ultimately the goal is to achieve a Europe of reason, liberty, tolerance, and imagination, all of which will be made possible by comprehensive transparency, real solidarity and authentic democracy. DiEM25's priorities are:

  1. Full transparency in decision-making (e.g. live streaming of European Council, ECOFIN and Eurogroup meetings, full disclosure of trade negotiation documents, publication of ECB minutes)[21] and
  2. The urgent redeployment of existing EU institutions in the pursuit of innovative policies that genuinely address the crises of debt, banking, inadequate investment, rising poverty and migration.[22]

European New Deal

DiEM25's European New Deal[23] addresses the following issues:

Green New Deal for Europe

The Green New Deal for Europe[24] is a policy platform, drawing on the knowledge and experiences of researchers, activists, practitioners, and communities around Europe. The coalition's landmark policy report, the Blueprint for Europe’s Just Transition,[25] maps out the policies and strategies needed to make the just transition a reality across Europe.

The proposals it sets out fall into four themes:

Agenda

The movement proposes a Progressive Agenda for Europe[29] for which DiEM25 is developing common whitepapers centred around eight pillars. Each whitepaper is created with input from all of DiEM25's members as well as a range of experts in the respective fields.

  1. Transparency: Introducing transparent government across Europe, to expose and end the opaqueness of European institutions’ meetings and summits, while also ensuring that all relevant documents and protocols of trade negotiations are made public. In March 2016, only a month after the movement's launch, the Transparency in Europe Now![30] campaign was set up and demanded that all EU decision-making take place under the scrutiny of its citizens’.
  2. Refugees and Migration: DiEM25 calls upon Europeans and their elected representatives to overrule the EU-Turkey Agreement, and thus end the EU's practice of “sacrificing human lives and basic humanist principles on the altar of appeasing xenophobes and ultra-nationalists”.[31] The primary target of this campaign is the controversial EU-Turkey Agreement, which came into effect on 20 March 2016. This agreement was the latest in a long line of developments in EU-Turkey relations. Involuntary migration is a huge crisis facing Europe. With no jobs or prospects at home, Europeans move because they must. DiEM25's view is that walls and fences are not the solution and that only shared investment can end the crisis of precarity.
  3. The European New Deal: Rationalising Europe's economy in line with the initiatives outlined under DiEM25's Policies as outlined above. Europe is plagued by chronic crises: debts, banks, poverty, investment, and involuntary migration. DiEM25 aims to unite progressive forces across Europe to develop solutions to these crises and subsequently mobilise to make them a reality.[23] For years the EU establishment has pretended that the crises was over, congratulating themselves on fixing the problems they created in the first place. But the crises have not only not gone away, but have instead deepened.
  4. Labour: Issues around labour, technology, employment and the distribution of income, moving beyond the capital-labour contract, and basic income.
  5. Ecological Transition: Imagining a post-capitalist economic and social model, as outlined above, in the section on The Green New Deal for Europe.[24]
  6. A European Constitution: Imagining a democratic pan-European constitution and the how that could be achieved.
  7. Technological Sovereignty: DiEM25 believes that technological progress can go hand in hand with political and social progress – by putting human flourishing at the centre of all technological change. For this reason, the main objectives are the establishment of a Digital Commonwealth in Europe to counteract the power of platform monopolies, as well as the Democratisation of Innovation. Technology monopolies have gained a tremendous power to shape perceptions on knowledge and information, while simultaneously avoiding any democratic accountability of that power. Since technology has become a central tenet of power in today's society, any power must ultimately belong to the sovereign citizens of a technologized society. The Tech Pillar promotes an ambitious plan to achieve Technological Sovereignty,[32] which is seen as the right of citizens, while giving agency to democratic institutions to make self-determined choices regarding technology and technological innovation.
  8. Vision for Culture: From its beginning, DiEM25 has placed arts and culture at the heart of its vision of a democratic Europe. The on-going crisis in Europe is not only economic, nor only political. We are also in the throes of a severe crisis of culture: ‘the disintegration, destruction or suspension of some basic elements of sociocultural life.’ The Movement's mission is dedicated to developing a new vision for culture in Europe and providing a platform for its expression; all in a way that connects rather than divides people.[33]

Brexit

DiEM25 seeks to avert European fracture. In the lead up to the Brexit referendum, DiEM25 co-founder Yanis Varoufakis worked with British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn to support Great Britain's stay in the European Union. Varoufakis cited the special concessions[34] granted by the European Union to the United Kingdom in February 2016 as evidence of European disintegration.[35] After the Leave victory in the Brexit referendum DiEM25 members decided to support the triggering of article 50[36] on the condition that the UK would exit the EU under a Norway+ agreement, preserving freedom of movement and access to the single market. In light of the UK government's refusal to negotiate such an agreement, in October 2018 DiEM25 members voted[37] to launch a campaign, "Take a Break from Brexit", calling for an extension of the negotiations period, under article 50 provisions. However, in defiance of the official stance of the movement[38] and of his own previously stated opinion [39] Varoufakis publicly opposed the extension[40] and in May 2020, a few months after the defeat of Jeremy Corbyn, declared his support for a no deal Brexit at the end of the transition phase.[41]

Structure

DiEM25 has four constituent parts, namely a Coordinating Collective (CC), a Validation Council (VC), DiEM25 Spontaneous Collectives (DSCs) and an advisory board. To raise money, DiEM25 uses crowdfunding.[42]

The Coordinating Collective has twelve members who meet weekly to lead DiEM25's actions. DiEM25 schedules an electronic vote every six months to permit all DiEM25 members to renew half of the CC's seats. Coordinating Collective members cannot simultaneously belong to another political party, or be ministers or parliamentarians still in office.[43]

The Validation Council has 100 participants who monitor DiEM25 members’ good conduct, make decisions when urgency and time do not permit a membership digital referendum and validate the Coordinating Collective's proposals. Any DiEM25 member can apply to join the VC; DiEM25 selects Validation Council seats by drawing lots. Like the Coordinating Collective vote, DiEM25 schedules a selection for half of the VC's seats every six months.[44]

DiEM25 Spontaneous Collectives self-organize to forward DiEM's goals. DSCs form based on affinity and municipal, regional or national location, meeting face-to-face or online.[45]

The advisory board advises DiEM25. The Coordinating Collective and the Validation Council jointly elect advisors based on their recognized achievements and expertise in their fields (artistic, political and academic, among others).[18]

One year after its foundation, DiEM25 declared that it had 60,000 members from across the European Union.

Electoral politics

Electoral wings (political parties as part of the movement)

DiEM25 has electoral wings, which are parties that are a tool of the movement to get involved in electoral politics and bring its program to the ballot box.[46] Currently there are the following established electoral wings:

PartyNationLeaderFoundedSeats in upper chamberSeats in lower chamberSeats in the 2019–2024 European ParliamentLast national election resultLast European election resultRef
MeRA25GreeceYanis Varoufakis2018Unicameral2.5%2.5%[47]
MERA25GermanyJulijana Zita2021Did not stand0.3%[48]
MERA25ItalyFederico Dolce2022Did not standDid not stand[49]
MERA25Sweden2024UnicameralDid not standDid not stand

European Parliament election in 2019 and in 2024

From its foundation, DiEM25 gathered affiliations from national political parties that agree with the DiEM25 agenda and in May 2017 began discussing running on a shared ticket in the 2019 European Parliament election.[50] From this alliance, DiEM25 established an electoral list for the 2019 European Parliament elections named European Spring which by 2019 was styling itself a transnational European political party list.[51] On 25 November 2018, Varoufakis was chosen as a Spitzenkandidat for DiEM25 in the 2019 European Parliament elections.[52] However, DiEM25 did not elect any MEPs in 2019 and most affiliated parties ceased to exist, disaffiliated or did not stand in the subsequent 2024 European Parliament election. In these elections, DiEM25 supported MERA25 electoral lists in Germany and Greece, and the list Peace Land Dignity in Italy. Once again, none of them elected MEPs.[53] Affiliated parties were the following:

!Party!Nation!Seats in upper chamber!Seats in lower chamber!Seats in the European Parliament!Last national election result!Last European election result!Ref
Der WandelAustria0.5%Did not stand[54]
AlternativetDenmarkUnicameral3.3%2.7%[55]
Génération.sFrancePart of NUPES (31.6%)Did not stand[56]
Democracy in Europe – DiEM25GermanyDid not stand0.3%[57]
Democracy in Motion0.1%Did not stand
MutDid not standDid not stand[58]
MeRA25GreeceUnicameral2.5%2.5%[59]
èViva (until 2023)ItalyPart of PD–IDP (19.1%)Did not stand[60]
Lewica Razem (until 2022)PolandPart of The Left (8.6%)6.3% (disaffiliated in 2022)[61]
LIVRE (until 2019)PortugalUnicameral1.3%1.8% (affiliated until 2019)[62]
ActúaSpain0.4%Did not stand[63]
0.1%Did not stand

Development, criticism and reception

The launch of the initiative was widely covered by the international press. The leading European media reflected in their reports the following days both the potential of the movement and the major contradictions it faces. Varoufakis was asked by the press about the relationship between his initiative and the proposals of other leaders of the European left to confront and to handle what they see as a "crisis of neoliberalism", including the proposals of Oskar Lafontaine in Germany and Jean-Luc Mélenchon in France, for a recovery of sovereignty and a return to national currencies, abandoning the euro. On this point, which is contentious due to the confrontation of opposing positions within the European left, Varoufakis rejected a return of sovereignty to nation-states. He argued for the main goal of the movement to be the repoliticisation of Europe as a unit and the democratisation of its institutions as a way of dealing with tendencies of separation, fragmentation, competition and isolation.[64]

Varoufakis was harshly criticized by conservatives for his initiative, notably German conservatives. In an article entitled "Varoufakis' kleine Internationale gegen Kapitalismus" ("Varoufakis' little International against capitalism"), the conservative German newspaper Die Welt suggested that Varoufakis' proposals "would shatter Europe apart rather than cure it". In its note on the launching of DiEM25, the paper suggests that this initiative was a product of Varoufakis being "embittered" by the rejection of his ideas. According to the article, Varoufakis could not have been able to accept that his colleagues had not wanted to follow him and would have concluded that he needed international alliances since he had not been able to impose himself at the national level.[65]

Right after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Polish left-wing party, Lewica Razem, officially opted out of the movement. They argued that neither DiEM25 nor the Progressive International "explicitly declared recognition of Ukraine's right to sovereignty or [..] condemnation of Russian imperialism".[66] [67]

Reaction to Israel's war on Gaza

The DiEM25 launched a petition, calling for Israel to be suspended from world sport "until it fully complies with international law and sports regulations." The petition says "The International Olympic Committee, FIFA, UEFA,FIBA, and other sports organisations are complicit as they allow a continuous participation of the occupying apartheid regime in their events".[68] [69] The letter comes amid a letter published by Irish Member of the European Parliament, Chris MacManus and signed by several MEPs, calling on FIFA, UEFA and "all other competent bodies to take decisive action."Pijtelovich compares Israel's actions to Russia's actions in invading Ukraine in 2022, which saw them widely suspended from international sports: "So on the day four, if we compare figures alone, there was 14 children as victims of war in Ukraine, and that is 14 children too many. But now we have around 14,000 Palestinian children who have been killed in this invasion or aggression on Gaza, And there is no action, there is no condemnation from FIFA, from UEFA, from IOC or anybody. "[69]

Prominent members or former members

See also

External links

Notes and References

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  2. News: Varoufakis. Yanis. Yanis Varoufakis. EU no longer serves the people. The Guardian. 9 February 2016. 9 February 2016.
  3. News: Democracy in Europe: DiEM25 in Rome with Yanis Varoufakis. 29 March 2016. openDemocracy.
  4. Varoufakis, Yanis. December 2015. 3 May 2018. Capitalism will eat democracy — unless we speak up. video. TEDGlobal.
  5. George, Susan. October 2009. 3 May 2018. Susan George on Ecological Economics. video. EcoLabs1 via YouTube.
  6. News: Pietrandrea. Paola. The polis needs the feminine, at least as much as the feminine needs the polis. Diem25.org. Democracy in Europe Movement 2025. March 2018. 3 May 2018.
  7. News: Collins. Abel. Chomsky: Putting the eco back in economy. HuffPost. 13 February 2014. 3 May 2018.
  8. News: Bershidsky. Leonid. Happy nations don't focus on growth. Bloomberg News. 20 March 2017. 3 May 2018.
  9. News: Progressive Agenda for Europe. diem25.org. Democracy in Europe Movement 2025. 3 May 2018.
  10. News: Lydon. Christopher. Noam Chomsky: Neoliberalism Is Destroying Our Democracy. The Nation. 2 June 2017. 3 May 2018. 11 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200111175617/https://www.thenation.com/article/noam-chomsky-neoliberalism-destroying-democracy/. dead.
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  12. Chomsky, Noam
    Varoufakis, Yanis
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  13. Web site: 28 May 2019. No MEP seat for DiEM25. 27 June 2024.
  14. Web site: 10 June 2024. MERA25 falls short but our objectives remain the same. 27 June 2024.
  15. News: Varoufakis lanza un movimiento para evitar la desintegración de la UE. https://archive.today/20160215120922/http://www.afp.com/es/noticias/varoufakis-lanza-un-movimiento-para-evitar-la-desintegracion-de-la-ue. dead. 15 February 2016. 9 February 2016. AFP (Agence France-Presse). 11 February 2016.
  16. News: The EU will be democratised. Or it will disintegrate!. Diem25.org. Democracy in Europe Movement 2025. 9 February 2016. 23 April 2016.
  17. News: Oltermann. Philip. Yanis Varoufakis launches pan-European leftwing movement DiEM25. The Guardian. 10 February 2016. 7 February 2018.
  18. Web site: Advisory Panel. Diem25.org. Democracy in Europe Movement 2025. 19 April 2019.
  19. News: 23 March 2016. Transparency in Europe now!. You.wemove.eu. WeMove.EU. 15 September 2017.
  20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.1476 Sitter, Nick, and Elisabeth Bakke. "Democratic backsliding in the European Union." (2019).
  21. Web site: Campaign: Transparency. Diem25.org. Democracy in Europe Movement 2025. 10 November 2020. 8 March 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210308121334/https://diem25.org/campaign-transparency/. dead.
  22. Web site: Manifesto (short version). Diem25.org. Democracy in Europe Movement 2025. 10 November 2020.
  23. Web site: European New Deal. Diem25.org. Democracy in Europe Movement 2025. 10 November 2020.
  24. Web site: The Green New Deal for Europe. Diem25.org. Democracy in Europe Movement 2025. 10 November 2020.
  25. Web site: Zanetti-Domingues. Laura C.. The Green New Deal for Europe paves the way for global justice. Diem25.org. Democracy in Europe Movement 2025. 9 May 2020 . 10 November 2020.
  26. Web site: Potter . Andrew . The Green New Deal for Europe offers a more compassionate future for workers. Diem25.org. Democracy in Europe Movement 2025. 6 February 2020. 10 November 2020.
  27. Web site: You searched for the Environmental Union. Diem25.org. Democracy in Europe Movement 2025. 10 November 2020.
  28. Web site: You searched for the Environmental Justice Commission. Democracy in Europe Movement 2025. 10 November 2020.
  29. Web site: Progressive Agenda for Europe. Democracy in Europe Movement 2025. 16 November 2020.
  30. News: Transparency in Europenow!. You.wemove.eu. WeMove.EU. 23 March 2016. 15 September 2017.
  31. Web site: Refugees. Democracy in Europe Movement 2025. 16 November 2020.
  32. Web site: Technologische Souveränität. Diem25.org. Democracy in Europe Movement 2025. de. 16 November 2020.
  33. Web site: Vision for Culture. Diem25.org. Democracy in Europe Movement 2025. 16 November 2020.
  34. News: Mason. Rowena. Rankin. Jennifer. EU renegotiation: UK wins partial concession on migrant worker benefits. The Guardian. 2 February 2016. 22 February 2016.
  35. News: Sánchez-Vallejo. María Antonia. Lo ocurrido con Cameron confirma la descomposición de la UE. El País. es. 21 February 2016. 22 February 2016.
  36. Web site: What should DiEM25's post-Brexit position be? (Part 2) - Vote by DiEM25 members. DiEM25 - Democracy in Europe Movement 2025.
  37. Web site: Update on DiEM25's stance on Brexit – Vote 1 - Vote by DiEM25 members. DiEM25 - Democracy in Europe Movement 2025.
  38. Web site: Update on DiEM25's stance on Brexit – Vote 2 - Vote by DiEM25 members. DiEM25 - Democracy in Europe Movement 2025.
  39. Web site: A call to 'take a break from Brexit' for a general election. www.opendemocracy.com. 28 November 2018.
  40. Web site: Yanis Varoufakis: Britain needs a People's Debate, not a second Brexit referendum. www.newstatesman.com. 23 January 2019.
  41. Web site: Yanis Varoufakis: Covid-19 has "turbocharged" the EU's failures. www.newstatesman.com. 11 May 2020.
  42. News: Guerzoni. Monica. Le sinistre senza guida. Corriere della Sera. it. 23 March 2016. 15 September 2017.
  43. Web site: Coordinating Collective. Diem25.org.. Democracy in Europe Movement 2025. 6 March 2019.
  44. Web site: DiEM25 Validating Council. Diem25.org.. Democracy in Europe Movement 2025. 6 March 2019.
  45. Web site: DiEM25 Local Groups / DSCs. Diem25.org.. Democracy in Europe Movement 2025. 6 March 2019.
  46. News: DiEM25. 13 November 2017. Not just another political party. Open Democracy. 28 March 2021.
  47. Web site: Hope is back for Greece: DiEM25 launches new political party. 12 October 2022. Diem25.org. 27 March 2018 . Democracy in Europe Movement 2025. en.
  48. Web site: DiEM25 launches new political party in Germany: MERA25. 12 October 2022. Diem25.org. 9 December 2021 . Democracy in Europe Movement 2025. en.
  49. Web site: DiEM25 announces the launch of its third political party in Europe: MERA25 in Italy. 12 October 2022. Diem25.org. 12 October 2022 . Democracy in Europe Movement 2025. en.
  50. News: May 2017. DiEM25 to form Europe's first transnational political party. Diem25.org. Democracy in Europe Movement 2025. 31 May 2017.
  51. News: 31 January 2019. What Yanis Varoufakis did next. 31 January 2019. The Economist.
  52. Web site: 26 November 2018. Varoufakis elected DiEM25's 'Spitzenkandidat'. 19 April 2019. EUObserver.
  53. News: June 2024. European Elections: MERA25 falls short but our objectives remain the same. 26 June 2024.
  54. Web site: 26 November 2018. Wandel am Sprung ins EU-Parlament. 16 January 2019. Wandel. de.
  55. Web site: A progressive Europe. 4 October 2018. At the same time, we want to extend our engagement at the European level, and actively take part in the all-European debate so that we can find common solutions to our shared European problems. Therefore, we keep on strengthening our cooperation with other progressive forces and initiatives, such as the new progressive movement DiEM25..
  56. News: E1. 22 January 2018. Européennes : Hamon et Varoufakis veulent pousser des listes avec un programme commun. fr. Europe 1. 11 February 2018.
  57. Web site: Alliance électorale entre DiE et DiB. 1 October 2018. Diem25.org. Democracy in Europe Movement 2025. fr.
  58. Web site: Vote for European Spring on Sunday, May 26. 24 May 2019. Diem25.org. Democracy in Europe Movement 2025.
  59. News: Smith. Helena. 1 April 2018. Yanis Varoufakis: 'Greece is a debtors' prison'. The Guardian. 1 April 2018.
  60. Web site: Eviva.news - eviva Resources and Information . 2022-03-13 . 2021-04-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210412210839/https://www.eviva.news/chi-siamo/ . dead .
  61. Web site: 8 May 2016. Czym jest DiEM25. 27 November 2017. Partiarazem.pl. Partia Razem. pl.
  62. Web site: 26 April 2018. European Spring": The transnational list to present a progressive alternative in 2019 gathers pace. 28 April 2018. Diem25.org. Democracy in Europe Movement 2025.
  63. Web site: The European Spring is arriving in Frankfurt on October 26!. 20 October 2018. Diem25.org. 20 October 2018. Democracy in Europe Movement 2025.
  64. News: Marco. Bascetta. Sandro. Mezzadra. Varoufakis appeals for democratic awakening. Il Manifesto, Global Edition. 10 February 2016. 12 February 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160215120647/http://ilmanifesto.global/varoufakis-appeals-for-democratic-awakening/. 15 February 2016. dead.
  65. News: Jan. Dams. Varoufakis' kleine Internationale gegen Kapitalismus. Die Welt. 10 February 2016. 12 February 2016 .
  66. Web site: Kończymy współpracę z DiEM25 i Progressive International .
  67. Web site: Razem odcina się od zachodnich lewicowych międzynarodówek. Przez Rosję . 2 March 2022 .
  68. News: Qarjouli . Asmahan . Over 20,000 sign petition calling on FIFA to ban Israel . Doha News . 11 Jan 2024.
  69. News: Sumlaji . Dana . Demands for Israel sports ban grow louder . 16 Feb 2024.
  70. https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/can-europe-make-it/noam-chomsky-joins-diem25 (signed manifesto and endorsed the movement in 2016)
  71. https://diem25.org/tag/noam-chomsky (participation in discussions and media)
  72. News: Leading activists, artists, scholars and political figures take central role in DiEM25. OpenDemocracy. 5 October 2016. 5 October 2016.
  73. News: Horák. Jan. Piráti koketují s radikální levicí, přihlásili se k hnutí řeckého marxisty Varufakise. Lidové Noviny. cs. 13 November 2017. 27 October 2017.
  74. News: Actúa asiste al encuentro de Diem25 en Lisboa y comparte la idea de construir una alternativa transnacional a partir de unos mínimos programáticos de cara a las Elecciones Europeas de 2019. Actúa. es. April 2018. 15 May 2018.
  75. Web site: Advisory Panel.
  76. Web site: DiEM25 Coordinating Collective . DiEM25 . 13 January 2023.