MERA25 explained

MERA25
Colorcode:
  1. EF3C1F
Leader:Julijana Zita
Country:Germany
Founder:Julijana Zita
Johannes Fehr
Nicolá Ramminger
Thomas Kellermann[1]
Founded:13 November 2021
Ideology:Progressivism[2]
Green New Deal[3]
European federalism[4]
Direct democracy[5]
Membership Year:2024
Membership:2.500 (claimed)[6]
European:Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 (DiEM25)
Website:www.mera25.de

MERA25 (an abbreviation from the, German: Europäische realistische Ungehorsamfront,), is a German political party. It is part of the pan-European movement, Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 (DiEM25). This political party was founded first as Democracy in Europe (German: Demokratie in Europa) on 28 November 2020,[7] and then was renamed to MERA25 on 13 November 2021, in reference to the Greek party with the same name.[8]

History

European Parliamentary elections

Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 was founded on 9 February 2016, at the Volksbühne, Berlin. In an internal Europe-wide online vote, Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 decided to establish another political association in Germany for the 2019 European elections. It was founded on 2 June 2018, in Frankfurt am Main under the name Democracy in Europe – DiEM25. Laura Müller and Jasper Finkeldey were elected as the two chairpersons at the General Assembly of Democracy in Europe – DiEM25 on 24 November 2018. The top candidate for the European elections in Germany was former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, with Daniela Platsch running as the second top candidate.[9] The party was supported by Democracy in Motion and Mut.[10] [11] In the election, the party won 130,072 votes in Germany. and this corresponded to a vote share of 0.3 percent, but was not enough for any of the 96 German mandates for the European Parliament.[12]

Party formation

On 28 November 2020, the association was founded as a party under the name Democracy in Europe.[13] On 13 November 2021, the party was re-established and took the name of the Greek electoral wing MέΡA25.MERA25 ran for the first time in a state parliamentary election on 14 May 2023 for the election to the Bremen parliament. The campaign was financed exclusively by individual donations and focused on the topic of housing.[14] [15] The party accounted for 0.6% of all valid second votes.[16]

Positions

For MERA25, social policies and radical democracy are the focus of its political orientation. The key points of the party program lists as follows:[17] [18]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2023-10-19. 2023-10-19. https://archive.today/20231019052621/https://mera25.de/organisation/. de-DE. MERA25 – Organisation Bundesebene.
  2. Web site: Vielfältige Gesellschaft: Diskriminierung und Menschenfeindlichkeit bekämpfen . de-DE. 2023-10-19. 2023-10-19. https://archive.today/20231019052833/https://mera25.de/programm/vielfaeltige-gesellschaft/.
  3. Web site: Green New Deal: Gute Jobs & Klimaneutralität bis 2030. de-DE . 2023-10-19. 2023-10-19. https://archive.today/20231019053202/https://mera25.de/programm/green-new-deal/.
  4. Web site: Ausblick: Eine Verfassung für die europäische Republik. de-DE . 2023-10-19. 2023-10-19. https://archive.today/20231019053616/https://mera25.de/programm/verfassung/.
  5. Web site: Demokratie: Ein Mehiteeiß. 2023-10-19. de-DE. 2023-10-19. https://archive.today/20231019052906/https://mera25.de/programm/demokratie/.
  6. Web site: 2024-05-10 . Ana Alba Schmidt . 2024-05-09 . . MERA25 - Gemeinsam für Europäische Unabhängigkeit .
  7. Web site: MERA25 and DiEM25 in Germany. DiEM25 hat eine Partei! – MERA25 und DiEM25 in Deutschland . https://archive.today/20231019055128/https://diem25.org/diem25-hat-eine-partei/. 2023-10-19 . DiEM25 . 2020-12-09 . de-DE . 2023-10-19.
  8. Web site: DiEM25 gründet Bundespartei MERA25 . https://archive.today/20231019055331/https://www.presseportal.de/pm/135944/5074806. 2023-10-19. 16 November 2021 . de . 2023-10-19.
  9. Book: Patricia Hecht. Deutscher Flügel von DiEM25: Europa? Mit links. Die Tageszeitung: taz. 2018-05-29. 0931-9085. 2023-10-19. https://archive.today/20231019110728/https://taz.de/Deutscher-Fluegel-von-DiEM25/!5509527/. 2023-10-19.
  10. Web site: Demokratie in Bewegung . Europa ist unsere Zukunft. de-de . 2019-04-05.
  11. Web site: 2023-10-19 . mut zur Europa Wahl . https://archive.today/20231019055210/https://www.partei-mut.de/2019/03/31/mut-zur-europa-wahl/ . 31 March 2019 . MUT . de-de. 2023-10-19.
  12. Web site: Bundeswahlleiter . Europawahl 2019 Stimmverteilung . 2019-06-10 . https://archive.today/20190610135418/https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/europawahlen/2019/ergebnisse/bund-99.html. 2019-05-27 . de-de . 2023-10-19.
  13. Web site: DiEM25 hat eine Partei! – MERA25 und DiEM25 in Deutschland . DiEM25 . 2020-12-09 . de-DE. https://archive.today/20231019055128/https://diem25.org/diem25-hat-eine-partei/. 2023-10-19 . 2023-10-19.
  14. Web site: Jan Genin . Es ist soweit: Deine Unterstützung für die neue Bremer Solidarität – Jan Genin . https://archive.today/20231019112601/https://diem25.org/ist-soweit-deine-unterstuetzung-fuer-die-neue-bremer-solidaritaet/. 2023-10-19 . DiEM25 . 2023-03-10 . de-DE . 2023-10-19.
  15. Web site: David X. Noack . Bürger in Wut: Neu in Bremen – und bald auch bundesweit? . https://archive.today/20231019112622/https://www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1173168.bremenwahl-buerger-in-wut-neu-in-bremen-n-und-bald-auch-bundesweit.html. 2023-10-19 . Neues Deutschland . 2023-05-15 . de-DE . 2023-10-19.
  16. Web site: Wahl zur Bremischen Bürgerschaft . wahlen-bremen.de . Statistisches Landesamt Bremen . de . 2023-10-19. https://archive.today/20231019055526/https://www.wahlen-bremen.de/Wahlen/2023_05_14/. 2023-10-19.
  17. Web site: Ziele . 2023-10-19. https://archive.today/20231019054554/https://mera25.de/ziele/ . de-DE . 2023-04-21.
  18. Web site: Für Vision und Verantwortung . https://archive.today/20231019054602/https://mera25.de/programm/. 2023-10-19 . de-DE . 2023-04-21.

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