DiEM25

Σήμερα έχουμε άλλη μια απόδειξη ότι το κίνημά μας, το DiEM25 πανευρωπαϊκά και το ΜέΡΑ25 στην πατρίδα μας, φέρνει κάτι καινούργιο, πρωτόγνωρο και ωραίο στην πολιτική σκηνή.  Το κίνημά μας δεν παίρνει χρήματα από τις Βρυξέλλες, από τραπεζίτες, μεγιστάνες, ολιγάρχες και λοιπά συμφέροντα. Μας χρηματοδοτούν τα μέλη μας από το υστέρημά τους. Σήμερα έχουμε κι άλλη μια ευγενική πηγή χρηματοδότησης: Κορυφαίους καλλιτέχνες που συμμετέχουν την πρώτη διαδικτυακή δημοπρασία έργων τέχνης με σκοπό την ενίσχυση του πανευρωπαϊκού δημοκρατικού μας κινήματος.

The president of the World Bank, Jim Yong Kim, will step down on 1 February – three and a half years before the end of his term – in search of greener pastures. His readiness to resign from the leadership of one the two most powerful international institutions is a worrying omen. But it is also an important wake-up call.

Yanis Varoufakis, the Spitzenkandidat for the EUROPEAN SPRING, set up by DiEM25, told EURACTIV Germany that: “If the European Left were united, coherent and civilised, we wouldn’t have created Diem25, we’d have joined them. Now we are running against them, which is very painful to us,” the former Greek finance minister told EURACTIV Germany in an interview.

With xenophobic and authoritarian forces rising across the EU, societies in stagnation  levels, and climate catastrophe on the horizon, it’s time to stop what we’re doing and rethink. The EUROPEAN SPRING, that will be contesting the May 2019 European elections in 11 countries, brings together politicians and activists to give a new, European perspective on these critical issues.

Program:

In 2018, the good people behind the Edinburgh Festival kindly invited me to host a series of discussions under the title KILLING DEMOCRACY? My remit was: Further to explore the question of whether the current form of financialised capitalism is devouring democracy, reflecting on my work with the Democracy in Europe Movement (DiEM25). In a series of four events I tried to explore the ways in which the demos can be put back into our democracies.

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Varoufakis talks to us about what he’s planning with the veteran US politician, why Jeremy Corbyn has been slow to support his campaigning efforts in Europe, and whether it’s possible for the UK to “remain and reform” inside the EU.

VICE: Can you start by telling me about your trip over to the US. What plans do you have in the pipeline with Bernie?

OXFORD, England — A police van smuggled Steve Bannon past protesters in Oxford last month, a stop on a promotional tour for his new project to boost “populist nationalism” across Europe.