MERA25 (an abbreviation from the ; , ) is a German political party. It is part of the pan-European movement, Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 (DiEM25). The party was founded first as Democracy in Europe () on 28 November 2020, and then was renamed to MERA25 on 13 November 2021, in reference to the Greek party with the same name.
MERA25 (an abbreviation from the ; , ) is a German political party. It is part of the pan-European movement, Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 (DiEM25). The party was founded first as Democracy in Europe () on 28 November 2020, and then was renamed to MERA25 on 13 November 2021, in reference to the Greek party with the same name.
== History == 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 under the name Democracy in Europe (DiEM25). Laura Müller and Jasper Finkeldey were elected as the two chairpersons at the General Assembly of 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 to top candidate. The party was supported by Democracy in Motion and Mut. In the election, the party won 130,072 votes in Germany. This corresponded to a vote share of 0.3 percent, which was not enough for any of the 96 German representatives for the European Parliament.
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