BERLIN, 27 April. - (ANA) - A MERA25 member and activists from other organisations have just been arrested at a pro-Palestine peaceful protest camp in front of the German Bundestag. German police raided and banned the camp, forcibly removing people one by one.

 

The protest camp, established on April 8, has been facing significant police intervention. Authorities have been actively curtailing the movement by arresting peaceful activists and prohibiting chants and Muslim prayers. In Germany, fundamental democratic principles such as the rule of law, freedom of speech, and the right to assembly are increasingly being dismantled, with unanimous support from the political establishment.

 

These arrests occurred just a few weeks after Yanis Varoufakis, the leader of Greece's MeRA25 political party, was prohibited from entering Germany. This ban was imposed during the Palestine Congress in Berlin, where Varoufakis was scheduled to speak. German authorities not only barred his entry but also restricted his involvement in any political activities within the country, extending the prohibition to digital platforms. The basis for these restrictions was his planned speech at the Palestine Congress, which authorities ultimately censored.

 

 

 

 

MERA25 is the name shared by all of DiEM25’s national political parties, which let us contest elections directly. Because we’re not just a movement of radical ideas. We’re also about putting those ideas into practice.

 

These parties are very different from the old ones they were built to replace. Every major decision regarding a MERA25 party – from its foundations, to its programme, to its candidate list – is subject to a vote by all our members. Wherever they live, whatever passport they hold. It’s true internationalism in action.

 

Currently, we have three MERA25 parties: in Greece, in Germany and in Italy. 

 

 

 

 

Our first political party, MERA25 Greece was founded in 2018 and entered the Hellenic Parliament in 2019 after receiving almost 200,000 votes in its first election. 

 

 

 

 

MERA25 Germany was founded in Berlin in November 2021, and has campaigned at state-level elections in Bremen and Hessen. 

 

 

 

 

MERA25 Italy was founded in November 2022 – weeks after Italy elected its most right-wing government since World War II – with the mission of rebuilding left-wing solidarity in Italian politics.  - (ANA) -

 

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