European Realistic Disobedience Front Μέτωπο Ευρωπαϊκής Ρεαλιστικής Ανυπακοής Μétopo Evropaikís Realistikís Anypakoís | |
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Abbreviation | MeRA25 |
General Secretary | Yanis Varoufakis |
Spokesperson | Kleon Grigoriadis |
Founded | 27 March 2018 |
Headquarters | Patision 122, Athens, Greece |
Ideology | Anti-austerity[1] Syndicalism[2] Market socialism[3] Democratic socialism[4] Pro-Europeanism[5] |
Political position | Left-wing[6] |
European affiliation | DiEM25 |
International affiliation | Progressive International |
Colours | Orange-red |
Hellenic Parliament | 0 / 300 |
European Parliament (Greece) | 0 / 21 |
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The European Realistic Disobedience Front (Greek: Μέτωπο Ευρωπαϊκής Ρεαλιστικής Ανυπακοής), or MeRA25 (Greek: ΜέΡΑ25), is a left-wing Greek political party founded in 2018. Its founder and General Secretary is former Syriza MP and Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis. MeRa25 is part of the Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 (DiEM25),[7] the European Spring, and the Progressive International.[8] Τhe 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 both the 2019 and 2024 European elections.[9][10] A party of the same name (MERA25), allied with the Greek party, was founded in Germany in 2021.[11]
MeRA 25 (Day 25), an anti-austerity party founded by former Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis is estimated to receive 3.4 percent of votes and the newly founded Right-wing nationalistic Greek Solution (Elliniki Lysi) 3.7 percent of votes.
MeRA25 is, as of this Monday, the only pro-European party in Greece that is proposing the end of austerity.