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We’re now a step closer to competing in elections!

We’re kicking off the new year with some exciting news: if our members approve it, DiEM25 could participate in its first electoral contest as soon as this March!
After our membership-wide vote last November to activate an ‘electoral wing’ and bring our movement’s progressive agenda to ballots across the EU, our local group (DSC) in Amsterdam got hands-on and has now registered a political party there.
Here’s how they did it:
 

  • As per the procedure outlined in the approved electoral wing proposal, and upon consulting with DiEM25’s Coordinating Collective (CC), DSC-Amsterdam held various meetings last month to discuss their potential participation in this year’s municipal elections (March 2018).
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  • Once they polled the local members and agreed to take DiEM25 to the ballot, DSC-Amsterdam contacted the CC again to further consult on the following steps, namely: register DiEM25 as a political party (the deadline to register ahead of the municipal elections was December 27), and begin drafting the programme, list of candidates and overall proposal that DiEM25’s members in every corner of Europe will need to vote on.
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  • Of course, registering a political party does not mean that DiEM25 will definitely participate in any electoral contest. This is just a first step!
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Thus, DSC-Amsterdam will soon present their full proposal and seek our members’ support via our usual internal voting procedures.
At the end of 2017, we outlined our achievements thus far, as well as our desire to turn 2018 into the year we prepare to confront the Establishment head-on. And while the 2019 European Parliament elections continue to be our electoral wing’s main focus, we are very excited, proud and encouraged by DSC-Amsterdam’s initiative to take our struggle to their municipality: A bottom-up struggle to challenge the incumbents, defy the establishment and turn Amsterdam into a rebel city!
Today it’s Amsterdam, tomorrow? It’s begun!
 
Carpe DiEM!
 

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