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On DiEM25’s electoral wing: reply from a CC member to thoughts on ‘a historic moment’

A transnational movement-party, a hotbed of grassroots democracy capable of supranational solutions – why that matters to me.

By Rosemary Bechler
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Framework for a discussion: DiEM25's first World Cafe, opposite Bozar, September 9, 2017, Brussels. All rights reserved.Dear Shawn,

First of all I wanted to thank you. When I tapped you on the shoulder in the mall opposite the Bozar after the morning session of DiEM25’s first World Café, and asked if you’d consider reporting back on your deliberations on the future and purpose of DiEM25 for openDemocracy, I’m not sure what I was expecting. But it was not this vivid encapsulation of a ‘historic moment’.

I have been mulling over your thoughts on the tension between the ‘doers’ and the ‘idealists’, and the need to move beyond ego while taking one’s own ambitions seriously, ever since publishing your piece.

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