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DiEM25, the movement due to be launched by former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, is set to look for allies in Bulgaria, a civic activist said on Saturday.
"I really think so," Lorenzo Marsilli replied when asked in an interview with the Bulgarian National Radio whether DiEM25 would work with organizations in Bulgaria. He also praised the country for having a well-developed civil society, adding it had many ideas in common with his movement.
Marsili, introduced as one of the "driving forces" behind the movement, added "it is very clear to many people" there are two alternatives for the future of Europe at the moment, but neither the preservation of the status quo (of bureaucracy and austerity) nor a return to national states can properly address present-day challenges, Marsili told the Bulgarian National Radio.
He added Varoufakis wanted to "democratize" Europe and return the power back to people, explaining decisionmaking mechanisms should be urgently changed to give voice to EU citizens through the parties they have sent to the European Parliament.
Already known by its acronym, DiEM25, the Democracy in Europe Movement is due to be officially founded on Tuesday in Berlin, with its first members being kept "a secret" to surprise EU citizens which has "no leader" for the moment.
Marsili, however, refuted suggestions that the movement's ideological problem rested solely upon the ideas of Varoufakis, saying the former Finance Minister's theses were shared by leading economic minds around the world. He added the goal was to unite organizations, individuals and concepts around Europe and provide funding through donations.
He stressed that, even though DiEM25 wants to shift the balance of power, it doesn't necessarily want to grown into a party, but possibly might also seek to found new parties in other countries.
Lorenzo Marsili is founding director of transnational organization and citizens movement European Alternatives, the initiator and spokesperson of the Media Initiative and host of political webshow TalkReal.
Varoufakis for his part resigned in July of last year, after having served as Greece's Finance Minister for only a few months, citing pressure amid the talks of Greece with international lenders.
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