The Hague, Netherlands -- Today, Friday 31 January 2025, nations from all over the world will convene in The Hague to discuss their shared commitment to upholding international law, responding to threats against the International Criminal Court and defending Palestinian rights. DiEM25 - a founding member of Progressive International - will be represented at today's meeting by MeRA25 leader, DiEM25 co-founder, Yanis Varoufakis.

Following the meeting, nations are expected to form The Hague Group and will announce "coordinated legal, economic, and diplomatic measures" to hold Israel accountable for its violations of international law, including its ongoing actions in Gaza, at an afternoon press conference organised by the Progressive International. The meeting will explore collective action at both national and international levels to support international law and Palestinian rights during the ongoing crisis. By coordinating legal, economic, and diplomatic measures, the Hague Group aims to disrupt the systems that enable violations of international law and hold violators accountable.

The press conference can be watched live at 3:30 pm today:

https://youtube.com/live/BW5e4cutGmQ?feature=share

We will send today DiEM25's statement and other news on the topic.

On Saturday Yanis Varoufakis will head to Amsterdam to join Brid Brennan (Transnational Institute), Jeremy Corbyn (Independent Member of Parliament, UK) and Lucille Cornelius (DiEM25 Spokesperson in the Netherlands) for the panel discussion The People vs the 1% that will take place at 12 pm at Ru Pare (Chris Lebeaustraat 4, 1062 DC Amsterdam).

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DiEM25 is a pan-European movement of democrats, united under the conviction that the EU will only survive if it is radically transformed. The environmental, economic and coronavirus crisis have shown that real solutions for the majority and not the minority can only come about if we join forces across borders. This is the mission of DiEM25: through a coordinated effort, across Europe, to unite citizens and create enough energy to save the EU from itself.