The most important word in this whole comment is:



KLERETERION (and maybe the link way down at the end, if you are politically minded, and especially if you are an Economist, and especially whoever still have never heard of that word before.)





To quote Victor Hugo, to give me a leg to stand on:



“A day will come when all nations on our continent will form a European brotherhood ... A day will come when we shall see ... the United States of America and the United States of Europe face to face, reaching out for each other across the seas.”



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union



The structural evolution chart in Wikipedia is an excellent reference point to see some of the

historical treaties, that birthed the EU, especially the Maastricht Treaty. Is Greece still a member of the EU? What a fit, you get a turn to take the ball and run with it, rather than some one else punting from the south-east corner of the playing field. I’d say court, but then that would be basketball, and right now it looks a lot like football to me.



https://www.academia.edu/10410975/Greece_and_the_EU_Debt_Crisis



To get back on track, in sports vernacular, since I like symbols, I even like “MeRA25 or DiEM25”, not the greatest, not the worst, and pretty middle-of-the-road, like neutral. It’s not even a word. I can even relate to it, since the only sport I ever pursued was bicycling. The most basic root identification of the meaning of the political group’s name is even easy to find, at least, right on Wikipedia. It sounds a whole lot better than really old re-runs of “Leave it to Beaver”.



As a group, all economists, aren’t necessarily bad, there’s a few good apples in the bunch. Seriously, they have to at least try to think about every little detail/thing, because if they don’t, some engineer somewhere will define everything for them and then where would we all be, including them? Engineers are ok, too, sometimes, since they are ultimately responsible, in a way for at least having somebody or something drawing all the lines, so I don’t get lost coasting and pedaling the edge of any road, especially with all the autos trying to hog all the big lanes.



Bicycling is a tricky sport. It’s rough riding a bicycle on gravel, all alone. I never got into Motocross, or Mountain biking on dirt roads. I just had a Gitane, and a few earlier and later American models. My son has had a Trek and now moved up to a Specialized Stump Jumper ST. So far, after 2THRs I can’t really afford to buy one, and haven’t had the courage.

Yes, I guess I’d even buy a T-shirt, maybe, that is if I had some extra money to buy something like a T-shirt that I really don’t need. I also think my son really has enough already, but I will definitely tell him about MeRA25 or DiEM25, if he doesn’t know all about it.





So, back on track to MeRA25 orDiEM25, that one/or more little symbol again. It’s a unified symbol, taking energy from the left and the right, and it has a clear timeline identified, right up front, in public. I can even understand what it represents from way-out across the pond, in another sort, or field.





The population in the EU is documented as at least 116,000,000 people which is only an approximation. That count probably doesn’t begin to include everybody over there. The people speak 24 different languages. 10% are native English speakers, and 51% of the population speak English. Religious affiliations vary, with 71% Christian. There are many critical variables. Statistics don’t always reveal the complexities of the political landscape, or a real rough road. Honesty, Integrity, and Humility are the bottom line to keep a symbol from becoming just another empty can thrown out, or kicked to the side of the road.



In the EU, people have to be able to somehow retain their own cultural identities, their languages, their land rights, their contract rights.



What are the most basic rights to what?

What are the ownership rights to own land within each country?

What are the rights to stay on your own land?

What are the water rights?

What are the mineral rights?

What are the building structure rights?

What is the right to be on your own land?

What is the boundary?

What is the right to speak one’s own language?

In many ways, what is the most basic right to speak which language on whose land?

What is the most basic right to speak at all? What is the most basic right to own any thing at all? What is the most basic right to write any thing at all?

Is there any basic right to own any thing, and to write any thing?



Who defines who, what, where, why, how, and when?



And last but not least,



Who defines the air rights?



How long is the symbol a constant factor?



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_in_Europe_Movement_2025



https://news.cnrs.fr/videos/the-machine-that-selected-the-citizens-of-athens