Europe is being told that its future depends on more weapons, bigger military budgets, permanent mobilisation, and deeper dependence on NATO. From Brussels to Berlin, “security” is being rewritten to mean rearmament, while social security, climate security, housing, healthcare, democracy, and peace are pushed aside as luxuries we can no longer afford. But whose security is actually being protected?

In this public DiEM25 panel, Julijana Zita, member of DiEM25’s Coordinating Collective, is joined by Paweł Mościcki, Polish philosopher, writer and essayist; Michalis Kritharidis of MeRA25 Greece; Jan Bělíček, editor-in-chief of Deník Alarm; and Adam Hruška of Volt Czechia to confront Europe’s accelerating militarisation and ask whether our continent’s future can, and must, move beyond NATO. Together, they discuss what genuine security could mean in a Europe trapped between imperial power blocs, war economies, arms industry profits, authoritarian drift, and political elites who treat peace as weakness. Can the left speak credibly about safety without surrendering to the language of generals and defence contractors? Can Europe defend people instead of borders, democracy instead of markets, and peace instead of endless escalation?

This conversation is not about naïve pacifism. It is about refusing the false choice between militarised fear and political irrelevance. It is about reclaiming security from those who have turned it into a business model — and imagining a Europe built on peace, justice, democracy, and solidarity. The panel is followed by a 30-minute audience Q&A.

Speakers: Julijana Zita — DiEM25 Coordinating Collective, Paweł Mościcki — Polish philosopher, writer and essayist, Michalis Kritharidis — MeRA25 Greece, Jan Bělíček — Editor-in-chief, Deník Alarm, Adam Hruška — Volt Czechia

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