The Democrats (Greek: Δημοκράτες, romanized: Dimokrátes) is a Greek political party founded in 2024 by former PASOK–KINAL politician Andreas Loverdos.
Democrats Δημοκράτες | |
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| President | Andreas Loverdos |
| Vice President | Theodoros Papatheodorou |
| Press Spokesperson | Tatiana Douvara |
| Founder | Andreas Loverdos |
| Founded | 7 February 2024 |
| Split from | PASOK – Movement for Change |
| Headquarters | Akadimias 60, Athens |
| Ideology | Liberalism Pro-Europeanism |
| Political position | Centre[1] |
| European Parliament group | Renew Europe |
| Colours | Blue and red |
| Hellenic Parliament | 0 / 300 |
| European Parliament | 0 / 21 |
| Website | |
| dimokrates | |
It describes itself as a "patriotic, popular, politically liberal, modernizing, reformist, digital and pluralist" party.[2]
The party is participated in 2024 European Parliament election in Greece.
History
editOn 7 February 2024, Andreas Loverdos filed the necessary documents and supporting documents for the establishment of the party, at the Supreme Civil and Criminal Court.[3] On 4 March 2024, the new party was presented through a Loverdos' video message from Evros.[4]
On 20 March 2024, in Brussels, it was announced that the party had joined the European parliamentary group Renew Europe, after a meeting of party officials with the RE leader Valérie Hayer.[5]
On 21 March 2024, Panagiotis Konsoulas was elected by the temporary Political Committee of the party as the first Secretary of the party.[6] On 26 March, it was announced that the criminologist Tatiana Douvara took over as Press Spokesperson,[7] while a day later it was announced that the president of the Athens Central Fish Market, Vassilis Simos, took over as Political Spokesperson.[8]
On 28 March 2024, the former Hellenic Parliament member of the Democratic Alignment and PASOK–KINAL, Theodoros Papatheodorou, took over as vice president of the party.[9]
On 9 June 2024, in the 2024 European Parliament election, the party failed to elect an MEP, underperforming compared to opinion polls and taking 1.45% of the vote.[10]
Election results
editEuropean Parliament election
edit| European Parliament | ||||||||
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| Election | Votes | % | ±pp | Seats won | +/− | Rank | Leader | EP Group |
| 2024 | 57,496 | 1.45% | New | 0 / 21
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New | 11th | Andreas Loverdos | − |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ https://europeelects.eu/greece/ Greece - Europe Elects
- ^ Μπουρδάρας, Γιώργος (2024-03-05). "Οι «Δημοκράτες», το νέο κόμμα από Λοβέρδο". Η ΚΑΘΗΜΕΡΙΝΗ (in Greek). Retrieved 2024-05-17.
- ^ "Λοβέρδος: Παρουσιάζει το νέο του κόμμα στις 4 Μαρτίου". ProtoThema (in Greek). 2024-02-18. Retrieved 2024-04-30.
- ^ ""Δημοκράτες" το νέο κόμμα του Ανδρέα Λοβέρδου". News 24/7 (in Greek). 2024-03-04. Retrieved 2024-04-30.
- ^ "Οι «Δημοκράτες» του Ανδρέα Λοβέρδου με την πρόεδρο της ευρωομάδας Renew Europe". iefimerida.gr (in Greek). 2024-03-20. Retrieved 2024-04-30.
- ^ "Δημοκράτες: Ο Παναγιώτης Κόνσουλας γραμματέας του κόμματος - Εξελέγη μετά από πρόταση του προέδρου Ανδρέα Λοβέρδου". www.parapolitika.gr (in Greek). 2024-03-21. Retrieved 2024-04-30.
- ^ "Η ποινικολόγος Τατιάνα Δουβαρά εκπρόσωπος Τύπου των «Δημοκρατών» του Ανδρέα Λοβέρδου". iefimerida.gr (in Greek). 2024-03-26. Retrieved 2024-04-30.
- ^ "Ο πρόεδρος της ιχθυαγοράς Αθηνών Βαγγέλης Σίμος αναλαμβάνει πολιτικός εκπρόσωπος στο κόμμα «Δημοκράτες» | Pressone". pressone.gr. Retrieved 2024-04-30.
- ^ Σαρρής, Γεώργιος (2024-03-28). "Αντιπρόεδρος του κόμματος «Δημοκράτες» αναλαμβάνει ο πρώην βουλευτής, Θεόδωρος Παπαθεοδώρου". Newsbeast (in Greek). Retrieved 2024-04-30.
- ^ " Ποιοι εκλέγονται ευρωβουλευτές από κάθε κόμμα - Οι σταυροί που έλαβαν" avgi.gr (in Greek) 10-06-24
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