Greek European Citizens (Greek: Έλληνες Ευρωπαίοι Πολίτες) was a short-time Greek political party, founded by Jorgo Chatzimarkakis. Chatzimarkakis a German politician of Greek descent, Member of the European Parliament with the Free Democratic Party of Germany founded the party to take part in 2014 European Parliament Elections. He had aimed his party to become a "strong voice of Greeks" in European parliament.[1] In election 2014 the party took 82,350 votes or 1.44% of the votes and ranked in 9th place. In early January 2015, the party announced that will cooperate with New Democracy for the upcoming general elections.[2]
Greek European Citizens Έλληνες Ευρωπαίοι Πολίτες | |
|---|---|
| President | Jorgo Chatzimarkakis |
| Founder | Jorgo Chatzimarkakis |
| Founded | 2014 |
| Dissolved | 2015 |
| Ideology | Liberalism Classical liberalism Economic liberalism Pro-Europeanism |
| Political position | Centre |
| Parliament | 0 / 300 |
| European Parliament | 0 / 21 |
| Website | |
| ellinespolites | |
Election results
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edit| Election year | # of overall votes | % of overall vote | # of overall seats won | +/- | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 82,350 | 1.44 (#9) | 0 / 21
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References
edit- ^ "German MEP of Greek origin, Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, launches new party in Athens". ekathimerini.com. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ^ "Greek European Citizens to cooperate with New Democracy in the upcoming elections". protothema.gr. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
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