The Patriotic Force for Change (PATRIDA; Greek: Πατριωτική Δύναμη Αλλαγής, romanized: Patriotikí Dýnami Allagís, ΠΑΤΡΙ.Δ.Α.) is a Greek political party founded in September 2022.[1] Its acronym is read "patrida", the Greek word for "fatherland". The party is currently inactive.
Patriotic Force for Change Πατριωτική Δύναμη Αλλαγής | |
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Abbreviation | PATRIDA |
President | Konstantinos Bogdanos |
Founder | Konstantinos Bogdanos |
Founded | 26 September 2022 |
Split from | New Democracy National Creation |
Youth wing | PATRI.D.A. Youth |
Ideology | National conservatism Social conservatism Economic liberalism Soft Euroscepticism Right-wing populism Atlanticism Anti-immigration |
Political position | Right-wing |
Religion | Greek Orthodox Church |
National affiliation | Patriotic Coalition |
Colours | Dark blue Red Light blue |
Slogan | «For the future of our children» (Greek: «Για το μέλλον των παιδιών μας») |
Hellenic Parliament | 0 / 300 |
European Parliament | 0 / 21 |
Website | |
patrida | |
Its president and founder is the member of parliament Konstantinos Bogdanos. The slogan of the party is "Homeland, Religion, Family and Economic Freedom."[2]
The party is represented in the Hellenic Parliament by Konstantinos Bogdanos, an independent member of parliament from Athens, where he was elected in 2019 with New Democracy.[3] The party is seeking membership in the European Conservatives and Reformists group of the EU parliament.[4]
In January 2023, the electoral cooperation with K.Y.M.A of Hellenism was announced.[5]
In March 2023, the joint descent into the elections with the party of Prodromos Emfietzoglou "Patriotic Union" and the already cooperating parties "Patriotic Association", "ELKIS", the "United Greece-New Europe" party and the "National Patriotic Party of Greece" was announced in which Bogdanos assumes the role of vice-president. The "Hellenism Committee", the Hellenic Section of the U.S Republican Party and the Hellenic-Russian-Armenian Friendship Association have expressed their support for this cooperation. Afroditi Latinopoulou was deleted after her refusal to participate in this union.[6] [7][8] A few days later, Latinopoulou announced the creation of a new party led by herself and supported by the K.Y.M.A. of Hellenism, which took the name "PATRIDA", the same name as Bogdanos' party. [9]
After Patriotic Coalition failed to enter in the Greek parliament, the party's president Konstantinos Bogdanos ceased his political career,[10] thus making the party inactive without further knowledge about its function.
Ideology
editThe Patriotic Force for Change, according to its constitution, is defined as a right-wing, conservative, bourgeois and economically liberal party. Some media characterize it as far-right, a characterization that its president, Konstantinos Bogdanos, rejects, also saying that "PATRIDA is not identical with the Golden Dawn."[11][12] It is considered a pro-European (despite having some Soft Euroscepticism involved in its Party agenda) and pro-Western party, although it is seeking to be part of the Eurogroup of the European Conservatives and Reformists, many of whose members are mild Eurosceptics.[13]
References
edit- ^ Newsroom (2022-09-26). "Νέο κόμμα ανακοίνωσε ο Μπογδάνος – Αντιπρόεδρος η Αφροδίτη Λατινοπούλου". CNN.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2022-09-30.
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has generic name (help) - ^ "Μπογδάνος: Η ΠΑΤΡΙΔΑ δεν ταυτίζεται με τη Χρυσή Αυγή -Το σύνθημα είναι "Πατρίδα, θρησκεία, οικογένεια και οικονομική ελευθερία"". 27 September 2022.
- ^ "Ανακοινώνεται το κόμμα του Κωνσταντίνου Μπογδάνου - Αντιπρόεδρος η Λατινοπούλου". ProtoThema (in Greek). 2022-09-25. Retrieved 2022-09-30.
- ^ "Νέο κόμμα από τον Κωνσταντίνο Μπογδάνο". www.naftemporiki.gr (in Greek). 2022-09-26. Archived from the original on 2022-09-30. Retrieved 2022-09-30.
- ^ "Η ΠΑΤΡΙ.Δ.Α υποδέχεται σε πολιτική συστράτευση το "ΚΥ.Μ.Α. Ελληνισμού" - ΠΑΤΡΙΔΑ". 26 January 2023.
- ^ "Μπογδάνος: Δεν είναι διαζύγιο, τη διέγραψα - Λατινοπούλου: Ξεπούλησε το κόμμα". 14 March 2023.
- ^ "Πατριωτική Ένωση".
- ^ "Κ.υ.μ.α. Ελληνισμου Και Πατρι.δ.α. – 14/3/2023 – Κ.υ.μ.α Ελληνισμου".
- ^ "Η Αφροδίτη Λατινοπούλου ίδρυσε νέο κόμμα με το όνομα "Πατρίδα"". 23 March 2023.
- ^ "Μπογδάνος: Κλείνει το πολιτικό του γραφείο και επιστρέφει στη δημοσιογραφία". Proto Thema (in Greek). 2023-12-05.
- ^ Newsroom. "Μπογδάνος: Η ΠΑΤΡΙΔΑ δεν ταυτίζεται με τη ΧΑ – Στη ΝΔ μας έλεγαν να μην λέμε ότι είμαστε δεξιοί". www.ieidiseis.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2022-09-30.
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has generic name (help) - ^ Παπαδομανωλάκης, Παναγιώτης (2022-09-27). "Αφύπνιση της Ευρώπης η νίκη της Μελόνι, για τον Μπογδάνο". The Press Project - Ειδήσεις, Αναλύσεις, Ραδιόφωνο, Τηλεόραση (in Greek). Retrieved 2022-09-30.
- ^ "Εξωτερική Πολιτική και Άμυνα - ΠΑΤΡΙΔΑ" (in Greek). 2022-09-22. Retrieved 2022-09-30.