The Democratic Revival (''
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: Δημοκρατική Αναγέννηση Dimokratiki Anagenissi'') is a political party in
Greece
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, initially founded in 2004 by
Stelios Papathemelis
Stelios Papathemelis ( el, Στέλιος Παπαθεμελής) (born January, 1938 in Thessaloniki) is a Greek politician and lawyer. He studied law at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
Political career
He was elected for the first ti ...
. It was deactivated after its leader participated in the
legislative elections of 2004 with
New Democracy
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and was elected MP.
The party was reactivated in March 2007. In the
legislative elections of 2007 the party cooperated with
Christian Democracy
Christian democracy (sometimes named Centrist democracy) is a political ideology that emerged in 19th-century Europe under the influence of Catholic social teaching and neo-Calvinism.
It was conceived as a combination of modern democratic ...
.
Ideology
According to party literature, Democratic Revival characterizes itself as "democratic, progressive, patriotic, and social". Party leader Papathemelis has defined the party as belonging "politically to the center. Socially, however, as Christians, we surpass all forms of social leftism and progressivism".
[Greek Elections 2007 Debate](_blank)
6 September 2007. Papathemelis has stated that Democratic Revival is made up of "groups and cadres which, naturally, come from diverse political positions. With us is Christian Democracy, a movement of the Christian left with history. With us are many cadres from
Democratic Social Movement
The Democratic Social Movement (DIKKI; Greek: ΔΗΚΚΙ – Δημοκρατικό Κοινωνικό Κίνημα, ''Dimokratiko Koinoniko Kinima'') is a social-democratic political party in Greece. The party was founded in 1995 by Dimitris T ...
. With us are cadres from
PASOK
The Panhellenic Socialist Movement ( el, Πανελλήνιο Σοσιαλιστικό Κίνημα, Panellínio Sosialistikó Kínima, ), known mostly by its acronym PASOK, (; , ) is a social-democratic political party in Greece. Until 2012, it ...
, and cadres from even
New Democracy
New Democracy, or the New Democratic Revolution, is a concept based on Mao Zedong's Bloc of Four Social Classes theory in Chinese Communist Revolution, post-revolutionary China which argued originally that democracy in China would take a path ...
. With us also are cadres from
Popular Orthodox Rally
The Popular Orthodox Rally or People's Orthodox Alarm (Greek language, Greek: Λαϊκός Ορθόδοξος Συναγερμός, ''Laikós Orthódoxos Synagermós''), often abbreviated to LAOS (ΛΑ.Ο.Σ.) as a pun on the Greek word for ''peo ...
who left and recently joined us for reasons they have made public".
In regards to the latter, one such individual included Efthimios Droulias, though he later left Democratic Revival as well.
Electoral results
References
External links
Party's official site
(in Greek
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)
Political parties established in 2004
Conservative parties in Greece
Eastern Orthodox political parties
National conservative parties
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