The Democrats () is a Greek political party founded in 2024 by former
PASOK–KINAL politician
Andreas Loverdos.
It describes itself as a "
patriotic, popular,
politically liberal, modernizing,
reformist, digital and
pluralist" party.
The party is participated in
2024 European Parliament election in Greece
The 2024 European Parliament election in Greece was held on 9 June 2024 as part of the 2024 European Parliament election. This was the first to take place after Brexit.
Background
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History
On 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. On 4 March 2024, the new party was presented through a Loverdos' video message from
Evros.
On 20 March 2024, in
Brussels
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, it was announced that the party had joined the
European parliamentary group
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Renew Europe
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, after a meeting of party officials with the RE leader
Valérie Hayer.
On 21 March 2024, Panagiotis Konsoulas was elected by the temporary Political Committee of the party as the first Secretary of the party. On 26 March, it was announced that the criminologist Tatiana Douvara took over as Press Spokesperson, while a day later it was announced that the president of the Athens Central Fish Market, Vassilis Simos, took over as Political Spokesperson.
On 28 March 2024, the former
Hellenic Parliament
The Hellenic Parliament ( el, Ελληνικό Κοινοβούλιο, Elliniko Kinovoulio; formally titled el, Βουλή των Ελλήνων, Voulí ton Ellínon, Boule (ancient Greece), Boule of the Greeks, Hellenes, label=none), also kno ...
member of the
Democratic Alignment and
PASOK–KINAL, Theodoros Papatheodorou, took over as vice president of the party.
On 9 June 2024, in the
2024 European Parliament election
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, the party failed to elect an MEP, underperforming compared to opinion polls and taking 1.45% of the vote.
" Ποιοι εκλέγονται ευρωβουλευτές από κάθε κόμμα - Οι σταυροί που έλαβαν"
''avgi.gr'' (in Greek) 10-06-24
Election results
European Parliament election
See also
* Democrats (Greece, 2009)
References
{{Greek political parties
Political parties in Greece
Political parties established in 2024
Liberal parties in Greece
2024 establishments in Greece