Ecologist of Greece ( el, Οικολόγοι Ελλάδας) is a

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political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

based in

Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...

that was founded in 1988. It is led by Konstantinos Papanikolas. The party publishes the magazine ''Health and Ecology'' (''Υγεία - Οικολογία'') and runs the television station ''Telelight'' (''Τηλεφώς''). It also used to run a radio station in Athens called ''Health and Ecology Radio'' (''Ράδιο Υγεία - Οικολογία'') until 2001, when it was shut down. In the 1989 European elections, it took 0,42% of the vote. Its share of the vote fell in subsequent elections. In the parliamentary elections of

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and

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, and in the intervening local elections, Ecologists Greece formed an alliance with the

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 ...

(DIKKI), the Agro Party (PAEKE) and others. The alliance won between 1 and 3 percent in these elections. On 11 September 2009,

Georgios Karatzaferis Georgios Karatzaferis ( el, Γεώργιος Καρατζαφέρης; born August 11, 1947) is a Greek politician, a former member of the Hellenic Parliament and the president of the Popular Orthodox Rally. Previously, Karatzaferis was a membe ...

, leader of the far-right nationalist

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 ...

(Laos) party announced that Ecologists Greece leader Papanikolas would run on the statewide Laos ticket in the

2009 Greek legislative election Early parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 4 October 2009. Elections were not required until September 2011, but on 2 September 2009 Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis of New Democracy announced that he would request President Karolos Papo ...

.ΟΙ ΟΙΚΟΛΟΓΟΙ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ ΣΤΟ ΛΑ.Ο.Σ
, Laos press release, 11 September 2009.

Electoral results

External links

Official Website@Pathifinder

References

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