The Solidarity Movement (, ''Kinima Allilengyi'') is a
Greek Cypriot nationalist party in
Cyprus
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. It was founded in 2016 by
Eleni Theocharous.
Theocharous departed the
conservative
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Democratic Rally in November 2015, in protest to their support of a bizonal, bifederal settlement to the
Cyprus problem
The Cyprus problem, also known as the Cyprus conflict, Cyprus issue, Cyprus dispute, or Cyprus question, is an ongoing dispute between the Greek Cypriot and the Turkish Cypriot community in the north of the island of Cyprus, where troops of th ...
. She established the Solidarity Movement in January 2016 and right-wing
Evroko merged with the party in March of the same year.
The Solidarity Movement is contesting 56 seats in the
2016 Cypriot legislative election.
On 9 March 2016,
Eleni Theocharous joined the
Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists, after she retired from the
Democratic Rally and the
European People's Party
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.
The party lost its one and only seat on 26 May 2019, in the
2019 European Parliament election
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.
Electoral results
House of Representatives
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References
External links
Official website
{{European Conservatives and Reformists
Political parties in Cyprus
Greek Cypriot nationalism
Political parties established in 2016
2016 establishments in Cyprus
2010s in Cypriot politics