The Solidarity Movement ( el, Κίνημα Αλληλεγγύη, ''Kinima Allilengyi'') is a Greek Cypriot nationalist party in

Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is ge ...

. It was founded in 2016 by

Eleni Theocharous Eleni Theocharous ( el, Ελένη Θεοχάρους; born 24 June 1953) is a Cypriot paediatric surgeon and politician who leads the political party Solidarity Movement. She was elected to the European Parliament in 2009, re-elected in 2014 an ...

. Theocharous departed the

conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization in ...

Democratic Rally The Democratic Rally ( el, Δημοκρατικός Συναγερμός, translit=Dimokratikós Sinagermós, ΔΗΣΥ/DISY) is a liberal-conservative, Christian-democratic political party in Cyprus led by Averof Neofytou. The party was founded ...

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 dispute, Cyprus issue, Cyprus question or Cyprus conflict, is an ongoing dispute between Greek Cypriots in the south and Turkish Cypriots in the north. Initially, with the occupation of the island b ...

. 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 Parliamentary elections were held in Cyprus on 22 May 2016 to elect 56 of the 80 Members of the House of Representatives. Political system The Republic of Cyprus is a unitary republic with a presidential system of government. The President o ...

. On 9 March 2016,

joined the Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists, after she retired from the

and the European People's Party. The party lost its one and only seat on 26 May 2019, in the

2019 European Parliament election The 2019 European Parliament election was held between 23 and 26 May 2019, the ninth parliamentary election since the first direct elections in 1979. A total of 751 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) represent more than 512 million peop ...

Electoral results

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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