Democrats Δημοκράτες | |
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President | Andreas Loverdos |
Vice President | Theodoros Papatheodorou |
Press Spokesperson | Tatiana Douvara |
Founder | Andreas Loverdos |
Founded | 7 February 2024 |
Split from | PASOK – Movement for Change |
Headquarters | Akadimias 60, Athens |
Ideology |
Liberalism Pro-Europeanism |
Political position | Centre [1] |
European Parliament group | Renew Europe |
Colours | Blue and red |
Hellenic Parliament | 0 / 300 |
European Parliament | 0 / 21 |
Website | |
dimokrates | |
The Democrats ( Greek: Δημοκράτες, romanized: Dimokrátes) 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. [2]
The party is participated in 2024 European Parliament election in Greece.
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. [3] On 4 March 2024, the new party was presented through a Loverdos' video message from Evros. [4]
On 20 March 2024, in Brussels, it was announced that the party had joined the European parliamentary group Renew Europe, after a meeting of party officials with the RE leader Valérie Hayer. [5]
On 21 March 2024, Panagiotis Konsoulas was elected by the temporary Political Committee of the party as the first Secretary of the party. [6] On 26 March, it was announced that the criminologist Tatiana Douvara took over as Press Spokesperson, [7] while a day later it was announced that the president of the Athens Central Fish Market, Vassilis Simos, took over as Political Spokesperson. [8]
On 28 March 2024, the former Hellenic Parliament member of the Democratic Alignment and PASOK–KINAL, Theodoros Papatheodorou, took over as vice president of the party. [9]
On 9 June 2024, in the 2024 European Parliament election, the party failed to elect an MEP, underperforming compared to opinion polls and taking 1.45% of the vote. [10]
Year | Number of votes | Percentage votes | Number of seats | Position | Party leader |
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2024 | 57,496 | 1.45% | 0 / 21
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11th | Andreas Loverdos |
Democrats Δημοκράτες | |
---|---|
![]() | |
President | Andreas Loverdos |
Vice President | Theodoros Papatheodorou |
Press Spokesperson | Tatiana Douvara |
Founder | Andreas Loverdos |
Founded | 7 February 2024 |
Split from | PASOK – Movement for Change |
Headquarters | Akadimias 60, Athens |
Ideology |
Liberalism Pro-Europeanism |
Political position | Centre [1] |
European Parliament group | Renew Europe |
Colours | Blue and red |
Hellenic Parliament | 0 / 300 |
European Parliament | 0 / 21 |
Website | |
dimokrates | |
The Democrats ( Greek: Δημοκράτες, romanized: Dimokrátes) 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. [2]
The party is participated in 2024 European Parliament election in Greece.
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. [3] On 4 March 2024, the new party was presented through a Loverdos' video message from Evros. [4]
On 20 March 2024, in Brussels, it was announced that the party had joined the European parliamentary group Renew Europe, after a meeting of party officials with the RE leader Valérie Hayer. [5]
On 21 March 2024, Panagiotis Konsoulas was elected by the temporary Political Committee of the party as the first Secretary of the party. [6] On 26 March, it was announced that the criminologist Tatiana Douvara took over as Press Spokesperson, [7] while a day later it was announced that the president of the Athens Central Fish Market, Vassilis Simos, took over as Political Spokesperson. [8]
On 28 March 2024, the former Hellenic Parliament member of the Democratic Alignment and PASOK–KINAL, Theodoros Papatheodorou, took over as vice president of the party. [9]
On 9 June 2024, in the 2024 European Parliament election, the party failed to elect an MEP, underperforming compared to opinion polls and taking 1.45% of the vote. [10]
Year | Number of votes | Percentage votes | Number of seats | Position | Party leader |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2024 | 57,496 | 1.45% | 0 / 21
|
11th | Andreas Loverdos |