| Democratic Alignment | |
| Leader: | Fofi Gennimata |
| Ideology: | Majority: Social democracy Pro-Europeanism Factions: Democratic socialism Social liberalism |
| Position: | Centre-left |
| Predecessor: | Olive Tree – Democratic Alignment |
| Merged: | Movement for Change |
| Country: | Greece |
The Democratic Alignment (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Δημοκρατική Συμπαράταξη (ΔΗΣΥ)|translit=Dimokratiki Symparataxi, DISI), also translated as Democratic Coalition,[1] was a political alliance in Greece.
The alliance was launched on 30 August 2015 by the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) and the Democratic Left (DIMAR).[2] [3] [4]
In the September 2015 legislative election, the alliance received 6.3% of the vote, providing the mandate for 17 seats in the Hellenic Parliament.[5]
In January 2017, the Movement of Democratic Socialists joined Democratic Alignment.[6]
Οn 13 January 2017, MPs Leonidas Grigorakos and Ilchan Achmet joined the Democratic Alignment.
On 16–18 March 2018, DISI and other Greek centre-left parties merged into Movement for Change.[7] [8]
It remained legally active (albeit not as a political formation) alongside PASOK – KINAL, PASOK and Olive Tree until 2022; balance sheets were published for 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022.[9]
A 09/2015 results compared to the combined totals for PASOK and DIMAR in the January 2015 election.
The name Democratic Alignment has been previously used by a 1950/51 centre-left coalition.[10] It had previously been proposed in 2014 by Evangelos Venizelos as a new name for PASOK, but was rejected by former prime minister George Papandreou.[11]