European Democrats | |
Native Name: | ევროპელი დემოკრატები |
Foundation: | 2005 |
Leader1 Title: | Chairperson |
Leader1 Name: | Paata Davitaia |
Ideology: | Pro-Europeanism[1] |
Position: | Centre |
National: | United National Council (2007–2008) Strength Is in Unity (2018–2024) |
Slogan: | On Our Own |
Country: | Georgia |
Country Dab1: | Politics of Georgia (country) |
Elections Dab1: | Elections in Georgia (country) |
Parties Dab1: | List of political parties in Georgia (country) |
The European Democrats (Georgian: ევროპელი დემოკრატები|tr) is a political movement in Georgia, formed in 2005 by a group of internally displaced persons from breakaway Abkhazia. Its chairman is Paata Davitaia, former Minister of Justice in the Abkhazian government-in-exile. The party focuses mainly on the Abkhazia problem and targets displaced persons. It was known as We, Ourselves or On Our Own (Georgian: ჩვენ თვითონ,) until September 2011, and it remains the party's slogan.
It has been a member of the United Opposition alliance which staged mass anti-government demonstrations in November 2007 and was running on a joint ticket in the parliamentary election in May 2008.[2]