Greek European Citizens Explained

Country:Greece
Colorcode:
  1. 7968ae
Greek European Citizens
Native Name:Έλληνες Ευρωπαίοι Πολίτες
President:Jorgo Chatzimarkakis
Foundation:2014
Dissolved:2015
Founder:Jorgo Chatzimarkakis
Ideology:Liberalism
Classical liberalism
Economic liberalism
Pro-Europeanism
Position:Centre
Seats1 Title:Parliament
Seats2 Title:European Parliament

Greek European Citizens (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Έλληνες Ευρωπαίοι Πολίτες) was a short-time Greek political party, founded by Jorgo Chatzimarkakis. Chatzimarkakis a German politician of Greek descent, Member of the European Parliament with the Free Democratic Party of Germany founded the party to take part in 2014 European Parliament Elections. He had aimed his party to become a "strong voice of Greeks" in European parliament.[1] In election 2014 the party took 82,350 votes or 1.44% of the votes and ranked in 9th place. In early January 2015, the party announced that will cooperate with New Democracy for the upcoming general elections.[2]

Election results

European Parliament

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: German MEP of Greek origin, Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, launches new party in Athens. ekathimerini.com. 23 January 2015.
  2. Web site: Greek European Citizens to cooperate with New Democracy in the upcoming elections. 9 January 2015 . protothema.gr. 23 January 2015.