Patriotic Force for Change explained

Patriotic Force for Change
Native Name:Πατριωτική Δύναμη Αλλαγής
Abbreviation:PATRIDA
Leader1 Title:President
Leader1 Name:Konstantinos Bogdanos
Leader2 Title:Vice President
Founder:Konstantinos Bogdanos
Split:New Democracy
National Creation
Youth Wing:PATRI.D.A. Youth
Ideology:National conservatism
Social conservatism
Economic liberalism
Soft Euroscepticism
Right-wing populism
Atlanticism
Anti-immigration
Religion:Greek Orthodox Church
Position:Right-wing
National:Patriotic Coalition
Colours: Dark blue
Red
Light blue
Slogan:«For the future of our children»
Seats1 Title:Hellenic Parliament
Seats2 Title:European Parliament
Country:Greece

The Patriotic Force for Change (PATRIDA;, ΠΑΤΡΙ.Δ.Α.) is a Greek political party founded in September 2022.[1] Its acronym is read "patrida", the Greek word for "fatherland". The party is currently inactive.

Its president and founder is the member of parliament Konstantinos Bogdanos. The slogan of the party is "Homeland, Religion, Family and Economic Freedom."[2]

The party is represented in the Hellenic Parliament by Konstantinos Bogdanos, an independent member of parliament from Athens, where he was elected in 2019 with New Democracy.[3] The party is seeking membership in the European Conservatives and Reformists group of the EU parliament.[4]

In January 2023, the electoral cooperation with K.Y.M.A of Hellenism was announced.[5]

In March 2023, the joint descent into the elections with the party of Prodromos Emfietzoglou "Patriotic Union" and the already cooperating parties "Patriotic Association", "ELKIS", the "United Greece-New Europe" party and the "National Patriotic Party of Greece" was announced in which Bogdanos assumes the role of vice-president.The "Hellenism Committee", the Hellenic Section of the U.S Republican Party and the Hellenic-Russian-Armenian Friendship Association have expressed their support for this cooperation. Afroditi Latinopoulou was deleted after her refusal to participate in this union.[6] [7] [8] A few days later, Latinopoulou announced the creation of a new party led by herself and supported by the K.Y.M.A. of Hellenism, which took the name "PATRIDA", the same name as Bogdanos' party.[9]

After Patriotic Coalition failed to enter in the Greek parliament, the party's president Konstantinos Bogdanos ceased his political career,[10] thus making the party inactive without further knowledge about its function.

Ideology

The Patriotic Force for Change, according to its constitution, is defined as a right-wing, conservative, bourgeois and economically liberal party. Some media characterize it as far-right, a characterization that its president, Konstantinos Bogdanos, rejects, also saying that "PATRIDA is not identical with the Golden Dawn."[11] [12] It is considered a pro-European (despite having some Soft Euroscepticism involved in its Party agenda) and pro-Western party, although it is seeking to be part of the Eurogroup of the European Conservatives and Reformists, many of whose members are mild Eurosceptics.[13]

References

  1. Web site: Newsroom . 2022-09-26 . Νέο κόμμα ανακοίνωσε ο Μπογδάνος – Αντιπρόεδρος η Αφροδίτη Λατινοπούλου . 2022-09-30 . CNN.gr . el.
  2. Web site: Μπογδάνος: Η ΠΑΤΡΙΔΑ δεν ταυτίζεται με τη Χρυσή Αυγή -Το σύνθημα είναι "Πατρίδα, θρησκεία, οικογένεια και οικονομική ελευθερία" . 27 September 2022 .
  3. Web site: 2022-09-25 . Ανακοινώνεται το κόμμα του Κωνσταντίνου Μπογδάνου - Αντιπρόεδρος η Λατινοπούλου . 2022-09-30 . ProtoThema . el.
  4. Web site: 2022-09-26 . Νέο κόμμα από τον Κωνσταντίνο Μπογδάνο . 2022-09-30 . www.naftemporiki.gr . el . 2022-09-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220930133312/https://www.naftemporiki.gr/story/1909054/neo-komma-apo-ton-konstantino-mpogdano . dead .
  5. Web site: Η ΠΑΤΡΙ.Δ.Α υποδέχεται σε πολιτική συστράτευση το "ΚΥ.Μ.Α. Ελληνισμού" - ΠΑΤΡΙΔΑ . 26 January 2023 .
  6. Web site: Μπογδάνος: Δεν είναι διαζύγιο, τη διέγραψα - Λατινοπούλου: Ξεπούλησε το κόμμα . 14 March 2023 .
  7. Web site: Πατριωτική Ένωση .
  8. Web site: Κ.υ.μ.α. Ελληνισμου Και Πατρι.δ.α. – 14/3/2023 – Κ.υ.μ.α Ελληνισμου .
  9. Web site: Η Αφροδίτη Λατινοπούλου ίδρυσε νέο κόμμα με το όνομα "Πατρίδα" . 23 March 2023 .
  10. Web site: 2023-12-05 . Μπογδάνος: Κλείνει το πολιτικό του γραφείο και επιστρέφει στη δημοσιογραφία . Proto Thema . el.
  11. Web site: Newsroom . Μπογδάνος: Η ΠΑΤΡΙΔΑ δεν ταυτίζεται με τη ΧΑ – Στη ΝΔ μας έλεγαν να μην λέμε ότι είμαστε δεξιοί . 2022-09-30 . www.ieidiseis.gr . el-gr.
  12. Web site: Παπαδομανωλάκης . Παναγιώτης . 2022-09-27 . Αφύπνιση της Ευρώπης η νίκη της Μελόνι, για τον Μπογδάνο . 2022-09-30 . The Press Project - Ειδήσεις, Αναλύσεις, Ραδιόφωνο, Τηλεόραση . el.
  13. Web site: 2022-09-22 . Εξωτερική Πολιτική και Άμυνα - ΠΑΤΡΙΔΑ . 2022-09-30 . el.