Agreement for the New Greece

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Agreement for the New Greece
Συμφωνία για τη Νέα Ελλάδα
Leader Andreas Loverdos
Founded 15 April 2013
Preceded by RIKSSY
Ideology Social democracy
Social liberalism
Pro-Europeanism
Political position Centre-left
National affiliation PASOK, Olive Tree
Parliament
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European Parliament
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Website
www.neel.gr

Agreement for the New Greece (Greek : Συμφωνία για τη Νέα Ελλάδα) is a social-democratic political party in Greece, established on 15 April 2013. It was formed by former Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) health minister Andreas Loverdos and former members of Radical Movement of Social Democratic Alliance (RIKSSY). [1] It was also supported by Christos Aidonis, an independent MP (former member of PASOK) and Dimitris Tsironis (ex-MP for Arta). The party supports the idea of the Fourth Hellenic Republic.

Greek language language spoken in Greece, Cyprus and Southern Albania

Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus and other parts of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea. It has the longest documented history of any living Indo-European language, spanning more than 3000 years of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the major part of its history; other systems, such as Linear B and the Cypriot syllabary, were used previously. The alphabet arose from the Phoenician script and was in turn the basis of the Latin, Cyrillic, Armenian, Coptic, Gothic, and many other writing systems.

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Radical Movement of Social Democratic Alliance (RIKSSY) (Greek: Ριζοσπαστική Κίνηση Σοσιαλδημοκρατικής Συμμαχίας, ΡΙΚΣΣΥ, was a short-lived political party in Greece, established in December 2012. It was formed by Andreas Loverdos a former minister of the PASOK.

The Agreement for the New Greece contested the 2014 European election as part of the PASOK-led Olive Tree electoral alliance. [2]

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On 22 August 2014, Loverdos returned to PASOK. [3] [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Olive, River and Drachma Five Stars: the boom in political start-ups". Enet. 2014-03-11. Retrieved 2014-09-11.
  2. ↑ ""Olive Tree" holds first conference amidst PASOK crisis". To Vima. 2014-03-10. Retrieved 2014-09-11.
  3. ↑ "Andreas Loverdos has formally returned to PASOK". Proto Thema. 2014-08-22. Retrieved 2014-09-11.
  4. ↑ Επιστρέφει στην κοινοβουλευτική ομάδα του ΠΑΣΟΚ ο Λοβέρδος (in Greek). TA NEA. 2014-08-22. Retrieved 2014-09-11.
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