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Democratic Alliance (Greece)

Political party in Greece

Summary

Political party in Greece

FieldValue
countryGreece
native_nameΔημοκρατική Συμμαχία
nameDemocratic Alliance
logoDemocratic Alliance (Greece) - Logo.svg
logo_size200px
leaderDora Bakoyannis
secretary_generalOlga Tremi
spokespersonThanos Zorbas
foundation21 November 2010
splitNew Democracy
dissolved21 May 2012
mergedNew Democracy
headquarters47 Syggrou Av.,
117 43 Athens
ideologyNeoliberalism
Centrism
positionCentreto centre-right
coloursBlue, orange
colorcodedarkorange
websitewww.dimsim.gr
nationalNew Democracy
europeanAlliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party
europarlAlliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe

117 43 Athens Centrism The Democratic Alliance (Greek language: Δημοκρατική Συμμαχία — ΔΗ.ΣΥ., Dimokratiki Symmachia — DISY) was a centrist neoliberal political party in Greece. It was founded on 21 November 2010 by Dora Bakoyannis, a few months after she was expelled from the centre-right party New Democracy for voting in support of a European Union-International Monetary Fund backed financial stability loan. The party's founding congress took place on 27 May 2011.

On 21 May 2012, the party rejoined New Democracy.

Representation

The party had one MEP in the European Parliament (defected from ND):

  • Theodoros Skylakakis

Political positions

As outlined in its founding declaration, the Democratic Alliance defines itself politically as a centrist movement that is ideologically inspired by the anthropocentric values of humanism, the rational thought and personal freedom brought forth by the Enlightenment, as well as the economic, political and social freedom of liberalism as an underpinning for social justice. It is also influenced by the 19th and 20th century struggles for social solidarity in Europe. Some of the positions advocated by the party are:

  • A drastic reduction in taxation, by instituting a 20% flat tax. This tax rate would not apply to people with really low incomes, as it would be complemented by a system that replaces the currently existing tax cuts with negative taxation.
  • A reduction in the number of civil servants and the abolition of tenure, for those hired from now on, that would allow the government to function with 2/3 of its current workforce. This would be coupled with increased salaries, for those that remain, that would be pinned to performance evaluations.
  • A law that would force trade union leaders themselves to work.
  • Introducing the requirement of secret ballot voting for all decisions of strike action.
  • Introducing a coupon-based system of education.

Electoral results

Parliament

Election year# of overall votes% of overall vote# of overall seats won+/-Notes2012 (May)
161,5502.6 (#10)

References

References

  1. Mac Con Uladh, Damian. (3 November 2011). "Where Greece stands". Irish Times.
  2. Malkoutzis, Nick. (November 2011). "The Greek Crisis and the Politics of Uncertainty". Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung.
  3. "The Hellenic Parliament". Embassy of Greece in the USA.
  4. (13 April 2011). "Athens Descends Into Anarchy". The Wall Street Journal.
  5. Phillips, Leigh. (22 June 2011). "Athens wins confidence vote, amid yawning concern over political instability". EUobserver.
  6. (February 2022)
  7. (30 May 2011). "Greece: new member in the liberal family!". ELDR European Liberal Democrats.
  8. "Ο Θ. Σκυλακάκης πρόεδρος της οργανωτικής επιτροπής του συνεδρίου της Δημοκρατικής Συμμαχίας". Theodoros Skylakakis.
  9. "Founding Declaration". Democratic Alliance.
  10. "Οι προτάσεις-τομές της Ντόρας Μπακογιάννη".
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