Leader Fofi Gennimata Parliament 18 / 300 | Political position Centre-left | |
Founded 30 August 2015 (2015-08-30) Ideology Social democracy
Pro-Europeanism | ||
The Democratic Alignment (Greek: Δημοκρατική Συμπαράταξη, Dimokratiki Symparataxi), also translated as Democratic Coalition is a political alliance in Greece.
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Formation and enlargements
The alliance was launched on 30 August 2015, prior to the September snap election formed by the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) and the Democratic Left (DIMAR). Κινήσεις Πολιτών για τη Σοσιαλδημοκρατία joined the Democratic Alignment too.
Member parties
In the September 2015 legislative election on 20 September 2015, the alliance received 6.3% of the vote, providing the mandate for 17 seats in the Hellenic Parliament.
In January 2017 Movement of Democratic Socialists joined Democratic Alignment.
In 13 January 2017 MPs Leonidas Grigorakos and Ilchan Achmet joined the Democratic Alignment.
Hellenic Parliament
A 09/2015 results compared to the combined totals for PASOK and DIMAR in the January 2015 election.
Name
The name Democratic Alignment has been previously used by a 1950/51 center-left coalition. It was proposed in 2014 by Evangelos Venizelos as a new name for PASOK, but was rejected by former prime minister George Papandreou.