Democrats (Greece, 2024)
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Democrats Δημοκράτες | |
|---|---|
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| President | Andreas Loverdos |
| Vice President | Theodoros Papatheodorou |
| Press Spokesperson | Tatiana Douvara |
| Founder | Andreas Loverdos |
| Founded | 7 February 2024 |
| Dissolved | 16 September 2025[1] |
| Split from | PASOK – Movement for Change |
| Merged into | New Democracy |
| Headquarters | Akadimias 60, Athens |
| Political position | Centre[2] |
| European Parliament group | Renew Europe |
| Colours | Blue and red |
| Website | |
| dimokrates.net | |
The Democrats (Greek: Δημοκράτες, romanized: Dimokrátes) was a Greek political party founded in 2024 by former PASOK–KINAL politician Andreas Loverdos.
It described itself as a "patriotic, popular, politically liberal, modernizing, reformist, digital and pluralist" party.[3]
On 7 February 2024, Andreas Loverdos filed the necessary documents and supporting documents for the establishment of the party, at the Supreme Civil and Criminal Court.[4] On 4 March 2024, the new party was presented through a Loverdos' video message from Evros.[5]
On 20 March 2024, in Brussels, it was announced that the party had joined the European parliamentary group Renew Europe, after a meeting of party officials with the RE leader Valérie Hayer.[6]
On 21 March 2024, Panagiotis Konsoulas was elected by the temporary Political Committee of the party as the first Secretary of the party.[7] On 26 March, it was announced that the criminologist Tatiana Douvara took over as Press Spokesperson,[8] while a day later it was announced that the president of the Athens Central Fish Market, Vassilis Simos, took over as Political Spokesperson.[9]
On 28 March 2024, the former Hellenic Parliament member of the Democratic Alignment and PASOK–KINAL, Theodoros Papatheodorou, took over as vice president of the party.[10]
On 9 June 2024, in the 2024 European Parliament election, the party failed to elect an MEP, underperforming compared to opinion polls and taking 1.45% of the vote.[11]
The party was disestablished on 16 September 2025, when its members joined the governing New Democracy.
Election results
European Parliament election
| European Parliament | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Election | Votes | % | ±pp | Seats won | +/− | Rank | Leader | EP Group |
| 2024 | 57,496 | 1.45% | New | 0 / 21 |
New | 11th | Andreas Loverdos | − |
