Democratic Alignment (2015)
The Democratic Alignment (Greek: Δημοκρατική Συμπαράταξη (ΔΗΣΥ), romanized: Dimokratiki Symparataxi, DISI), also translated as Democratic Coalition,[1] was a political alliance in Greece. HistoryThe alliance was launched on 30 August 2015 by the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) and the Democratic Left (DIMAR).[2][3][4] In the September 2015 legislative election, the alliance received 6.3% of the vote, providing the mandate for 17 seats in the Hellenic Parliament.[5] In January 2017, the Movement of Democratic Socialists joined Democratic Alignment.[6] Οn 13 January 2017, MPs Leonidas Grigorakos and Ilchan Achmet joined the Democratic Alignment. On 16–18 March 2018, DISI and other Greek centre-left parties merged into Movement for Change.[7][8] It remained legally active (albeit not as a political formation) alongside PASOK – KINAL, PASOK and Olive Tree until 2022; balance sheets were published for 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022.[9] Election resultsHellenic Parliament
A 09/2015 results compared to the combined totals for PASOK and DIMAR in the January 2015 election. NameThe name Democratic Alignment has been previously used by a 1950/51 centre-left coalition.[10] It had previously been proposed in 2014 by Evangelos Venizelos as a new name for PASOK, but was rejected by former prime minister George Papandreou.[11] See alsoReferences
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