Ecologists of Greece
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Ecologist of Greece Οικολόγοι Ελλάδας | |
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Founded | 1988 |
Headquarters | 57 Panepistimiou Street,Athens |
Ideology | Green conservatism |
Political position | Right-wing |
International affiliation | World Ecological Parties[1] |
Website | |
oikologoi | |
Ecologist of Greece(Greek:Οικολόγοι Ελλάδας) is aGreekpolitical partybased inAthensthat was founded in 1988. It was led by Konstantinos Papanikolas.
The party publishes the magazineHealth and Ecology(Υγεία - Οικολογία) and runs the television stationTelelight(Τηλεφώς). It also used to run a radio station in Athens calledHealth and Ecology Radio(Ράδιο Υγεία - Οικολογία) until 2001, when it was shut down.
In the1989 European elections,it took 0,42% of the vote. Its share of the vote fell in subsequent elections. In the parliamentary elections of2000and2004,and in the intervening local elections, Ecologists Greece formed an alliance with theDemocratic Social Movement(DIKKI), theAgro Party(PAEKE) and others. The alliance won between 1 and 3 percent in these elections.
On 11 September 2009,Georgios Karatzaferis,leader of the far-right nationalistPopular Orthodox Rally(Laos) party announced that Ecologists Greece leader Papanikolas would run on the statewide Laos ticket in the2009 Greek legislative election.[2]
In the May 2023election,the Ecologist Greens-Green Unity alliance received only 0.6 per cent of the total, or 35,201 votes.[3]
Electoral results
[edit]Year | Type of Election | Votes | % | Mandates |
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November 1989 | Parliament | 10,223 | 0.2 | 0 |
1990 | Parliament | 5,787 | 0.1 | 0 |
1993 | Parliament | 5,561 | 0.1 | 0 |
1996 | Parliament | 4,113 | 0.06 | 0 |
2000 | Parliament | participated withDIKKI | ||
2004 | Parliament | participated withDIKKI | ||
2009 | European Parliament | 33,236 | 0.65 | 0 |
2009 | Parliament | participated withLAOS |
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Members – World Ecological Parties".Retrieved2024-01-07.
- ^ΟΙ ΟΙΚΟΛΟΓΟΙ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ ΣΤΟ ΛΑ.Ο.ΣArchived2009-09-07 at theWayback Machine,Laos press release, 11 September 2009.
- ^"Why Greece's Green Parties Are Failing to Bloom".greeneuropeanjournal.eu.Retrieved7 Aug2023.