Politics of Greece
Politics of Greece Constitution of Greece Political parties in Greece: ND - PASOK - KKE - SYN Elections in Greece: 2004 - 2000 Large flag of Greece Image originally derived from the public domain flags of the CIA World Factbook. ... The 1975 constitution, which describes Greece as a presidential parliamentary republic, includes extensive specific guarantees of civil liberties and vests the powers of the head of state in a president elected by parliament and advised by the Council of the Republic. ... The Syntagma (Σύνταγμα), the Constitution of Greece is resolved by the Fifth Revisionary Parliament of the Hellenes and entered into force in 1975. ... This article lists political parties in Greece. ... For the Canadian political party that ran in the 1940 Canadian election see New Democracy (Canada) Party logo New Democracy or ND (Greek: Νέα Δημοκρατία, Nea Dhimokratia), founded in 1974, is one of the main center-right liberal political parties in Greece. ... KKE sticker The Communist Party of Greece, better known by its acronym KKE (Greek: Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας, Kommunistiko Komma Elladas), is the major communist party in Greece. ... Party logo The Coalition of the Left, of Movements and Ecology (Shorter: Coalition, Greek: Synaspismos, Συνασπισμός) is a Greek political party of the radical left. ... Politics of Greece Categories: Election related stubs | Elections in Greece ... Legislative elections were held in Greece on March 7, 2004. ... Legislative elections were held in the Greek Republic on April 10, 2000. ...

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The Panhellenic Socialist Movement, better known as PASOK (Greek: Πανελλήνιο Σοσιαλιστικό Κίνημα, Panellinio Sosialistiko Kinima, ΠΑΣΟΚ), is a Greek social democratic political party. After ruling Greece for most of the 1980s and '90s, PASOK lost office at the March 7, 2004, Greek elections. PASOK Green Sun logo Had to be edited with the GIMP to remove some of its background. ... Social democracy is a political ideology emerging in the late 19th and early 20th centuries from supporters of Marxism who believed that the transition to a socialist society could be achieved through democratic evolutionary rather than revolutionary means. ... Legislative elections were held in Greece on March 7, 2004. ...

PASOK was established in September 1974 following the fall of the Greek military regime and the restoration of democracy. Its founder was Andreas Papandreou, the son of the late Greek liberal leader George Papandreou. Its founding principle were "National Independence, Popular Sovereignty, Social Emancipation, Democratic Process." 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... Andreas Georgios Papandreou, Ανδρέας Γ. Παπανδρέου (15 February 1919 - 23 June 1996) was a Greek economist and politician. ... George Papandandreou George Papandreou (in Greek Georgios Papandreou or Γεώργιος Παπανδρέου) (18 February 1888 - 1 November 1968) was a Greek politician. ...

At the November 1974 elections PASOK received 13.5% of the vote and won 15 seats, coming third behind the conservative New Democracy party of Konstantinos Karamanlis and the liberals of George Mavros. At the November 1977 elections, however, PASOK eclipsed the liberals, doubled its percentage of the vote and won 92 seats, becoming the official opposition. 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... For the Canadian political party that ran in the 1940 Canadian election see New Democracy (Canada) Party logo New Democracy or ND (Greek: Νέα Δημοκρατία, Nea Dhimokratia), founded in 1974, is one of the main center-right liberal political parties in Greece. ... Constantine Karamanlis Constantine (Konstantinos) Karamanlis (Κωνσταντίνος Καραμανλής) (March 8, 1907 - April 23, 1998) is a towering figure of modern Greek politics and history. ... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ...

In October 1981 PASOK won national elections with 48% of the vote, and capturing 173 seats and forming the first socialist government in the history of Greece. Although Papandreou had campaigned on opposition to Greek membership of NATO and the European Economic Community, he soon changed his mind and began renegotiation conditions for Greek entry to the EEC. 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The flag of NATO NATO 2002 Summit The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), sometimes called North Atlantic Alliance, Atlantic Alliance or the Western Alliance, is an international organisation for defence collaboration established in 1949, in support of the North Atlantic Treaty signed in Washington, D.C., on April 4, 1949. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations by or about: European Union The European Union On-Line Official EU website, europa. ...

In 1985 the PASOK government revised the Greek Constitution to remove most powers from the President and to give wider authority to the Prime Minister and the elected Government. Many other sweeping social reforms were carried out. At the June 1985 elections PASOK 45% of the vote and won 161 seats. In June 1989, however, the PASOK vote fell to 40%, and the legislature was deadlocked. Another election in November produced the same result. After a prolonged political crisis, a third election in April 1990 brought New Democracy back to power. 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In opposition PASOK underwent a leadership crisis when Papandreou was prosecuted over his alleged involvement in the Bank of Crete scandal. He was eventually acquitted, and at the October 1993 elections he was able to exploit nationalist sentiment over the Macedonia and Cyprus issues to regain power. In 1995, however, Papandreou's health began to decline and PASOK was racked with leadership conflicts. Bank of Crete was a small Greek bank bought by George Koskotas, and they both shot to fame, or rather infamy, thanks to the banks involvement in a major scandal in Greece in the late 1980s. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In January 1996 Papandreou was forced by ill-health to retire, and he was succeeded by Costas Simitis, the candidate of the modernising, pro-European wing of PASOK. Papandreou died in June, and became the subject of a posthumous cult among the PASOK faithful that now, with the decline of socialist ideology within the party, provides its main focus of loyalty. 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Costas Simitis Constantinos Georgiou Simitis (born June 23, 1936), usually known as Costas Simitis, was Prime Minister of Greece and leader of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) from 1996 to 2004. ... Pro-European is a subjective term applied to a person who supports the European Union (EU) and/or further European integration, specifically in the context of political argument over the current and future status of the EU and its policies. ...

At the September 1996 election, Simitis won a mandate in his own right, and in December Greece agreed to enter the Euro zone, burying the Greek nationalist ideology which under Papandreou had been PASOK's hallmark. In September 1997 Greece won the right to stage the 2004 Olympic Games. Simitis won another term in April 2000, winning 42.7% of the vote and 158 seats: a substantial achievement for a party which had been in power almost continuously for nearly 20 years. 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... The euro (€; ISO 4217 code EUR) is the currency of twelve European Union member states: Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The 2004 Summer Olympics are officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (the 28th Summer Olympic Games). ... This article is about the year 2000. ...

On January 7, 2004 Costas Simitis announced his resignation as leader of PASOK. He was succeeded by George Papandreou, son of Andreas Papandreou. PASOK hoped that Papandreou could reverse the slide in the opinion polls which saw the opposition New Democracy party under Costas Caramanlis 7% ahead at the start of the year. January 7 is the 7th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Costas Simitis Constantinos Georgiou Simitis (born June 23, 1936), usually known as Costas Simitis, was Prime Minister of Greece and leader of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) from 1996 to 2004. ... For George Papandreous grandfather, also called George Papandreou, see George Papandreou, senior. ... For the Canadian political party that ran in the 1940 Canadian election see New Democracy (Canada) Party logo New Democracy or ND (Greek: Νέα Δημοκρατία, Nea Dhimokratia), founded in 1974, is one of the main center-right liberal political parties in Greece. ... Kostas Karamanlis, the prime minister of Greece Kóstas Karamanlís (Greek: Κώστας = Kostas, full name Κωνσταντίνος Αλεξάνδρου Καραμανλής = Konstantinos Alexandrou Karamanlis, IPA ) (born September 14, 1956) became Prime Minister of Greece on March 10, 2004 following his partys victory in the March 7 parliamentary elections. ...

But although Papandreou reduced ND's lead in the polls to 3%, he was unable to reverse the view of a majority of Greek voters that PASOK had been in power too long and had grown lazy and corrupt. ND had a comfortable win at the March 7 elections, placing PASOK in opposition after eleven years in office. Legislative elections were held in Greece on March 7, 2004. ...

Shortly after, ND did a financial audit and went on to accuse PASOK of having falsified Greece's macroeconomic statistics, on the basis of which the European institutions accepted Greece to join the Euro zone. Context According to the European regulations, all EU Member States have to compile government accounts, notably the government deficit and debt. ...

PASOK is a member of the Party of European Socialists and the Socialist International. In the European Parliament it has eight MEPs. Logo of the Party of European Socialists The Party of European Socialists (PES) (French: Parti socialiste européen (PSE); German: Sozialdemokratische Partei Europas (SPE); Spanish: Partido socialista europeo (PSE); Italian: Partito socialista europeo (PSE)) is a European political party whose members are the social democratic, socialist and labour parties of... The official symbol of Socialist International The Socialist International (SI) is an international organisation for social democratic and democratic socialist parties. ... The European Parliament is the parliamentary body of the European Union (EU), directly elected by EU citizens once every five years. ... A Member of the European Parliament (English abbreviation MEP) is a member of the European Unions directly-elected legislative body, the European Parliament. ...

See also

• History of Greece
• Politics of Greece
• List of political parties in Greece

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External links

• PASOK's website en
• Greek election results, via the Greek Ministry of Internal Affairs