Patriotic Force for Change

The Patriotic Force for Change (PATRIDA; Greek: Πατριωτική Δύναμη Αλλαγής, romanized: Patriotikí Dýnami Allagís, ΠΑΤΡΙ.Δ.Α.) is a Greek political party founded in September 2022.^[1] Its acronym is read "patrida", the Greek word for "fatherland".

Patriotic Force for Change Πατριωτική Δύναμη Αλλαγής
Abbreviation	PATRIDA
President	Konstantinos Bogdanos
Founder	Konstantinos Bogdanos
Founded	26 September 2022 (2022-09-26)
Split from	New Democracy National Creation
Youth wing	PATRI.D.A. Youth
Ideology	National conservatism Social conservatism Economic liberalism Soft Euroscepticism Right-wing populism Atlanticism Anti-immigration
Political position	Right-wing
Religion	Greek Orthodox Church
National affiliation	Patriotic Coalition
European affiliation	European Conservatives and Reformists
Colours	Dark blue   Red   Light blue
Slogan	«For the future of our children» (Greek: «Για το μέλλον των παιδιών μας»)
Hellenic Parliament	0 / 300
European Parliament	0 / 21
Website
patrida.info
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Its president and founder is the member of parliament Konstantinos Bogdanos, while the vice president is the jurist Afroditi Latinopoulou. The slogan of the party is "Homeland, Religion, Family and Economic Freedom."^[2]

The party is represented in the Hellenic Parliament by Konstantinos Bogdanos, an independent member of parliament from Athens, where he was elected in 2019 with New Democracy.^[3] The party is seeking membership in the European Conservatives and Reformists group of the EU parliament.^[4]

In January 2023, the electoral cooperation with K.Y.M.A of Hellenism was announced.^[5]

In March 2023, the joint descent into the elections with the party of Prodromos Emfietzoglou "Patriotic Union" and the already cooperating parties "Patriotic Association", "ELKIS", the "United Greece-New Europe" party and the "National Patriotic Party of Greece" was announced in which Bogdanos assumes the role of vice-president. The "Hellenism Committee", the Hellenic Section of the U.S Republican Party and the Hellenic-Russian-Armenian Friendship Association have expressed their support for this cooperation. Afroditi Latinopoulou was deleted after her refusal to participate in this union.^[6][7][8] A few days later, Latinopoulou announced the creation of a new party led by herself and supported by the K.Y.M.A. of Hellenism, which took the name "PATRIDA", the same name as Bogdanos' party. ^[9]

Ideology

The Patriotic Force for Change, according to its constitution, is defined as a right-wing, conservative, bourgeois and economically liberal party. Some media characterize it as far-right, a characterization that its president, Konstantinos Bogdanos, rejects, also saying that "PATRIDA is not identical with the Golden Dawn."^[10][11] It is considered a pro-European (despite having some Soft Euroscepticism involved in its Party agenda) and pro-Western party, although it is seeking to be part of the Eurogroup of the European Conservatives and Reformists, many of whose members are mild Eurosceptics.^[12]

References

1. Newsroom (2022-09-26). "Νέο κόμμα ανακοίνωσε ο Μπογδάνος – Αντιπρόεδρος η Αφροδίτη Λατινοπούλου". CNN.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2022-09-30.
2. "Μπογδάνος: Η ΠΑΤΡΙΔΑ δεν ταυτίζεται με τη Χρυσή Αυγή -Το σύνθημα είναι «Πατρίδα, θρησκεία, οικογένεια και οικονομική ελευθερία»". 27 September 2022.
3. "Ανακοινώνεται το κόμμα του Κωνσταντίνου Μπογδάνου - Αντιπρόεδρος η Λατινοπούλου". ProtoThema (in Greek). 2022-09-25. Retrieved 2022-09-30.
4. . www.naftemporiki.gr (in Greek). 2022-09-26. Archived from the original on 2022-09-30. Retrieved 2022-09-30.
5. "Η ΠΑΤΡΙ.Δ.Α υποδέχεται σε πολιτική συστράτευση το «ΚΥ.Μ.Α. Ελληνισμού» - ΠΑΤΡΙΔΑ". 26 January 2023.
6. "Μπογδάνος: Δεν είναι διαζύγιο, τη διέγραψα - Λατινοπούλου: Ξεπούλησε το κόμμα". 14 March 2023.
7. "Πατριωτική Ένωση".
8. "Κ.υ.μ.α. Ελληνισμου Και Πατρι.δ.α. – 14/3/2023 – Κ.υ.μ.α Ελληνισμου".
9. "Η Αφροδίτη Λατινοπούλου ίδρυσε νέο κόμμα με το όνομα «Πατρίδα»". 23 March 2023.
10. Newsroom. "Μπογδάνος: Η ΠΑΤΡΙΔΑ δεν ταυτίζεται με τη ΧΑ – Στη ΝΔ μας έλεγαν να μην λέμε ότι είμαστε δεξιοί". www.ieidiseis.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2022-09-30.
11. Παπαδομανωλάκης, Παναγιώτης (2022-09-27). "Αφύπνιση της Ευρώπης η νίκη της Μελόνι, για τον Μπογδάνο". The Press Project - Ειδήσεις, Αναλύσεις, Ραδιόφωνο, Τηλεόραση (in Greek). Retrieved 2022-09-30.
12. "Εξωτερική Πολιτική και Άμυνα - ΠΑΤΡΙΔΑ" (in Greek). 2022-09-22. Retrieved 2022-09-30.