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The Union of the Democratic Centre (Greek: Ένωση Δημοκρατικού Κέντρου, abbr. ΕΔΗΚ, Enosi Dimokratikou Kentrou, EDIK) is a social liberalpolitical party in Greece.
With the Greek political spectrum shifting to the left, EDIK was increasingly marginalized, with PASOK replacing it as the country's second major party. The party's support collapsed in the elections of 1981, when it gained 0.7% of the vote and was shut out of Parliament. However, George Mavros was elected as an independent on a PASOK ticket, and again in 1985, when EDIK and PASOK officially co-operated. In 1989, EDIK ran independently and did not elect any representatives in parliament.
From 1998 to 2011, the party president was Neoklis Sarris, and the party operated mostly as a forum of political analysis and public, ideological debates. In the 2009 legislative elections Neoklis Sarris ran for Democratic Revival. In 2012 the Union of the Democratic Centre was reconstructed. Stavros Karabelas was elected new president of the party and shifted the political characteristics of the party to the left. Consequently, in the May 2012 election the party participated as part of the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA).[citation needed]
union, democratic, centre, greece, other, uses, union, democratic, centre, this, article, factual, accuracy, compromised, date, information, please, help, update, this, article, reflect, recent, events, newly, available, information, 2015, union, democratic, c. For other uses see Union of the Democratic Centre This article s factual accuracy may be compromised due to out of date information Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information May 2015 The Union of the Democratic Centre Greek Enwsh Dhmokratikoy Kentroy abbr EDHK Enosi Dimokratikou Kentrou EDIK is a social liberal political party in Greece Union of the Democratic Centre Enwsh Dhmokratikoy KentroyLeaderStavros KarampelasFounderGeorge MavrosFounded19762012 re establishment Merger ofCentre Union New Forces Democratic Centre UnionIdeologyLiberalismRadicalismFrom 2012 Social democracyUntil 1998 VenizelismRadical centrismPolitical positionFrom 2012 Centre leftUntil 1998 CentreWebsiteEDIKPolitics of GreecePolitical partiesElectionsThe party was founded on 5 February 1976 two years after the end of the Greek military junta of 1967 74 asserting itself to be the ideological successor of the pre 1967 Centre Union party EDIK was the result of the merger of Centre Union New Forces and the Democratic Centre Union of Ioannis Zidgis Its party leader at the time was George Mavros who earlier led the Center Union New Forces Mavros though would join the Panhellenic Socialist Movement PASOK a couple of years later The party was led by Zidgis in the early 1980s and has since adopted more social democratic positions With the Greek political spectrum shifting to the left EDIK was increasingly marginalized with PASOK replacing it as the country s second major party The party s support collapsed in the elections of 1981 when it gained 0 7 of the vote and was shut out of Parliament However George Mavros was elected as an independent on a PASOK ticket and again in 1985 when EDIK and PASOK officially co operated In 1989 EDIK ran independently and did not elect any representatives in parliament From 1998 to 2011 the party president was Neoklis Sarris and the party operated mostly as a forum of political analysis and public ideological debates In the 2009 legislative elections Neoklis Sarris ran for Democratic Revival In 2012 the Union of the Democratic Centre was reconstructed Stavros Karabelas was elected new president of the party and shifted the political characteristics of the party to the left Consequently in the May 2012 election the party participated as part of the Coalition of the Radical Left SYRIZA citation needed Leaders editGeorge Mavros 1976 1977 Ioannis Zidgis 1977 1997 Neoklis Sarris 1998 2011 Stavros Karabelas 2012 today Elections edit1977 16 seats 1985 1 seatExternal links editEDIK movement nbsp This article related to a European Liberal party is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about a Greek political party is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Union of the Democratic Centre Greece amp oldid 1185236154, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
