Greek centre-left political alliance
The
PASOK ? Movement for Change
(
PASOK-KINAL
;
Greek
:
ΠΑΣΟΚ ? Κ?νημα Αλλαγ??
,
romanized
:
PASOK ? Kinima Allagis
,
abbr.
ΚΙΝΑΛ)
[4]
is a
political alliance
in
Greece
, which was founded in March 2018, initially as "Movement for Change" (
Kinima Allagis
), mainly affiliated with the
centre-left
of the
political spectrum
. It includes the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (
PASOK
) and
Movement of Democratic Socialists
(KIDISO).
History
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In July 2017, PASOK leader
Fofi Gennimata
announced the formation of a new unified centre-left party in Greece before the end of the year.
[5]
In the summer of 2017,
Stavros Theodorakis
, leader and founder of The River also decided to participate in the creation of the alliance. After the leadership election, both PASOK?DIMAR and The River planned to continue with separate parliamentary groups until the new alliance's founding congress, scheduled for spring 2018.
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On 12 November 2017, the first round of
leadership elections
was held to select the new party's founding leader. Nine initial leadership candidates included Gennimata, Theodorakis, Athens mayor
Giorgos Kaminis
, PASOK MEP
Nikos Androulakis
, EDEM party leader Apostolos Pontas, academic Constantinos Gatsios, former PASOK ministers Yiannis Maniatis and
Yiannis Ragousis
, and
Dimitris Tziotis
.
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The candidates reaching the second-round election were Gennimata, with 44.5% of the vote, and Androulakis, with 25.4%.
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The run-off on 19 November was won by Gennimata, who garnered 56% of the vote.
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On 28 November 2017, “Movement for Change” (
Kinima Allagis
) was announced as the preliminary name of the alliance.
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On 2 December 2017, the party's six-member ruling council was announced, being composed of Gennimata, Theodorakis, Androulakis, Kaminis, DIMAR leader
Thanasis Theocharopoulos
and former PASOK
Prime Minister
George Papandreou
.
[16]
The alliance held its founding congress on 16?18 March in Athens. During the congress, the new logo was unveiled and the alliance's charter and policy program was approved by the overwhelming majority of members.
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On 2 July 2018, The River left KINAL.
[19]
On 20 January 2019, DIMAR also left KINAL due to its position of supporting the
Prespa agreement
.
[20]
On 1 June 2019 former PASOK leader
Evangelos Venizelos
left KINAL, accusing Gennimata of turning the Movement into "SYRIZA's tail".
[21]
KINAL increased its obtained seats in the
2019 Greek legislative election
compared to Democratic Alignment, becoming Greece's third-largest party and securing 22 seats in the
Hellenic Parliament
.
[22]
Following the election, KINAL positioned itself into opposition to the new
Mitsotakis Government
.
[23]
Gennimata died on 25 October 2021 at the
Evangelismos Hospital
in
Athens
from cancer.
[24]
Elections for the new leader took place in December 2021, with the main candidates being
Andreas Loverdos
,
Nikos Androulakis
, and
George Papandreou
. Nikos Androulakis was elected to lead the KINAL and PASOK on 12 December 2021.
[25]
On April 1, 2022, Androulakis announced an internal referendum to be held on May 8.
[26]
The referendum was held to decide whether to rename the alliance to "PASOK ? Movement of Change" and also to change the emblem.
[27]
The proposal to change the emblem and name was accepted with a percentage of 95%.
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The new emblem was unveiled two weeks later, with the traditional green sun having changed hue in a gradient from dark to lighter from left to right.
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Composition
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The alliance is composed of the following parties:
Until 2019, the alliance also included the following parties:
Election results
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Hellenic Parliament
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European Parliament
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