Greek European Citizens

Greek European Citizens (Greek: Έλληνες Ευρωπαίοι Πολίτες) was a short-time Greek political party, founded by Jorgo Chatzimarkakis. Chatzimarkakis a German politician of Greek descent, Member of the European Parliament with the Free Democratic Party of Germany founded the party to take part in 2014 European Parliament Elections. He had aimed his party to become a "strong voice of Greeks" in European parliament.^[1] In election 2014 the party took 82,350 votes or 1.44% of the votes and ranked in 9th place. In early January 2015, the party announced that will cooperate with New Democracy for the upcoming general elections.^[2]

Greek European Citizens Έλληνες Ευρωπαίοι Πολίτες
President	Jorgo Chatzimarkakis
Founder	Jorgo Chatzimarkakis
Founded	2014
Dissolved	2015
Ideology	Liberalism Classical liberalism Economic liberalism Pro-Europeanism
Political position	Centre
Parliament	0 / 300
European Parliament	0 / 21
Website
ellinespolites.gr
Politics of Greece Political parties Elections

Election results

European Parliament

Election year	# of overall votes	% of overall vote	# of overall seats won	+/-	Notes
2014	82,350	1.44 (#9)	0 / 21

References

1. "German MEP of Greek origin, Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, launches new party in Athens". ekathimerini.com. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
2. "Greek European Citizens to cooperate with New Democracy in the upcoming elections". protothema.gr. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2015.

External links

• Official webpage