Union of Centrists

Union of Centrists 'Eνωση Κεντρώων Enosi Kentroon
Abbreviation	ΕΚ
Leader	Vassilis Leventis
Founded	2 March 1992
Headquarters	28 Karolou St. 122 42 Athens
Newspaper	Antidiaploki (Greek: Αντιδιαπλοκή)
Youth wing	Youth Union of Centrists
Ideology	Centrism Venizelism Social liberalism Pro-Europeanism
Political position	Centre
European affiliation	European Democratic Party
Colours	Orange
Parliament	8 / 300
European Parliament	0 / 21
Regions	0 / 703
Website
http://www.antidiaploki.gr
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The Union of Centrists (Greek: Ένωση Κεντρώων, Enosi Kentroon) is a political party in Greece. The leader and founder of the party is Vassilis Leventis. The political ideology of the party is Centrism and Venizelism and is strongly supporting Greece remaining an integral part of the European Union.

History

The party was founded by Vassilis Leventis in 1992 under the title "Union of Centrists and Ecologists" (Greek: Ένωση Κεντρώων και Οικολόγων). The name was changed shortly after. The Union of Centrists claims to be the ideological continuation of the old party Center Union. The party strives to become "the political continuance of the centrist expression in Greece". Leventis aimed to become part of the Venizelist legacy of some Greek politicians of the past, such as Eleftherios Venizelos and George Papandreou (senior).

Electoral support

Until 2015, the party's influence was marginal, with 1.79% of the total vote in the Greek legislative election, January 2015 and no MPs being its highest achievement. In the Greek legislative election, September 2015 the party cleared the 3% hurdle for representation in the Greek Parliament with 9 MPs after it won 186,457 votes (3.43%).^[1]

Party's electoral results

A sample cover of the party's newspaper Antidiaploki.

External links

• Official website

References

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