Olive Tree (Greece)

Olive Tree Ελιά

Founded	March 8, 2014 (2014-03-08)
Ideology	Social democracy Pro-Europeanism
Political position	Centre-left
European affiliation	Party of European Socialists
European Parliament group	Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
Colours	Red, Green
Slogan	With the power of the democratic alignment
European Parliament	2 / 21
Website
elia-dimokratikiparataxi.gr
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The Olive Tree (Greek: Ελιά, Elia), full name Olive Tree – Democratic Alignment (Ελιά – Δημοκρατική Παράταξη) was a centre-left political and electoral alliance in Greece. The alliance was founded at a congress in Athens on 7 March 2014 to contest the upcoming European Parliament elections.^[1] The alliance included the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) and minor allies,^[2]^[3] the Agreement for the New Greece, Dynamic Greece and the New Reformers.^[4] The Olive Tree was endorsed by Martin Schulz, the Party of European Socialists' candidate for European Commission presidency.^[5]

In the May 2014 European elections, the Olive Tree list came in fourth place nationally, receiving 8.0% of the vote, electing 2 MEPs to the S&D group.^[6]^[7]

References

Social democracy in Greece

Ideology	Modern Greek Enlightenment Democratic socialism Humanism Mixed economy Welfare state

Organizations	Society of sociologists Panhellenic Union of Fighting Youths

Political Parties	Agricultural and Labour Party Democratic Socialist Party of Greece Georgios Papandreou Party PASOK Socialist Initiative Socialist March Party of Democratic Socialism (Greece) Democratic Left Social League

People	Alexandros Papanastasiou Alexandros Svolos Georgios Papandreou Ilias Tsirimokos Nikos Konstantopoulos Fotis Kouvelis Costas Simitis

Historical events	Greek Resistance Anti-Junta movement

Policies	Democratic education Modernization Social progressivism

Other parties in regional councils

Other parties

Communist	Movement for the Reorganization of the Communist Party of Greece 1918–55 Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece Organisation of Internationalist Communists of Greece People's Resistance incl. Communist Party of Greece (Marxist–Leninist) Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Greece Workers Revolutionary Party Start – Socialist Internationalist Organisation

Other	Course of Freedom Democratic Regional Union Democratic Revival Democrats Drachma Five Star Fighting Socialist Party of Greece Friendship Equality and Peace Party Greek Ecologists Greek European Citizens Greek Unity I Don't Pay Movement Koinonia Lefko Liberal Alliance Liberal Party Movement of Democratic Socialists National Front National Hope National Unity National Unity Association New Reformist Radical Reconstruction Panhellenic Citizen Chariot Party of Greek Hunters Plan B Pirate Party of Greece Radical National Rally Rainbow Social Agreement Social League Society First United Popular Front

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