Course of Freedom ( el, Πλεύση Ελευθερίας, translit=Plefsi Eleftherias) is a
left-wing
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Greek
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political party founded on 19 April 2016, by former
President of the Hellenic Parliament,
Zoe Konstantopoulou.
History
After the agreement for the
Third Economic Adjustment Programme for Greece
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by the first government of
SYRIZA-ANEL, Zoe Konstantopoulou dissociated herself from the views of the party and participated in the following
legislative elections
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as the leader of
Popular Unity in
Athens A'.
However, the party did not manage to achieve the
electoral threshold
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for representation in the legislature.
On 19 April 2016 she announced the founding of Course of Freedom. According to its founding declaration, the party's purpose of action consists of: Democracy, justice, transparency, rights, debt cancellation and claim for
World War II reparations
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.
The founding event was attended, among others, by
Rachel Makri,
Nadia Valavani,
Aglaia Kiritsi, Giannis Stathas (all four were parliamentarians with
Syriza
The Coalition of the Radical Left – Progressive Alliance ( el, Συνασπισμός Ριζοσπαστικής Αριστεράς – Προοδευτική Συμμαχία, Synaspismós Rizospastikís Aristerás – Proodeftikí Simachía), ...
who left in 2015), Manousos Manousakis, Charis Sozos,
Vasia Panagopoulou, Avgi Voutsina and Deppy Golema.
Electoral performance
European Parliament
Hellenic Parliament
Logo
There are six
Deltas depicted in the party's logo which correspond to its purpose of action as stated in its founding declaration.
*Democracy (, ''Dimokratía'')
*Justice (, ''dikaiosýni'')
*Transparency (, ''Diafáneia'')
*Rights (, ''Dikaiómata'')
*Debt cancellation (, ''Diagrafí chréous'')
*Claim for World War II reparations (, ''Diekdíkisi ton Germanikón ofeilón tou Deftérou Pankosmíou Polémou'')
References
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