Citizens' Alliance ( el, Συμμαχία Πολιτών, ''Symmachía Politón'') was a political party that aimed for a unitary republic of

Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is geo ...

and rejected a federation of the Greek Cypriot and the Turkish parts. The party's leader was

Giorgos Lillikas Giorgos Lillikas ( el, Γιώργος Λιλλήκας; born 1 June 1960) is a Cypriot politician. Following the election of Tassos Papadopoulos as President in 2003, Lillikas became Minister of Commerce and Industry. He was subsequently the F ...

. It opposed the austerity program in Cyprus and was opposed to the privatisation of state assets. On 24 June 2021, the party announced that it began discussions with the

Movement for Social Democracy The Movement for Social Democracy ( el, Κίνημα Σοσιαλδημοκρατών, translit=Kinima Sosialdimokraton, EDEK) is a Greek Cypriot, social-democratic political party in Cyprus. Overview The party was founded by Vasos Lyssaridis i ...

party, to merge Citizens' Alliance into the latter. In addition, party leader Giorgos Lillikas, announced his intention to retire from political life. The party officially ceased to exist on 2 December 2021 (as per the political party register) and the party website is no longer in operation.

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* European Democratic Party Political parties in Cyprus Political parties established in 2013 Political parties disestablished in 2021 {{Cyprus-party-stub