The Liberals (Greece)

The Liberals (Greek: Οι Φιλελεύθεροι, Oi Fileleftheroi) was a liberal political party in Greece founded by Stefanos Manos in April 1999. The president suspended operations of the party in October 2001, citing economic problems and limited appeal amongst the voting public.

The Liberals Οι Φιλελεύθεροι Oi Fileleftheroi
Founder	Stefanos Manos[1]
Founded	1999
Dissolved	2001
Split from	New Democracy
Succeeded by	Drassi
Ideology	Social liberalism Liberalism Neoliberalism
Political position	Centre
European affiliation	Alliance for Liberals and Democrats
Politics of Greece Political parties Elections

History

The party participated independently in popular elections only once, in the 1999 European Parliament elections, gaining 1.72% of the popular vote. In the 2000 national elections, Stefanos Manos and the Liberals entered the Parliament cooperating with New Democracy. In 2004, Stefanos Manos accepted an invitation by George Papandreou, president of the Panhellenic Socialist Party and was elected, like Andreas Adrianopoulos, in the 2004 national elections riding PASOK's ticket.

Electoral results

Results, 1993-1999 (year links to election page)
Year	Type of Election	Votes	%	Mandates
1999	European Parliament	103,962	1.62	0
2000	Parliament	participated with ND	-	2

See also

• Liberalism
• Contributions to liberal theory
• Liberalism worldwide
• Liberalism in Greece