Democratic Alliance (Greece)

Democratic Alliance

Δημοκρατική Συμμαχία
Democratic Alliance Δημοκρατική Συμμαχία
Leader	Dora Bakoyannis
Secretary-General	Olga Tremi
Spokesperson	Thanos Zorbas
Founded	21 November 2010
Dissolved	21 May 2012
Split from	New Democracy
Merged into	New Democracy
Headquarters	47 Syggrou Av.,; 117 43 Athens
Ideology	Liberalism; Centrism
Political position	Centre
National affiliation	New Democracy
European affiliation	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party
European Parliament group	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
Colours	Blue, orange
Website
	www.dimsim.gr
	Politics of Greece; Political parties; Elections;

The Democratic Alliance (Greek language: Δημοκρατική Συμμαχία — ΔΗ.ΣΥ., Dimokratiki Symmachia — DISY) was a centrist neoliberal political party in Greece. It was founded on 21 November 2010 by Dora Bakoyannis,^[7] a few months after she was expelled from the centre-right party New Democracy for voting in support of a European Union-International Monetary Fund backed financial stability loan.^[8] The party's founding congress took place on 27 May 2011.^[9]

On 21 May 2012, the party rejoined New Democracy.

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