Socialist Initiative

Socialist Initiative Σοσιαλιστική Πρωτοβουλία
Founder	Georgios-Alexandros Mangakis
Founded	1976
Dissolved	1977
Split from	Centre Union – New Forces
Ideology	Social Democracy Democratic Socialism
Political position	Center-left
Politics of Greece Political parties Elections

Socialist Initiative (Greek: Σοσιαλιστική Πρωτοβουλία, Sosialistiki Protovoulia) was a Greek short-lived political party founded in 1976 by former members of Centre Union – New Forces, such as Georgios-Alexandros Mangakis and Dimitris Tsatsos. In 1977, it participated in Progress and Left Forces Alliance, a coalition of small left-wing parties, and dissolved a few months later. Most of its members joined PASOK.

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

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, January 26, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.