Course of Freedom

Course of Freedom
Πλεύση Ελευθερίας
PresidentZoe Konstantopoulou
FounderZoe Konstantopoulou
Founded19 April 2016; 8 years ago (2016-04-19)
Split fromPopular Unity[1]
IdeologyLeft-wing nationalism[6]
Sovereigntism[7]
Anti-austerity[8][9]
Left-wing populism[12]
Progressivism[13][14]
Hard Euroscepticism[17]
Political positionLeft-wing[23]
European Parliament groupNon-Inscrits
Colours  Purple
  Turquoise
Slogan"We look neither right nor left. We look forward."[24]
Hellenic Parliament
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European Parliament
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Website
www.plefsieleftherias.gr

Course of Freedom (Greek: Πλεύση Ελευθερίας, romanized: Plefsi Eleftherias) is a Greek anti-establishment[25][26][7] political party founded on 19 April 2016, by former President of the Hellenic Parliament, Zoe Konstantopoulou.[27]

  1. ^ Lafazanis: We wish you success in the "Freedom Sailing" of Zoi :"Panagiotis Lafazanis commented on the change of course of Zoe Konstantopoulou, who separated her position from LAE by founding the "Pleusi Eleftherias" party." TV without Frontiers 19 April 2016, Retrieved 26 June 2023
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference left_nationalism_taz was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference left_nationalism_Barron's was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference left_nationalism_Kosmos was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ The Macedonia Question "...they also touched a chord on sectors of a "patriotic left"...the rally was also supported by Zoe Konstantopoulou, the former president of the Greek parliament and founder of the "Course of Freedom" movement", Jacobin.com by Stathis Kouvelakis March 2018, Retrieved 24 June 2019
  6. ^ [2][3][4][5]
  7. ^ a b c Syriza's Electoral Quagmire Reflects Its Crushing of Greeks' Hopes, Jacobin.com 6 September 2023, Retrieved 16 May 2023
  8. ^ "Zoe Konstantopoulou: Each child in Greece owes 32,500 euros". ThemaNews. Proto Thema. 31 May 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  9. ^ Greece Just Elected the Most Right-Wing Parliament Since the Return to Democracy "Course for Freedom" Jacobin 28 June 2023, Retrieved 29 June 2023
  10. ^ Cite error: The named reference left_populist was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  11. ^ a b "Populist parties in Central and Eastern Europe: Regional trends in comparative perspective". Poliarchie/Polyarchies (Special Issue 2023). Trieste: EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste: 63. 2023. doi:10.13137/2611-2914/35183. ISSN 2611-2914. Among them, the top performer was Greece (28.4%) thanks to the combined result of three left-wing populist parties (see Tsatsanis et al. 2021): SYRIZA (23.8%), the European Realistic Disobedience Front (3.0%) and Course of Freedom (1.6%).
  12. ^ [7][10][11]
  13. ^ If you love Greece, help us get rid of Alexis Tsipras and his zombie party : "We ask for the support of all progressives, including our friends in the Labour party..." The Guardian by Zoe Konstantopoulou 7 September 2018, Retrieved 24 June 2019
  14. ^ "Why Greece's Left May Give Conservatives A Smooth Sail To Victory". HuffPost. The Huffington Post. 23 June 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  15. ^ Cite error: The named reference Hard_Euroscept was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  16. ^ Cite error: The named reference Hard_Eurosceptic_Covid_Prespa was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  17. ^ [15][16]
  18. ^ Uğur Ekinci, Mehmet; Yusufoğlu, Yusuf (31 July 2023). "Why the Left Fell and the Right Rose in Greece". Politics Today. There is fierce competition among left-wing parties to fill the vacuum left by SYRIZA's decline. The Course of Freedom (PE) party, led by Zoe Konstantopoulou, a former SYRIZA member, managed to enter the parliament with a program close to the radical views that SYRIZA advocated before it came to power.
  19. ^ "Minister Christos Stylianides causes a stir with "Cyprus is half Turkish" comment". Neos Kosmos. 22 February 2024. This comment garnered reactions from Greek and Cypriot politicians and parties, with far-right Ελληνική Λύση (Greek Solution) party MP Kostas Hitas saying he had been "left speechless" and left wing Course of Freedom party leader Zoe Konstantopoulou demanding a retraction.
  20. ^ Messinis, Aris (26 June 2023). "Conservatives win Greek elections". Azərbaycan24. Another newcomer in the legislature is the left-wing Course of Freedom party, whose leader Zoe Konstantopoulou briefly served as speaker in 2015.
  21. ^ "Postal Vote for Euro-Parliament Elex, Referendums Passed By Ruling Party Majority". To Vima. 24 January 2024. Voting in favor were all 158 MPs of ruling New Democracy (ND) party, while six deputies of the small left-wing "Plefsi Eleftherias" (Course of Freedom) party – founded and headed by former Parliament president Zoe Konstantopoulou – voted "present".
  22. ^ Maltezou, Renee (22 June 2023). Frances Kerry (ed.). "Explainer-Greece's election on Sunday: how the system works". SWI swissinfo. Opinion polls suggest that up to seven parties could enter parliament, including the leftist Plefsi Eleftherias, founded by former Syriza lawmaker Zoe Konstantopoulou, and a newly set up far-right party called Spartans.
  23. ^ [11][18][19][20][21][22]
  24. ^ Z. Konstantopoulou: "The attack on the Freedom Cruise is neither from within nor spontaneous" : "...the other parties are even stealing the slogans of Freedom of Navigation. In particular, "since 2019, we have been saying "we are neither looking to the right nor to the left, we are looking forward...", ERT, Ert-news 12 June 2023, Retrieved 22 June 2023
  25. ^ "Greece". Europe Elects. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  26. ^ Zoe Konstantopoulou: Mr. Tsipras is destroying the country : "Precisely how would Plefsi Eleftherias describe its political identity? Some critics say that you do not belong to the Left [...] We are a force that aims to overturn the establishment, and we are appealing to all democratically active citizens, without the walls of old-party divisions. We look neither to the Left nor the Right" in.gr 21 October 2018, Retrieved 24 June 2019
  27. ^ Evgenia Choros (15 April 2016). "Zoe Konstantopoulou to Present New Party 'Course to Freedom'". Greek Reporter. Retrieved 21 May 2016.