Rainbow Ουράνιο Τόξο | |
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| Leader | Collective leadership (Political Secretariat)[1] |
| Founded | 1994 |
| Headquarters | Stephanou Dragoumi 11, 53100, Florina, Greece |
| Ideology | Macedonian minority rights Regionalism |
| European affiliation | None (since 2023) European Free Alliance (pre-2023) |
| Colours | Rainbow |
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| http://www.florina.org | |
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| Politics of Greece |
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The Rainbow (Greek: Ουράνιο Τόξο, Ouránio Tóxo; Macedonian: Виножито, Vinožito) is a political party in Greece, and a former member of the European Free Alliance. It is known for its activism amongst what it regards as the ethnic Macedonian minority in Greece[2] and their descendants abroad. The Rainbow states that it sees the acceptance of the Republic of North Macedonia in the European Union with a positive regard.
In the past, it had an alliance with the Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece (OAKKE). The two formed a coalition in the Parliamentary elections in 1996. Members of the party retain Greek[3] names and surnames. This is both due to bureaucratic barriers for name-changing and due to their wishing not to alienate their target electorate.
In 2005, the European Court of Human Rights found the Greek government guilty of violating the European Convention on Human Rights by restricting party members' freedom of assembly and failing to provide due process within reasonable time. The Greek government was ordered to pay 35,000 euros in compensation.[4]
- ^ Dimitar Bechev (2019). Historical Dictionary of North Macedonia. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 252. ISBN 9781538119624.
- ^ TJ-Hosting. "EFA-Rainbow :: News 2008". Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ^ INTRODUCTION TO THE RAINBOW PARTY Archived 2008-04-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Greece". Retrieved 27 October 2016.