Independent Greeks
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Independent Greeks
Ανεξάρτητοι Έλληνες |
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| Abbreviation | ANEL |
| President | Panos Kammenos |
| General Secretary | Ioannis Moiras |
| Spokesperson | Madalena Papadopoulou |
| Founded | 24 February 2012 |
| Split from | New Democracy |
| Headquarters | 196, Syngrou Ave. 176 71 Athens |
| Ideology | National conservatism Social conservatism Right-wing populism Euroscepticism |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| Religion | Greek Orthodox |
| European affiliation | None |
| International affiliation | None |
| European Parliament group | No MEPs |
| Colours | Blue, red |
| Slogan | We are many – We are independent – We are Greeks |
| Parliament |
9 / 300
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| European Parliament |
0 / 21
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| Regions |
51 / 703
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| Website | |
| anexartitoiellines |
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The Independent Greeks (Greek: Ανεξάρτητοι Έλληνες, Anexartitoi Ellines, ANEL) is a conservative,national-conservative, and right-wing populistpolitical party in Greece. The party won 10 seats in the September 2015 parliamentary election and agreed to renew its coalition government with the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA).
The party was created on 24 February 2012 by Panos Kammenos, a former Member of Parliament (MP) for the conservative party New Democracy (ND). Kammenos had been expelled from the New Democracy parliamentary group after voting against Lucas Papademos' coalition government in a vote of confidence. The party's founding declaration was issued on 11 March 2012. Ten former ND deputies were founding members of the party, namely Elena Kountoura, Christos Zois, Kostas Markopoulos, Dimitrios G. Stamatis, Spyros Galinos, Mika Iatridi, Maria Kollia-Tsaroucha, Panagiotis Melas and Michalis Giannakis
On 17 April 2012, the small left-wing anti-bailout party Panhellenic Citizen Chariot reached an election cooperation agreement with the Independent Greeks.
Prior to the May 2012 legislative election, the party had 11 MPs: 10 defectors from New Democracy and one from Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK).
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