The River (Greece)
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The River
Το Ποτάμι |
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| Leader | Stavros Theodorakis |
| Founded | 26 February 2014 |
| Ideology |
Centrism Social liberalism Social democracy Pro-Europeanism |
| Political position | Centre to Centre-left |
| European affiliation | None |
| European Parliament group | Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats |
| Colours | Red, blue |
| Parliament |
6 / 300
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| European Parliament |
2 / 21
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| Regions |
0 / 725
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| Website | |
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The River (Greek: Το Ποτάμι, translit. To Potami, IPA: [to poˈtami]) is a centrist and social-liberalpolitical party in Greece. The party was founded in February 2014 by Stavros Theodorakis. The party has two MEPs in the European Parliament and six seats in the Hellenic Parliament (down from the 11 elected in the last election).
The party was launched on 11 March 2014 in Athens by TV presenter Stavros Theodorakis.
In April 2014 representatives of The River met the President of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz and with representatives of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D), Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) and The Greens–European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA) parliamentary groups.
In the 2014 European Parliament election held on 25 May 2014, the party received 6.6% of the national vote and the mandate to elect two MEPs, Giorgos Grammatikakis and Miltos Kyrkos.
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