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| Democratic Rally (Δημοκρατικός Συναγερμός) | |
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| Leader | Nicos Anastasiades |
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| Founded | 1976 |
| Headquarters | Nicosia, Cyprus |
| Ideology | Conservatism, Liberal Conservatism, Christian democracy [1] |
| International affiliation | Centrist Democrat International, International Democrat Union |
| European affiliation | European People's Party |
| European Parliament Group | European People's Party - European Democrats |
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| http://www.disy.org.cy/ | |
The Democratic Rally (Greek: Δημοκρατικός Συναγερμός, Dimokratikós Sinayermós), or DISY, is a centre-right political party in Cyprus, led by Nicos Anastasiades.
The party was founded on 4 July 1976 by veteran politician Glafkos Klerides. Clerides served as Cyprus president from 1993 until 2003.
DISY is a member of the European People's Party (EPP). In the 2004 European Parliamentary Election it gained the 28.2% of the vote, and elected 2 MEPs, Ioannis Casoulides and Panayiotis Demetriou, who joined the EPP-ED Group along with former DISY president Yannakis Matsis.
The leaders of Democratic Rally supported the Annan Plan for the so called re-unification of Cyprus. Following the rejection by the Greek Cypriot Community, four MPs (Sillouris, Prodromou, Erotokritou, Taramoundas) who had opposed the party line were expelled and a number of members willingly resigned. The expelled MPs formed a party called European Democracy. In 2005 European Democracy merged with New Horizons and created European Party. Former party president Yiannakis Matsis headed a splinter coalition For Europe in the European Parliamentary Election. Matsis gained a seat in the European parliament, also joining the EPP group (he is still a member of DISY).
In the elections of 21 May 2006, the party won 30.3 % and 18 out of 56 seats.
External links
- Official web site
- Youth Branch
- European People's Party official site
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