| Democrats | |
| Native Name: | Δημοκράτες |
| Native Name Lang: | el |
| President: | Andreas Loverdos |
| Leader1 Title: | Vice President |
| Leader2 Title: | Press Spokesperson |
| Leader2 Name: | Tatiana Douvara |
| Founder: | Andreas Loverdos |
| Split: | PASOK – Movement for Change |
| Headquarters: | Akadimias 60, Athens |
| Ideology: | Liberalism Pro-Europeanism |
| Position: | Centre[1] |
| Europarl: | Renew Europe |
| Colours: | Blue and red |
| Seats1 Title: | Hellenic Parliament |
| Seats2 Title: | European Parliament |
| Country: | Greece |
The Democrats is a Greek political party founded in 2024 by former PASOK–KINAL politician Andreas Loverdos.
It describes itself as a "patriotic, popular, politically liberal, modernizing, reformist, digital and pluralist" party.[2]
The party is participated in 2024 European Parliament election in Greece.
On 7 February 2024, Andreas Loverdos filed the necessary documents and supporting documents for the establishment of the party, at the Supreme Civil and Criminal Court.[3] On 4 March 2024, the new party was presented through a Loverdos' video message from Evros.[4]
On 20 March 2024, in Brussels, it was announced that the party had joined the European parliamentary group Renew Europe, after a meeting of party officials with the RE leader Valérie Hayer.[5]
On 21 March 2024, Panagiotis Konsoulas was elected by the temporary Political Committee of the party as the first Secretary of the party.[6] On 26 March, it was announced that the criminologist Tatiana Douvara took over as Press Spokesperson,[7] while a day later it was announced that the president of the Athens Central Fish Market, Vassilis Simos, took over as Political Spokesperson.[8]
On 28 March 2024, the former Hellenic Parliament member of the Democratic Alignment and PASOK–KINAL, Theodoros Papatheodorou, took over as vice president of the party.[9]
On 9 June 2024, in the 2024 European Parliament election, the party failed to elect an MEP, underperforming compared to opinion polls and taking 1.45% of the vote.[10]