PASOK – Movement for Change ΠΑΣΟΚ – Κίνημα Αλλαγής | |
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| Abbreviation | PASOK-KINAL |
| President | Nikos Androulakis |
| Secretary | Andreas Spiropoulos |
| Founder | Fofi Gennimata |
| Founded | 28 November 2017(launch) 16–18 March 2018(foundation) 9 May 2022 (Renaming as PASOK – Movement for Change) |
| Preceded by | Democratic Alignment |
| Youth wing | New Generation of Change Movement[1] |
| Ideology | Social democracy[2] Social liberalism Pro-Europeanism[3] |
| Political position | Centre[4] tocentre-left[5] |
| European affiliation | Party of European Socialists |
| European Parliament group | Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats |
| International affiliation | Socialist International Progressive Alliance |
| Former member parties | The River (2017–2018) DIMAR (2017–2019) |
| Parliament | 33 / 300 |
| European Parliament | 3 / 21 |
| Regional governors | 2 / 13 |
| Regional councillors | 114 / 611 |
| Mayors | 19 / 332 |
| Website | |
| pasok.gr | |
ThePASOK – Movement for Change (PASOK-KINAL;Greek:ΠΑΣΟΚ – Κίνημα Αλλαγής,romanized: PASOK – Kínima Allagís,abbr. ΚΙΝΑΛ)[6] is apolitical alliance inGreece, mainly affiliated with thecentre-left of thepolitical spectrum. Itsupports Greece's membership in the European Union.[7] It includes the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) andMovement of Democratic Socialists (KIDISO). It was founded in March 2018, initially as "Movement for Change" (Kínima Allagís).
In July 2017, PASOK leaderFofi Gennimata announced the formation of a new unified centre-left party in Greece before the end of the year.[8] In the summer of 2017,Stavros Theodorakis, leader and founder of The River also decided to participate in the creation of the alliance. After the leadership election, both PASOK–DIMAR and The River planned to continue with separate parliamentary groups until the new alliance's founding congress, scheduled for spring 2018.[9][10] On 12 November 2017, the first round ofleadership elections was held to select the new party's founding leader. Nine initial leadership candidates included Gennimata, Theodorakis, Athens mayorGiorgos Kaminis, PASOK MEPNikos Androulakis, EDEM party leader Apostolos Pontas, academic Constantinos Gatsios, former PASOK ministers Yiannis Maniatis andYiannis Ragousis, andDimitris Tziotis.[11][12] The candidates reaching the second-round election were Gennimata, with 44.5% of the vote, and Androulakis, with 25.4%.[13][14] The run-off on 19 November was won by Gennimata, who garnered 56% of the vote.[15][16] On 28 November 2017, “Movement for Change” (Kinima Allagis) was announced as the preliminary name of the alliance.[17][18] On 2 December 2017, the party's six-member ruling council was announced, being composed of Gennimata, Theodorakis, Androulakis, Kaminis, DIMAR leaderThanasis Theocharopoulos and former PASOKPrime MinisterGeorge Papandreou.[19]
The alliance held its founding congress on 16–18 March in Athens. During the congress, the new logo was unveiled and the alliance's charter and policy program was approved by the overwhelming majority of members.[20][21]
On 2 July 2018, The River left KINAL.[22] On 20 January 2019, DIMAR also left KINAL due to its position of supporting thePrespa agreement.[23] On 1 June 2019 former PASOK leaderEvangelos Venizelos left KINAL, accusing Gennimata of turning the Movement into "SYRIZA's tail".[24]
KINAL increased its obtained seats in the2019 Greek legislative election compared to Democratic Alignment, becoming Greece's third-largest party and securing 22 seats in theHellenic Parliament.[25] Following the election, KINAL positioned itself into opposition to the newMitsotakis Government.[26]
Gennimata died on 25 October 2021 at theEvangelismos Hospital inAthens from cancer.[27]
Elections for the new leader took place in December 2021, with the main candidates beingAndreas Loverdos,Nikos Androulakis, andGeorge Papandreou. Nikos Androulakis was elected to lead the KINAL and PASOK on 12 December 2021.[28]
On 1 April 2022, Androulakis announced an internal referendum to be held on 8 May.[29] The referendum was held to decide whether to rename the alliance to "PASOK – Movement of Change" and also to change the emblem.[30] The proposal to change the emblem and name was accepted with a percentage of 95%.[31] The new emblem was unveiled two weeks later, with the traditional green sun having changed hue in a gradient from dark to lighter from left to right.[32][33][34]
By Spring of 2023, PASOK – KINAL had dropped in polling numbers from right when Androulakis was elected, but still managed to reach 11.5% of the vote and elect 41 MPs (up from 8% and 22 MPs) in theMay 2023 Greek parliamentary election. In the June elections, "reinforced" proportional representation was implemented, meaning that despite a slight increase in vote share, to 12%, the alliance elected just 32 MPs.
In the2024 European Parliament elections, the party improved its showing (in comparison to2019), but remained stagnant from theJune 2023 parliamentary elections and failed to fulfill its goal of reasserting itself as the official opposition. This triggered a crisis within the party, with the credibility ofNikos Androulakis's leadership being called into question. Some in the party also floated the possibility of an alliance withSyriza in advance of thenext legislative elections, including Syriza MPNikos Pappas andAthens PASOK-aligned mayorHaris Doukas.[citation needed] On 30 June 2024, after internal party pressure,leadership elections were called for 6 October of the same year.
Six candidates were in the ballot at the leadership elections,Nikos Androulakis,Pavlos Geroulanos,Nadia Giannakopoulou,Anna Diamantopoulou,Haris Doukas, andMichalis Katrinis. Androulakis and Doukas made it to the second round, where Androulakis won out on a landslide 20-point victory and was re-elected President. He later becameLeader of the Opposition when multiple Syriza MPs left the parliamentary group, making PASOK – KINAL the second-largest party in Parliament.
The alliance is composed of the following parties[citation needed]:
| Party | Ideology | Leader | ||
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 | Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) | Social democracy | Nikos Androulakis | |
| Movement of Democratic Socialists (KIDISO) | Democratic socialism | Giorgos Papandreou | ||
| Citizens' Movements for Social Democracy | Social democracy | Mihalis Halaris | ||
| Union for Democratic NationalReform (EDEM) | Social liberalism | Apostolos Pontas | ||
| Renewal Left | Progressivism | Theodoros Margaritis | ||
Until 2019, the alliance also included the following parties:
| Election | Hellenic Parliament | Rank | Government | Leader | ||||
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| Votes | % | ±pp | Seats won | +/− | ||||
| 2019 | 457,519 | 8.10% | New | 22 / 300 | New | #3 | Opposition | Fofi Gennimata |
| May 2023 | 676,166 | 11.46% | +3.36 | 41 / 300 |  19 | #3 | Snap election | Nikos Androulakis |
| Jun 2023 | 617,315 | 11.85% | +0.39 | 32 / 300 |  9 | #3 | Opposition | |
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| Election | Votes | % | ±pp | Seats won | +/− | Rank | Leader | EP Group |
| 2019 | 436,735 | 7.72% | 0.30 | 2 / 21 |  0 | #3 | Fofi Gennimata | S&D |
| 2024 | 508,399 | 12.79% | 5.07 | 3 / 21 | 1 | #3 | Nikos Androulakis | |
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