New Democracy
Greece/Political party
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| Formation | 4 October 1974 |
| Founder | Konstantinos Karamanlis |
| Headquarters | Athens,Greece |
| One of the two major parties in Greece. Received CIA aid to win elections. | |
New Democracy (Greek: Νέα Δημοκρατία) (ND) is a liberal-conservative political party in Greece.
History
In contemporary Greek politics, New Democracy has been the main centre-right to right wing political party and one of the two major parties along with its historic rival, the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK). New Democracy and PASOK were created in the wake of the toppling of the military junta in 1974, ruling Greece in succession for the next four decades.
New Democracy played a main role in creating the fiscal crisis that then was used by international bankers against Greece in the late 2000s to the 2010s.
Assistance from the CIA
In 2001, retired general Nikos Gryllakis, a former senior aide of Prime Minister Konstantinos Mitsotakis claimed in a televised interview that the Central Intelligence Agency had offered and provided help to defeat the ruling PASOK party in elections in 1988. At the time, Gryllakis was Mitsotakis' closest aide on intelligence issues and personal envoy to other countries. Mitsotakis called Gryllakis' claim a figment of the imagination.[1]
Gryllakis' claims prompted an Athenian television station to claim that the CIA had provided Mitsotakis with prior warning before the November 17 "terrorists group" killed his son-in-law, Pavlos Bakoyiannis, a member of Parliament, in September 1989.[1]