Kosmos Κόσμος | |
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Leader | Petros S. Kokkalis |
Founders | Petros S. Kokkalis Maria Vassilakou Lefteris Papagiannakis |
Founded | 13 February 2024 |
Split from | Syriza |
Headquarters | Voulis 21, 10563 Athens |
Ideology | Green politics Political ecology Pro-Europeanism |
Political position | Centre-left |
European Parliament group | Greens/EFA |
Colours | Green |
Hellenic Parliament | 0 / 300 |
European Parliament | 0 / 21 |
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Kosmos (Greek: Κόσμος, romanized: Kósmos, lit. 'World' or 'People') is a green political party in Greece, founded in 2024 by MEP Petros S. Kokkalis, Maria Vassilakou and Lefteris Papagiannakis.[1][2]
"Kosmos" ecological citizens' movement was founded Petros S. Kokkalis in 2019,[3][4] while at the same time he joined the "Progressive Alliance", an attempt to expand Syriza party.[5][6] Kokkalis participated in the 2019 European Parliament election in Greece as a Syriza candidate[7][8] and was elected as MEP.
In November 2023, Kokkalis left Syriza,[9][10] and a few months later he left The Left in the European Parliament and joined the Greens/EFA.[11][12]
In February 2024, "Kosmos" was officially founded as a political party, with Kokkalis, Maria Vassilakou[1] and Lefteris Papagiannakis forming the governing committee.[13][14] In March, the temporary bodies of Kosmos were elected, while Kokkalis was appointed secretary of the party.[15][16]
On 9 April 2024, the participation of the Volt Greece party in the Kosmos ballot was announced.[17] On 18 April, the participation of the "Greens – Ecology" party in the Kosmos ballot was announced, after the signing of a bilateral agreement between the co-presidents Vassilikis Grammatikoyannis and Ilias Gianniris with Petros Kokkalis.[18]