The Panhellenic Macedonian Front is a political party in Greece. It was founded in May 2009 by the politician Stelios Papathemelis

Stelios Papathemelis

Stelios Papathemelis is a Greek politician and lawyer.-Early life:He was born in Thessaloniki on January, 1938. He studied law at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.This man is Macedonian from village of Ossa, Langada, Thessaloniki, Macedonia .-Political career :He was elected for the first...

 and professor Kostas Zouraris

Kostas Zouraris

Kostas Zouraris is a Macedonian Greek political scientist and writer.He studied law in Thessaloniki and political science in Paris, where he was involved in the May 1968 movement. He has taught political science at Vincennes-Paris university since 1969...

 to run in the European Parliamentary elections of June with 22 candidates. The party is affiliated with several Greek Macedonian diaspora organizations while some of the ones that are not included in its scheme hailed the initiative.

The coalition includes the party 'Democratic Revival

Democratic Revival

The Democratic Revival is a populist political party in Greece, initially founded in 2004 by Stelios Papathemelis. It was deactivated after its leader participated in the legislative elections of 2004 with New Democracy and was elected MP.The party was reactivated in March 2007...

' that was created by Papathemelis and has run in the 2007 national elections. Zouraris is a prominent speaker of the Greek position in the Macedonia naming dispute

Macedonia naming dispute

A diplomatic dispute over the use of the name Macedonia has been an ongoing issue in the bilateral relations between Greece and the Republic of Macedonia since the latter became independent from former Yugoslavia in 1991...

, frequently speaking in behalf of the extreme opposition to any compromise solution for the name of the neighbouring Republic of Macedonia

Republic of Macedonia

Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...

 that includes the word Macedonia

Macedonia (terminology)

The name Macedonia is used in a number of competing or overlapping meanings to describe geographical, political and historical areas, languages and peoples in a part of south-eastern Europe. It has been a major source of political controversy since the early 20th century...

. Both Papathemelis and Zouraris have been in the past members of the Greek parliament, each one elected with a different major parties

The party's motto is "One vote for Macedonia" and amongst its political goals was to become a member of the European Parliament so as to be the first Macedonian party of the European Parliament, with a clear Hellenic designation - a goal the party described as "to lock the name of Macedonia in Europe"

Panhellenic Macedonian Front gathered 1.3% of the valid votes in Greece at the 2009 European Parliament elections, failing to cross the threshold needed for a seat.http://ekloges.ypes.gr/pages/index.html

External links

• Official blog of the party (in Greek
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• "Papathemelis and Zouraris have announced the Panhellenic Macedonian Front, (in Greek
  Greek language
  Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
  
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