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The '''Union of the Democratic Centre''' ('''EDIK''', [[Greek language|Greek]]:''Ένωση Δημοκρατικού Κέντρου'', Enosi Dimokratikou Kentrou) was a centrist, liberal party in [[Greece]].

The party was founded on [[February 5]], [[1976]], two years after the end of the [[junta|military junta]]'s rule, asserting itself to be the ideological successor of the once ruling [[Centre Union]] party. ''EDIK'' was the result of the merger of ''[[Center Union - New Forces]]'' and the ''[[Democratic Center Union]]'' of [[Ioannis Zidgis]]. Its party leader at the time was [[Georgios Mavros]] who earlier led the ''Center Union - New Forces''; Mavros, though, would join [[Panhellenic Socialist Movement|PASOK]] a couple of years later. The party was led by Zidgis in the early [[1980s]] and has since adopted more social-democratic positions. ''EDIK'' was marginalized, with ''[[PASOK]]'' claiming most of the appeal of socialist ideology in Greece, and participated in the elections of [[1981]] gaining about 0.7% of the vote without representation in the parliament. However, Georgios Mavros was elected as an independent on ''PASOK'' ticket, and again in [[1985]], when ''EDIK'' and ''PASOK'' officially co-operated. In [[1989]], ''EDIK'' ran independently and did not elect any representatives in parliament.

Since [[1998]], the party president is [[Neoklis Sarris]], and the party operates mostly as a forum of political analysis and public, ideological debates.

== Elections ==
* 1977 - 12 seats
* 1981 - 1 seat
* 1985 - 1 seat

==External links==
* [http://www.edik.gr/ EDIK movement]

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	The party was founded on [[February 5]], [[1976]], two years after the end of the [[junta\|military junta]]'s rule, asserting itself to be the ideological successor of the once ruling [[Centre Union]] party. ''EDIK'' was the result of the merger of ''[[Center Union - New Forces]]'' and the ''[[Democratic Center Union]]'' of [[Ioannis Zidgis]]. Its party leader at the time was [[Georgios Mavros]] who earlier led the ''Center Union - New Forces''; Mavros, though, would join [[Panhellenic Socialist Movement\|PASOK]] a couple of years later. The party was led by Zidgis in the early [[1980s]] and has since adopted more social-democratic positions. ''EDIK'' was marginalized, with ''[[PASOK]]'' claiming most of the appeal of socialist ideology in Greece, and participated in the elections of [[1981]] gaining about 0.7% of the vote without representation in the parliament. However, Georgios Mavros was elected as an independent on ''PASOK'' ticket, and again in [[1985]], when ''EDIK'' and ''PASOK'' officially co-operated. In [[1989]], ''EDIK'' ran independently and did not elect any representatives in parliament.		The party was founded on [[February 5]], [[1976]], two years after the end of the [[junta\|military junta]]'s rule, asserting itself to be the ideological successor of the once ruling [[Centre Union]] party. ''EDIK'' was the result of the merger of ''[[Center Union - New Forces]]'' and the ''[[Democratic Center Union]]'' of [[Ioannis Zidgis]]. Its party leader at the time was [[Georgios Mavros]] who earlier led the ''Center Union - New Forces''; Mavros, though, would join [[Panhellenic Socialist Movement\|PASOK]] a couple of years later. The party was led by Zidgis in the early [[1980s]] and has since adopted more social-democratic positions. ''EDIK'' was marginalized, with ''[[PASOK]]'' claiming most of the appeal of socialist ideology in Greece, and participated in the elections of [[1981]] gaining about 0.7% of the vote without representation in the parliament. However, Georgios Mavros was elected as an independent on ''PASOK'' ticket, and again in [[1985]], when ''EDIK'' and ''PASOK'' officially co-operated. In [[1989]], ''EDIK'' ran independently and did not elect any representatives in parliament.

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Irlandos at 11:58, April 15, 2008

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