The Liberal Party (Greek: Κόμμα Φιλελευθέρων) was a Greekliberal political party, founded in 1981, which claimed to be the continuation of the historical Liberal Party, one of Greece's leading parties for most of the early 20th century. The party was founded by Nikitas Venizelos, grandson of the original party's founder and leader, Eleftherios Venizelos.
Since 1999, the party was led by the retired military officer Manolis Kalligiannis (Μανώλης Καλλιγιάννης, sometimes referred to as Emmanuel Kalligiannis). After Kalligiannis attended the Rome convention of the eurosceptic pan-European alliance Libertas.eu in May 2009,[1] the party run under the title "Liberal Party – Libertas.eu" (Greek: Κόμμα Φιλελευθέρων – Libertas.eu) for the 2009 European Parliament elections.
Member parties are members of Libertas.eu. Members of member parties are automatically members of Libertas.eu unless they choose otherwise.
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Affiliated parties are not members of Libertas.eu but are otherwise associated. Members of affiliated parties are not members of Libertas.eu unless they choose to join as individuals.
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Parties presenting as Libertas.eu affiliates/members but not sanctioned by Libertas.eu when presentation commenced.
