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{{Infobox political party<br />
| country = Greece<br />
| native_name = {{Lang|el|Πολιτική Άνοιξη}}<br />
| logo = Πολιτική Άνοιξη-01.svg<br />
| founder = [[Antonis Samaras]]<br />
| foundation = June 30, 1993<br />
| dissolved = May 13, 2004<br />
| split = [[New Democracy (Greece)|New Democracy]]<br />
| merged = [[New Democracy (Greece)|New Democracy]]<br />
| ideology = {{nowrap|[[Greek nationalism]]<br />[[Right-wing populism]]<br />[[Neoconservatism]]<br />[[Liberal conservatism]]<br />[[Soft Euroscepticism]]}}<br />
| position = [[right-wing politics|Right-wing]]<br />
| colorcode = {{party color|Political Spring}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Political Spring''' ({{langx|el|Πολιτική Άνοιξη}}, ''Politiki Anoiksi'') was a [[Greece|Greek]] [[conservatism|conservative]]<ref>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020219222206/http://www.parties-and-elections.de/greece.html|archivedate=19 February 2002|url=http://www.parties-and-elections.de/greece.html|title=Greece|last=Nordsieck|first=Wolfram|website=Parties and Elections in Europe|url-status=dead|access-date=21 May 2019}}</ref> [[political party]] founded in June 1993 by [[Antonis Samaras]]. The party was formed after Antonis Samaras broke away from the governing [[New Democracy (Greece)|New Democracy]] party after being dismissed as [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Greece)|Foreign Minister]] over his hardline stance on the [[Macedonia naming dispute]].<br />
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Political Spring gained 4.9% in the National Elections of 1993 earning ten seats in the Parliament. It gained 8.7% in the elections for the European Parliament in 1994 earning two seats. Its decline started in the National Elections of 1996, when it gained 2.94%, just below the national threshold of 3%, thus not being able to earn any seats in the Parliament. It participated in the elections for European Parliament in 1999. However, it received 2.3% of the popular vote, which was again below the threshold; it was considered a major failure, and lead to a gradual dissolution of the party. Political Spring did not participate in the elections of 2000, but Antonis Samaras publicly supported the [[New Democracy (Greece)|New Democracy]] party. Before the next general elections in April 2004, Samaras rejoined New Democracy and he was elected as an MEP in June 2004.<br />
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==Electoral results==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! colspan="9"|'''Results, 1993-1999<br/><small>(year links to election page)</small>'''<br />
|-<br />
! style="width: 20px"|Year<br />
! style="width:140px"|Type of Election<br />
! style="width: 60px"|Votes<br />
! style="width: 20px"|%<br />
! style="width: 20px"|Mandates<br />
|-<br />
! [[1993 Greek legislative election|1993]]<br />
| {{center| Parliament}}<br />
| {{center| 336,460}}<br />
| {{center| 4.88}}<br />
| {{center| 10}}<br />
|-<br />
! [[1994 European Parliament election in Greece|1994]]<br />
| {{center| European Parliament}}<br />
| {{center| 564,778}}<br />
| {{center| 8.65}}<br />
| {{center| 2}}<br />
|-<br />
! [[1996 Greek legislative election|1996]]<br />
| {{center| Parliament}}<br />
| {{center| 199,463}}<br />
| {{center| 2.94}}<br />
| {{center| 0}}<br />
|-<br />
! [[1999 European Parliament election in Greece|1999]]<br />
| {{center| European Parliament}}<br />
| {{center| 146,512}}<br />
| {{center| 2.28}}<br />
| {{center| 0}}<br />
|-<br />
! [[2000 Greek legislative election|2000]]<br />
| {{center| Parliament}}<br />
| {{center| supported [[New Democracy (Greece)|ND]]}}<br />
| {{center| -}}<br />
| {{center| -}}<br />
|-<br />
! [[2004 Greek legislative election|2004]]<br />
| {{center| Parliament}}<br />
| {{center| supported [[New Democracy (Greece)|ND]]}}<br />
| {{center| -}}<br />
| {{center| -}}<br />
|-<br />
! [[2004 European Parliament election in Greece|2004]]<br />
| {{center| European Parliament}}<br />
| {{center| participated with [[New Democracy (Greece)|ND]]}}<br />
| {{center| -}}<br />
| {{center| 1}}<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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[[Category:Conservative parties in Greece]]<br />
[[Category:Defunct nationalist parties in Greece]]<br />
[[Category:Eastern Orthodox political parties]]<br />
[[Category:1993 establishments in Greece]]<br />
[[Category:Political parties established in 1993]]<br />
[[Category:2000 disestablishments in Greece]]<br />
[[Category:Political parties disestablished in 2000]]<br />
[[Category:1990s in Greek politics]]<br />
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