September 29, 1974 The country is liberated from the dictatorship of colonels.

Konstantinos Karamanlis, having returned to Greece after 11 years of absence, formed a government of national unity on July 24.

Although political parties had already been allowed to resume work and early elections had begun, he announced the formation of a new political party, New Democracy.

“The New Democracy faction consists of experienced and healthy, as well as new progressive and radical political forces, united by one goal: to put into practice the brand of the faction in Greece – to give the country a new democracy,” the Con document says. Karamanlis in his founding declaration.

“New Democracy is a political faction that ignores the conflicts and divisions of the past that have caused so much suffering to our country and focuses on the broadest possible forms of national unity,” he continues.

The ideological declaration of the party appeared after the serious preparation of Kohn himself. Karamanlis with his chief adviser Konstantinos Tsatsos.

In addition to the main promise to maintain the smooth functioning of the state, the Macedonian politician sought to restore the state and the connection of Greece with Europe, speaking of the “modern Great Idea of ​​Hellenism.”

Decision Con. Karamanlis to found a new party was not dictated by the need to change the political methodologies of the Greek right, since the ERE was a compact party with a stable and clear ideological identity, but this can be explained if one considers that at the time the ERE had a leader: Panayoti Kanellopoulos.

In this way, New Democracy could function as a new beginning for Konstantinos Karamanlis, as “his” party, which would include his old collaborators, leading ERE leaders, as well as new faces.

The New Democracy of Konstantinos Karamanlis was expected to win the November 17, 1974 elections with 54.3% of the vote, but would also become the main political formation of the centre-right liberals in the following decades up to the present day.