National Elections
AURIO runs across Greece on twelve pillars of proven policy. Every voter hears the argument.
Alexandroupoli 2028
Day One
What we do the moment we take office as Mayor of Alexandroupoli. Not promises. Actions that the law already permits and no one in Greece has taken.
71,751 Population, 2021 census
5 Evros municipalities
2028 Municipal elections, date TBC under 2025 reform
Three Elections, Three Years
Local proof. National presence. European voice.
Municipal Elections
AURIO contests the municipality of Alexandroupoli, the largest in Evros. We win. We govern. We prove the model in practice.
European Parliament Elections
AURIO takes the movement to Brussels. One demand: a real federal parliament with real legislative power. More integration. More democracy. More accountability.
What the Mayor Controls
Greek municipalities are the day-to-day government. The Mayor of Alexandroupoli has direct legal authority over a substantial set of levers, all of which are usable from day one without national permission.
Mayor of Alexandroupoli (Δήμαρχος Αλεξανδρούπολης)
Municipal budget priorities including participatory budgeting on discretionary spend. Municipal procurement (food, construction, services). Cultural institutions, festivals and public events. Local markets, public spaces, parks and beaches. Initiating a municipal Renewable Energy Community under Law 5037/2023. Building permits and local urban planning. Municipal social services and primary school buildings. Lobbying for EU funds. Representing the municipality at regional and national level.
What Changes Immediately
Each action below is legally possible today. Each links to the national policy paper that backs it.
Participatory Budgeting as Governance, not as a Side Exercise
7,000+ cities worldwide use it
Greece has had pilots and fragments. No municipality has made it a first-order tool of governance. AURIO will be the first.
There is no legal barrier. The mayor implements it. Starting in Alexandroupolis, we give residents direct decision making power over at least 10% of the discretionary municipal budget. The pilots in Thessaloniki and Central Greece showed the technical path works. What has been missing is a mayor who treats it as governance, not as an extra. The model scales to every municipality that wants it.
First Energy Cooperative in Evros for Household Bill Relief
€63/MWh guaranteed reference price
The instruments exist. The political choice has not been made.
Law 5037/2023 enables municipalities and citizens to form Renewable Energy Communities. Greece's Recovery and Resilience Plan includes funding streams for community energy. Under current rules, PV projects up to 500kW qualify for a guaranteed reference price of around €63/MWh without competitive tender. Alexandroupolis will be the first municipality in Evros to stand up a renewable energy community on this footing, structured for household bill relief rather than developer returns.
Local Food, Local Tables
30% procurement target
Municipal procurement redirected to local producers.
Municipalities control local markets, irrigation infrastructure and farmer support programmes. We redirect food procurement to local producers across every municipality where AURIO governs.
Culture in Every Community
4x per week
Weekly cultural programming. Not just the big cities.
Municipalities have direct control over cultural institutions and programming. Soufli has a silk heritage that deserves investment. Didymoteicho has Byzantine history and tourism potential. Alexandroupolis is the anchor. Every community has something worth building on.
The Law Is on Our Side
Greek regional and municipal elections do not require party registration. Any group can submit a candidate list. There is no national threshold for local lists. No voter signatures are required. A 2025 reform proposal would replace the runoff with single-round alternative voting and shift election day to late November. AURIO will run and win under whichever rules apply.
0 Signatures needed No party registration required for municipal elections.
3/5 Seats to the winner Either by clearing 43% in the first round or by winning the runoff. A governing majority at regional and municipal level.
40% Gender parity Mandatory minimum under Law 4555/2018. AURIO will exceed it.
How we get there
The First Year Organisational Strategy sets out how AURIO moves from the Founding Congress to the first Ordinary Congress, and how the Evros campaign is built in 18 to 24 months.