Socialism in Greece

Socialism in Greece has a significant history, with various activists, politicians and political parties identifying as socialist. Socialist movements in Greece began to form around the early 20th century, most notably with the founding of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) at the First Panhellenic Socialist Congress in 1918, but also the social-democratic Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK), founded after the Metapolitefsi.