42 days. 732 individual donations. Average donation: €7.63. Total: €57,000 and still climbing. Loukas Political Party 2.0 has just shattered every crowdfunding record in Cypriot political history and proved, once and for all, that people are ready to fund honest politics themselves.
This is now officially the fastest-growing grassroots political campaign in Europe in 2025.
Where Every Single Euro Is Going (public dashboard updated every 60 seconds)
- 42 % → opening 12 brand-new permanent district offices (one in every major town)
- 28 % → 200 full scholarships for Cypriot students to study master’s degrees abroad (STEM, law, medicine priority)
- 20 % → funding an independent anti-corruption investigative unit staffed by ex-Interpol and Transparency International experts
- 10 % → printing and distributing 500,000 copies of the manifesto in Greek, English, and Turkish
Zero corporate donations. Zero bank loans. Zero anonymous offshore money. Every donor’s name and amount is public (unless they choose anonymity under €20).
The Stories Behind the Numbers
- A 72-year-old pensioner from Larnaca donated €5 with the note: “This is my coffee money for the month. Use it well.”
- A 19-year-old student in Thessaloniki sent €10: “So I can come home one day.”
- A taxi driver in Limassol donated €50 every week for six weeks: “I drive politicians every day. Finally one I want to pay for.”
Within 48 hours of launch, the donation counter crashed the website twice from traffic. Engineers had to triple server capacity.
The old parties are furious. One former minister called it “populist crowdfunding”. Loukas replied live on air:
“Yes, it is populist. Because the people are doing it. Not the oligarchs.”