into a political party, the Alternative Ecologists), which was beset with problems and proved to be short-lived. The collapse of the party caused a decline in membership for the larger groups, while the smaller and newer groups ceased to exist. The Thessaloniki group managed to survive but with much reduced membership. In 1995, members of the group founded Antigone, an information and documentation centre on racism, ecology, peace and non-violence. In the mid 1990s a green-left list was organised to participate in local elections. The list had a strongly anti-nationalistic stance during a period in which nationalistic sentiments were stirred by the name and flag of Greece's new neighbour, the Republic of Macedonia, as well as the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina. In local elections in 1998, the list received the support of Synaspismos, the Greek Party of the European Left, and had one member, Tremopoulos, elected to the Prefecture Council. Motivated by its anti-war and non-violent positions, the group declared its opposition to the war in former Yugoslavia, the ethnic cleansing of the Serbian Government, and NATO interference, and tried to draw the Greek public away from support for Slobodan Milosevic. It also tried to strengthen ties between Balkan green, pacifist and democratic groups, and organised a conference with speakers from the Serbian Independent Syndicates and the Kosovar independent press. During the 1990s, a sub-group focusing on issues related to conscientious objectors, peace, anti-militarism and non-violence, initiated the magazine Arnoumai . Since 2000 In 2000, the group's main campaigns focused on opposition to genetically modified foods and the changes to the Greek Constitution proposed by a parliamentary committee. In particular, the proposed amendment to Article 24, concerning forest and nature protection, was considered to be vague and weaker than the previous wording. Protests against these issues involved local ecological groups, national environmental NGOs, and other organisations, and in 2004, Greek opponents of GMOs formed gmostop.org. The Ecological Movement of Thessaloniki also initiated the Ecological Forum in 2000, an attempt to bring together the green political groups of Greece, active individuals, and Prasini Politiki, then a member of the European Greens. This resulted in another effort of party building, which became the Ecologist Greens, founded in 2002. The party became a member of the European Federation of Green Parties. In the local elections of 2002, and again in 2006, Tremopoulos was re-elected to the Council of Thessaloniki Prefecture. In the European elections