The Egyptian Front (Arabic: الجبهة المصرية, romanized: al-Gabha al-Masreya) is an alliance of political parties contesting the 2015 Egyptian parliamentary election in a joint list with the Independent Current Coalition, called Egypt.[3]
Egyptian Front الجبهة المصرية | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 17 August 2014[1] |
| Ideology | Big tent Factions: Social democracy Liberal democracy Egyptian nationalism Sufism Secularism Militarism Reformism Liberalism |
| Political position | Centre |
| National affiliation | Egypt[2] |
| House of Representatives | 50 / 568 |
The alliance was established on 17 August 2014.[4]
Former presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabahi has criticized the alliance by stating that it represents "Mubarak-era politics".[5] The Modern Egypt Party withdrew from the coalition.[6] The Tagammu Party is not part of the coalition.[7] The Egyptian Patriotic Movement[8] and the My Homeland Egypt Party left the alliance and joined the For the Love of Egypt coalition[9] following a failed attempt to merge the For the Love of Egypt coalition and the Egyptian Front.[10] Both of the parties are no longer part of that alliance[11] and instead joined the Egypt alliance.[3]
Affiliated parties
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edit- ^ "First parliamentary alliance formed - Egyptian Front Coalition". Ahram Online. 17 August 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
- ^ "تيار الاستقلال يعلن اندماج قوائمه الانتخابية رسمياً مع الجبهة المصرية". Youm7. 9 September 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
- ^ a b "تيار الاستقلال يعلن اندماج قوائمه الانتخابية رسمياً مع الجبهة المصرية". Youm7. 9 September 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Egyptian National Movement to announce parliamentary alliance on Aug. 17". Cairo Post. 10 August 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
- ^ "Egyptian Front will return Mubarak-era politics to parliament: Sabbahi". Cairo Post. 20 August 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
- ^ "الجبهة المصرية تناقش اليوم نتائج مبادرة المشروع الموحدوانسحاب مصر الحديثة". Youm7. 19 May 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
- ^ "حزب التجمع: لن نخوض الانتخابات بأى قائمة ضد "فى حبمصر"". Youm7. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- ^ "يحيى قدرى يتراجع عن الاستقالة من الحركة الوطنية ويؤكدالعودة لـ"فى حب مصر"". Youm7. 4 September 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
- ^ ""مصر بلدى" يقرر العودة لـ"فى حب مصر".. ويؤكد: هدفنا المصلحة العليا للوطن". Youm7. 5 September 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
- ^ "Egyptian electoral coalitions falter as candidate registration moves ahead". Ahram Online. 5 September 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
- ^ ""فى حب مصر": حزب "الحركة الوطنية" خارج القائمة لعدم توافقنا معه". El Balad. 9 September 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
- ^ "Egyptian Front Coalition: the widest political alliance facing Islamists". Cairo Post. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
- ^ "Setting the boundaries". Al-Ahram Weekly. 2 October 2014. Archived from the original on 17 October 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ ""الجبهة المصرية" تعتمد أسماء مرشحي البرلمان تحت اسم "قائمة مصر"". El Watan News. 9 September 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2015.