Egyptian Front

Egyptian Front
الجبهة المصرية
Founded17 August 2014 (17 August 2014)[1]
IdeologyBig tent
Factions:
Social democracy
Liberal democracy
Egyptian nationalism
Sufism
Secularism
Militarism
Reformism
Liberalism
Political positionCentre
National affiliationEgypt[2]
House of Representatives
50 / 568

The Egyptian Front (Arabic: الجبهة المصرية, romanizedal-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]

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]

  1. ^ "First parliamentary alliance formed - Egyptian Front Coalition". Ahram Online. 17 August 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  2. ^ "تيار الاستقلال يعلن اندماج قوائمه الانتخابية رسمياً مع الجبهة المصرية". Youm7. 9 September 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  3. ^ a b "تيار الاستقلال يعلن اندماج قوائمه الانتخابية رسمياً مع الجبهة المصرية". Youm7. 9 September 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Egyptian National Movement to announce parliamentary alliance on Aug. 17". Cairo Post. 10 August 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  5. ^ "Egyptian Front will return Mubarak-era politics to parliament: Sabbahi". Cairo Post. 20 August 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  6. ^ "الجبهة المصرية تناقش اليوم نتائج مبادرة المشروع الموحدوانسحاب مصر الحديثة". Youm7. 19 May 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  7. ^ "حزب التجمع: لن نخوض الانتخابات بأى قائمة ضد "فى حبمصر"". Youm7. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  8. ^ "يحيى قدرى يتراجع عن الاستقالة من الحركة الوطنية ويؤكدالعودة لـ"فى حب مصر"". Youm7. 4 September 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  9. ^ ""مصر بلدى" يقرر العودة لـ"فى حب مصر".. ويؤكد: هدفنا المصلحة العليا للوطن". Youm7. 5 September 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  10. ^ "Egyptian electoral coalitions falter as candidate registration moves ahead". Ahram Online. 5 September 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  11. ^ ""فى حب مصر": حزب "الحركة الوطنية" خارج القائمة لعدم توافقنا معه". El Balad. 9 September 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2015.