National Radical Union

National Radical Union
Εθνική Ριζοσπαστική Ένωσις
PresidentKonstantinos Karamanlis (1955–1963)
Panagiotis Kanellopoulos (1963–1967)
Founded1956
Dissolved1974
Preceded byGreek Rally
Succeeded byNew Democracy
IdeologyConservatism[1][2]
Political positionRight-wing[3][4][5]
European affiliationEuropean Democratic Union (associate)
Colours  Blue

The National Radical Union (Greek: Ἐθνικὴ Ῥιζοσπαστικὴ Ἕνωσις (ΕΡΕ), Ethnikī́ Rizospastikī́ Énōsis (ERE)) was a Greek political party formed in 1956 by Konstantinos Karamanlis, mostly out of the Greek Rally party.

  1. ^ Clogg, Richard (1992), A Concise History of Greece (Second ed.), Cambridge University Press, p. 159
  2. ^ Charalambis, Dimitris; Maratou-Alipranti, Laura; Hadjiyanni, Andromachi (2004), Recent Social Trends in Greece, 1960-2000, McGill-Queen's University Press, p. 10
  3. ^ Calogeopoulos, Andreas (2004), "The Hellenic Republic", Constitutional Law of 15 EU Member States, Kluwer, p. 374
  4. ^ Verney, Susannah (1990), "To be or not to be within the European Community: the party debate and democratic consolidation in Greece", Securing Democracy: Political Parties and Democratic Consolidation in Southern Europe, Routledge, p. 206
  5. ^ Charalambis, Dimitris; Maratou-Alipranti, Laura; Hadjiyanni, Andromachi (2004), Recent Social Trends in Greece, 1960-2000, McGill-Queen's University Press, p. 370