Centre Union – New Forces
Centre Union – New Forces Ένωσις Κέντρου-Νέες Δυνάμεις | |
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Leader | Georgios Mavros |
Founder | Georgios Mavros |
Founded | 1974 |
Dissolved | 1976 |
Preceded by | Centre Union |
Succeeded by | Union of the Democratic Centre |
Ideology | Venizelism Liberalism Centrism |
Political position | Centre |
Centre Union – New Forces (EK-ND,
military junta. It was the merger of a Centre Union fraction led by Georgios Mavros
and the Movement of New Political Forces (KNPD).
History
In the elections of 1974, the party became the second largest of the country, after the conservative New Democracy. It obtained about 20% of the vote and 60 seats in the Hellenic Parliament. On February 5, 1976, the Centre Union – New Forces merged into the Union of the Democratic Centre led by veteran centrist politician George Zigdis.
Their program for the elections of 1974 did not differ significantly from that of New Democracy; it included slogans concerning "
Constantine Karamanlis
, deprived the anti-royalist center parties of a popular cause and an issue which had defined their identity.