Egyptian Front

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
Founded17 August 2014 (17 August 2014)[1]
National affiliationEgypt[2]
House of Representatives
20 / 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

References
  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. "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.
  12. "Egyptian Front Coalition: the widest political alliance facing Islamists". Cairo Post. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  13. "Setting the boundaries". Al-Ahram Weekly. 2 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  14. ""الجبهة المصرية" تعتمد أسماء مرشحي البرلمان تحت اسم "قائمة مصر"". El Watan News. 9 September 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
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