Civil Democratic Movement
Founded13 December 2017
IdeologyProgressivism
Political positionCentre-left
Factions:
Centre to left-wing
House of Representatives
24 / 568
Senate
7 / 300

The Civil Democratic Movement[1] (also called the National Civil Movement)[2] is a liberal political movement formed in Egypt in 2017.[3]

The current alliance includes various parties that were also involved in the Civil Democratic Current; namely, the Constitution Party, the Dignity Party, Socialist Popular Alliance Party,[4] Egyptian Social Democratic Party[5] and the Bread and Freedom Party.[6][7]

Affiliated parties

Numbers of seats in the 2020 parliament are shown in parentheses.

References

  1. ^ "Egyptian leftist, liberal parties launch new Civil Democratic Movement". Ahram Online. 16 December 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. ^ "National Civil Movement: New political bloc in Egypt". Egypt Today. 13 December 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Egypt's progressive parties unite to push for reforms". Al-Monitor. 2 January 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  4. ^ "7 Egyptian parties join the Democratic Alliance for Civil Forces: Sabbahi". Cairo Post. 23 July 2014. Archived from the original on 24 July 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Parties agree not to contest election laws". Al-Ahram Weekly. 13 August 2015. Archived from the original on 12 August 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  6. ^ "رسميًا..حزب العيش والحرية يتقدم بطلب للانضمام لتحالفالتيار الديمقراطى". Youm7. 23 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  7. ^ a b "Eight liberal and leftist Egyptian parties to boycott 2018 presidential elections". Ahram Online. 30 January 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  8. ^ "After Zahran, Ismail announce candidacies for president, Civil Democratic Movement must navigate pluralism principle". Mada Masr. 21 September 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2023.

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