- Hellenic Front
History
The Hellenic Front ( _el. Ελληνικό Μέτωπο) was a Greek
political party with a stronglynationalist platform, founded in1994 . Its declared "raison d'être" is to raise national conscience and inspire freedom, creativity, and development by reversing what it sees as dependence on foreign economies and ideas. It advocates the creation of a “National Opposition Front” to build an effective and credible alternative to the currenttwo-party system . On social matters, the party has supported populist policies such as the re-introduction of the death penalty (long abolished in Greece), specifically as a sentence for drug dealers.Makis Voridis , a lawyer, was the President of the Hellenic Front.Results in the elections
In local elections held in
1998 , Voridis stood as a candidate forMayor ofAthens , receiving 0.58% of the vote. The party carried 0.12% of the vote in the European elections of1999 ; 0.18% of the vote in the parliamentary election of2000 ; and an average of 1.4% in local elections in2002 (0.9% in Athens, 1.2% inPiraeus , 1.2% inThessaloniki , 4.5% inKarditsa , and 2.2% inEast Attica ). At the parliamentary election in2004 , the Hellenic Front received 0.09% of the vote, a result which lead to the end of the party.The end of the Hellenic Front
After unsuccessfully contesting seats in the elections of 2004, they eventually merged with the
Popular Orthodox Rally .External links
*http://www.metopo.gr
*http://www.e-grammes.gr
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