The Civil Democratic Current (also called the Democratic Alliance for Civil Forces
and the Democratic Civilian Alliance) is an alliance of political parties that would have run for the
2015 Egyptian parliamentary election
Egyptian parliamentary elections to the House of Representatives were held in two phases, from 17 October to 2 December 2015. The elected parliament will be entrusted with the task of reviewing the laws that were passed while a parliament was not ...
, but it withdrew. The alliance is working with other parties, including the
New Wafd Party
The New Wafd Party ( ar, حزب الوفد الجديد, , New Delegation Party), officially the Egyptian Wafd Party and also known as the Al-Wafd Party, is a nationalist liberal party in Egypt.
It is the extension of one of the oldest and his ...
, to attempt to amend the current parliamentary election law, which limits the number of party list seats to 120 of 567 total seats.
The alliance intends to form a "united national front" with more parties in preparation for the
2018 presidential election.
The alliance seems to be replaced by the similarly named
Civil Democratic Movement (2017)
The Civil Democratic Movement (also called the National Civil Movement) is a liberal political movement formed in Egypt in 2017.
The current alliance includes various parties that were also involved in the Civil Democratic Current; namely, the ...
. The active alliance includes various parties that were also involved in this alliance; namely, the
Constitution Party, the
Dignity Party,
Socialist Popular Alliance Party
The Socialist People's Alliance Party ( ar, حزب التحالف الشعبي الإشتراكي ''Hizb Al-Tahalof Al-Shaeby Al-Ishtiraky'', SPAP) is a leftist party in Egypt formed shortly after the Egyptian Revolution of 2011. Its membership c ...
,
[ ]Egyptian Social Democratic Party
The Egyptian Social Democratic Party ( ar-at, الحزب المصرى الديمقراطى الاجتماعى, al-Ḥizb al-Maṣrī al-Dimuqrāṭī al-Ijtmāʿī, ) is a social liberal and a social democratic party in Egypt. It was founded afte ...
and the Bread and Freedom Party
The Bread and Freedom Party ( ar, حزب العيش والحرية; '' Hizb AlEish WaAlHorria''), also translated as the Bread and Liberty Party, is a democratic socialist party in Egypt created by former members of the Socialist Popular Alliance ...
.
Affiliated parties
* Dignity Party
* Constitution Party
*Socialist Popular Alliance Party
The Socialist People's Alliance Party ( ar, حزب التحالف الشعبي الإشتراكي ''Hizb Al-Tahalof Al-Shaeby Al-Ishtiraky'', SPAP) is a leftist party in Egypt formed shortly after the Egyptian Revolution of 2011. Its membership c ...
*Freedom Egypt Party
The Egypt of Freedom Party (; transliterated: ''Hizb Masr Alhureyya'') is a political party in Egypt which was founded on 18 May 2011 by Amr Hamzawy and a group of Egyptian youth after the Egyptian Revolution of 2011
The 2011 Egyptian revo ...
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* Popular Current Party
*]Bread and Freedom Party
The Bread and Freedom Party ( ar, حزب العيش والحرية; '' Hizb AlEish WaAlHorria''), also translated as the Bread and Liberty Party, is a democratic socialist party in Egypt created by former members of the Socialist Popular Alliance ...
*Socialist Party of Egypt
The Egyptian Socialist Party (''El-Hizb El-Ishtiraki El-Masri'') is a political party in Egypt which was founded by some Egyptian socialists after the 2011 Egyptian revolution.
History and profile
The party was founded on 18 June 2011 at a conf ...
*Egyptian Social Democratic Party
The Egyptian Social Democratic Party ( ar-at, الحزب المصرى الديمقراطى الاجتماعى, al-Ḥizb al-Maṣrī al-Dimuqrāṭī al-Ijtmāʿī, ) is a social liberal and a social democratic party in Egypt. It was founded afte ...
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References
2014 establishments in Egypt
Egyptian democracy movements
Left-wing political party alliances
Organizations established in 2014
Political opposition organizations
Political party alliances in Egypt
Secularism in Egypt
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