Unitary Front ( el, Ενωτικό Μέτωπο) was a short-lived center-left party in

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. The party split in 2011 from the governing

Panhellenic Socialist Movement The Panhellenic Socialist Movement ( el, Πανελλήνιο Σοσιαλιστικό Κίνημα, Panellínio Sosialistikó Kínima, ), known mostly by its acronym PASOK, (; , ) is a social democracy, social-democratic List of political partie ...

(PASOK), on the grounds that it didn't agree with prime minister

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course imposed by the

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of the Troika. The party contested the two consecutive legislative elections in 2012 in a joint list with the

Coalition of the Radical Left The Coalition of the Radical Left – Progressive Alliance ( el, Συνασπισμός Ριζοσπαστικής Αριστεράς – Προοδευτική Συμμαχία, Synaspismós Rizospastikís Aristerás – Proodeftikí Simachía), ...

(Syriza), and in November 2013 merged into the new unitary Syriza party.

History

The party was established under the initial name Unitary Movement () in November 2011 by former

PASOK The Panhellenic Socialist Movement ( el, Πανελλήνιο Σοσιαλιστικό Κίνημα, Panellínio Sosialistikó Kínima, ), known mostly by its acronym PASOK, (; , ) is a social-democratic political party in Greece. Until 2012, it ...

Panagiotis Kouroumplis Panagiotis Kouroumblis ( el, Παναγιώτης Κουρουμπλής; born 2 October 1951) is a Greek politician of Syriza. On 27 January 2015 he was appointed the Minister for Health and Social Solidarity in the First Cabinet of Alexis Tsi ...

, political theory professor

Nikos Kotzias Nikolaos Kotzias, GCM ( el, Νικόλαος Κοτζιάς; born 21 December 1950) is a Greek politician and diplomat who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2015 to 2018. He was Foreign Minister from 23 September 2015 until his resign ...

, the lawyer and Regional Director of

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Alexis Mitropoulos. It was joined by more executives from PASOK and activists from the extra-parliamentary left. In May 2012, the party contested the

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in a joint "SYRIZA-EKM" list together with the

, with "EKM" representing ''Unitary Social Front'' (), reminding of both the ''Unitary Movement'' and the

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(KOISY) party Syriza at that time hoped would join as well. Ahead of the repeated June 2012 election, the ''Unitary Movement'' participated in the swift registration of Syriza-EKM as a unitary party to accommodate for the Greek electoral system, giving the strongest party a

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, provided it is a unitary party and not a mere electoral list. In July 2013, the party called for aggressive renegotiations of the terms of the

and criticized the Democratic Left (DIMAR) party for supporting the government's neoliberal policies. Soon thereafter, the party decided to ultimately dissolve into the final

Syriza The Coalition of the Radical Left – Progressive Alliance ( el, Συνασπισμός Ριζοσπαστικής Αριστεράς – Προοδευτική Συμμαχία, Synaspismós Rizospastikís Aristerás – Proodeftikí Simachía), ...

unitary party at the foundation congress in November 2013.

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* {{Greek political parties Political parties established in 2011 2011 establishments in Greece Social democratic parties in Greece Political parties disestablished in 2013 2013 disestablishments in Greece Components of Syriza