The Radical Left Front (, ''Metopo Rizospastikis Aristeras'', MERA) was a coalition of far-left political parties in
Greece
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The Radical Left Front was founded in 1999 by
New Left Current (NAR), the Maoist
Revolutionary Communist Movement of Greece (EKKE), the Trotskyist
Workers Revolutionary Party (EEK),
Youth of Communist Liberation (NKA),
Independent Communist Organization of Serres (AKOS) and independent left activists. In 2004,
Alternative Ecologists
The Alternative Ecologists (), officially the Federation of Ecologists and Alternative Groups, was a federation of several groups created after the good performance of an autonomous electoral platform also called Alternative Ecologists in the 198 ...
affiliated itself to the Front.
Electoral results
See also
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Politics of Greece
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List of political parties in Greece
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List of Communist Parties
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External links
Greek election results via the
Greek Ministry of Internal Affairs
Revolutionary Communist Movement of Greece websiteWorkers Revolutionary Party websiteYouth of Communist Liberation website
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