Front of Solidarity and Overthrow (MAA; el, Μέτωπο Αλληλεγγύης και Ανατροπής (ΜΑΑ), literally "Front of Solidarity and Overthrow") is a
political party
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in
Greece
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that split from 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), ...
.
MAA was formed in April 2011 by a splinter group of 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), ...
, that followed
Alekos Alavanos
Alexandros 'Alekos' Alavanos ( el, Αλέκος Αλαβάνος; born 22 May 1950 in Athens) is a Greek politician, former member of the Hellenic Parliament and the European Parliament. From 2004 until 2008 he was president of the Coalition o ...
(former President of
Synaspismos). Four parties that participated in 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), ...
(
KOE,
DEA
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,
KEDA and
APO), supported
Alekos Alavanos
Alexandros 'Alekos' Alavanos ( el, Αλέκος Αλαβάνος; born 22 May 1950 in Athens) is a Greek politician, former member of the Hellenic Parliament and the European Parliament. From 2004 until 2008 he was president of the Coalition o ...
in the
local elections in Attica. They later joined the MAA but they left the front due to political disputes. In the
legislative elections of 2012 MAA supported the
ANTARSYA.
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