Hellenic Front Ελληνικό Μέτωπο Elliniko Metopo | |
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| Founder | Makis Voridis |
| Founded | April 1994 |
| Dissolved | 15 May 2005 |
| Merged into | LAOS |
| Ideology | Greekultranationalism Anti-communism National conservatism |
| Political position | Far-right |
TheHellenic Front (Greek:Ελληνικό Μέτωπο) was aGreekpolitical party with anultranationalist platform, founded in 1994.[1] Its declaredraison d'être was to raise national conscience and inspire freedom, creativity, and development by reversing what it sees as dependence on foreign economies and ideas. It advocated 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 thedeath penalty (long abolished in Greece), specifically as a sentence for drug dealers.Makis Voridis, a lawyer, and former General Secretary of theEPEN youth, was the President of the Hellenic Front.
On the EU level, the party cooperated with other European Far-right forces, such as theNational Rally, theFlemish Block, and theNational Front.
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 of 1999; 0.18% of the vote in theparliamentary election of 2000; and an average of 1.4% inlocal elections in 2002 (0.9% in Athens, 1.2% inPiraeus, 1.2% inThessaloniki, 4.5% inKarditsa, and 2.2% inEast Attica). At theparliamentary election in 2004, the Hellenic Front received 0.09% of the vote, a result which led to the end of the party.
After unsuccessfully contesting seats in the 2004 elections, they eventually merged with thePopular Orthodox Rally.[2]
