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'''Center Union - New Forces''' ('''EK-ND''', [[Greek language|Greek]]:''Ένωσις Κέντρου-Νέες Δυνάμεις'', ''Enosis Kentrou-Nees Dynameis'') was the continuation of the ''[[Center Union]]'' party of [[Georgios Papandreou]] after the restoration of democracy in Greece ([[1974]]). It was the merger of a ''Center Union'' fraction led by [[Georgios Mavros]] and the ''Movement of New Political Forces'' (KNPD).

In the [[Greek legislative election, 1974|elections of 1974]], the party became the second largest of the country, after ''[[New Democracy]]''. It obtained about 20% of the vote and 60 seats in the [[Hellenic Parliament]]. On [[February 5]], [[1976]], the ''Center Union - New Forces'' merged into the ''[[Union of the Democratic Centre]]'' led by veteran centrist politician [[Georgios Zigdis]].

Their program for the elections of 1974 did not differ much from that of ''New Democracy''; it included slogans concerning "participatory democracy", "checks imposed on capital (Greek or foreign) by the people", "Greek social democracy", and so on. With the death of the old centrist leader [[Georgios Papandreou]] in [[1968]], who achieved massive support for his centre party [[Center Union]] before the [[junta|coup]], and the creation by [[Andreas Papandreou]] of socialist ''[[PASOK]]'', the old center had lost its appeal to both new and old voters. Also, the abolition of the Greek monarchy in [[1974]], through a referendum proclaimed by [[Constantine Karamanlis]], deprived the anti-royalist center parties of a popular cause and an issue which had defined their identity.

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 '''Center Union - New Forces''' ('''EK-ND''', [[Greek language|Greek]]:''Ένωσις Κέντρου-Νέες Δυνάμεις'', ''Enosis Kentrou-Nees Dynameis'') was the continuation of the ''[[Center Union]]'' party of [[Georgios Papandreou]] after the restoration of democracy in Greece ([[1974]]). It was the merger of a ''Center Union'' fraction led by [[Georgios Mavros]] and the ''Movement of New Political Forces'' (KNPD).
-In the [[Greek legislative election, 1974|elections of 1974]], the party became the second largest of the country, after ''[[New Democracy]]''. It obtained about 20% of the vote and 60 seats in the [[Hellenic Parliament]]. On [[February 5]], [[1976]], the ''Center Union - New Forces'' merged into the ''[[Union of the Democratic Centre]]'' led by veteran centrist politician [[Georgios Zigdis]].
+In the [[Greek legislative election, 1974|elections of 1974]], the party became the second largest of the country, after ''[[New Democracy]]''. It obtained about 20% of the vote and 60 seats in the [[Hellenic Parliament]]. On [[February 5]], [[1976]], the ''Center Union - New Forces'' merged into the ''[[Union of the Democratic Centre]]'' led by veteran centrist politician [[Ioannis Zigdis]].
 Their program for the elections of 1974 did not differ much from that of ''New Democracy''; it included slogans concerning "participatory democracy", "checks imposed on capital (Greek or foreign) by the people", "Greek social democracy", and so on. With the death of the old centrist leader [[Georgios Papandreou]] in [[1968]], who achieved massive support for his centre party [[Center Union]] before the [[junta|coup]], and the creation by [[Andreas Papandreou]] of socialist ''[[PASOK]]'', the old center had lost its appeal to both new and old voters. Also, the abolition of the Greek monarchy in [[1974]], through a referendum proclaimed by [[Constantine Karamanlis]], deprived the anti-royalist center parties of a popular cause and an issue which had defined their identity.

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Irlandos at 11:53, April 15, 2008

Irlandos: New page: '''Center Union - New Forces''' ('''EK-ND''', Greek:''Ένωσις Κέντρου-Νέες Δυνάμεις'', ''Enosis Kentrou-Nees Dynameis'') was the continuation of ...