National Democratic Alliance for Egypt
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National Democratic Alliance for Egypt, or Democratic Alliance is a coalition of political parties in Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...

 formed in the wake of the 2011 Revolution. The largest party in the group is the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party
Freedom and Justice Party (Egypt)
The Freedom and Justice Party , is an Islamist political party in Egypt. The party is nominally independent but has strong links to the Muslim Brotherhood of Egypt, the largest and best organized political group in Egypt...



The Alliance was originally made of fifteen parties, including Freedom Egypt Party
Freedom Egypt Party
The Freedom Egypt Party is a political party in Egypt which was founded on 18 May 2011 by Amr Hamzawy and a group of Egyptian youth after the Egyptian Revolution of 2011.-External links:*...

, the leftist National Progressive Unionist Party
National Progressive Unionist Party
The National Progressive Unionist Party is a socialist political party in Egypt. The party is considered to be the defender of the principles of the 1952 Revolution...

 (Tagammu), the Salafi-affiliated Al Nour Party
Al Nour Party
Al Nour Party is a Salafi Islamist political party in Egypt. The party was established after the 25 January, 2011 Egyptian Revolution.- Political orientation :...

, and the centrist Justice Party (Egypt)
Justice Party (Egypt)
Hizb ElAdl , translated in English as the Justice Party is a political party in Egypt. It was founded after the 2011 Egyptian revolution by a group of people from different movements that lead to the revolution including the April 6 Movement, the National Association for Change and Kefaya.- History...

. Later the Democratic Front Party and Tagammu parties split off to join the left-leaning Egyptian Bloc
Egyptian Bloc
The Egyptian Bloc is an electoral alliance in Egypt. It has been formed by several liberal, social democratic, and leftist political parties and movements, as well as the traditional Islamist Sufi Liberation Party to prevent the Muslim Brotherhood, and its affiliated Freedom and Justice Party from...

.

By the start of the elections on 28 November 2011, only 11 parties remained in the alliance, including the Muslim Brotherhood's
Muslim Brotherhood
The Society of the Muslim Brothers is the world's oldest and one of the largest Islamist parties, and is the largest political opposition organization in many Arab states. It was founded in 1928 in Egypt by the Islamic scholar and schoolteacher Hassan al-Banna and by the late 1940s had an...

 Freedom and Justice Party
Freedom and Justice Party (Egypt)
The Freedom and Justice Party , is an Islamist political party in Egypt. The party is nominally independent but has strong links to the Muslim Brotherhood of Egypt, the largest and best organized political group in Egypt...

, the Nasserist
Nasserism
Nasserism is an Arab nationalist political ideology based on the thinking of the former Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser. It was a major influence on pan-Arab politics in the 1950s and 1960s, and continues to have significant resonance throughout the Arab World to this day. It also...

 Karama Party
Dignity Party (Egypt)
The Dignity Party is a left-wing Nasserist political party founded in Egypt in 1996....

(Dignity), and several smaller parties. The parties differ on domestic policies but are united in supporting a more nationalistic, less pro-Western foreign policy.
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