National Radical Union

political party, Greece

Also known as: ERE, Ethniki Rizospastiki Enosis, NRU

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In Konstantinos Karamanlis
…also his own party, the National Radical Union (ERE), which in parliamentary elections in February 1956 obtained 161 seats out of 300. He retained a parliamentary majority in elections held in 1958 and 1961. As prime minister, Karamanlis helped Greece make a dramatic economic recovery from the devastation of World…
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In New Democracy
…party’s direct antecedent was the National Radical Union (Ethniki Rizospastiki Enosis; ERE), which was founded in 1955 when Karamanlis became prime minister, but it was disbanded in 1967 when the military came to power and abolished parliament and political parties. Historically, conservatives in Greece had been strong supporters of the…
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