Democratic Current

For the breakaway faction of Mexican Institutional Revolutionary Party, see Party of the Democratic Revolution.

Democratic Current التيار الديمقراطي
French name	Courant démocratique
Abbreviation	Ettayar
President	Mohamed Abbou
Spokesperson	Mohamed Arbi Jelassi
Slogan	Conscience, will, realization^[1]
Founded	30 May 2013 (2013-05-30)
Ideology	Social democracy Social liberalism Progressivism Nationalism Pan-Arabism^[1]
Assembly of the Representatives of the People	3 / 217
Website
www.attayar.tn
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The Democratic Current (Tunisian Arabic: التيار الديمقراطي‎, translit. Ettayar Eddimoqrati), or Ettayar, is a political party in Tunisia that was founded in 2013.

The party was initiated and remains to be led by the former secretary-general of the Congress for the Republic, Mohamed Abbou^[2] who also served as deputy prime minister in the Jebali Cabinet until June 2012. It is committed to the project of realization of an "Arab federal state reuniting the Arab nations freed from the yoke of dictature"^[1]

External links

Official website (Tunisian Arabic)

References

1 2 3 "Tunisie - Le Courant Démocrate de Mohamed Abbou, le parti qui vise un Etat fédéral arabe" (in French). Business News. 12 June 2013. Archived from the original on 26 October 2014.
↑ "Nidaa Tunis is not the only winner". Al Monitor. 30 October 2014. Archived from the original on 12 November 2014.

Foundation ceremony on 12 June 2013

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