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National Front Εθνικό Μέτωπο
Abbreviation	NP
Leader	Apollon Lamprelis
Presidium	Quorum of the Nationals
Deputy Leader	Vassia Athanakou
Speaker of Congress	Theodoros Antonellis
Founder	Alexis Terzelis
Founded	April 12, 1855 (1855-04-12)
Legalised	November 17, 1948 (1948-11-17)
Preceded by	National Party of Stratos
Headquarters	Ilus
Newspaper	Unity
Think tank	Terzelis Research Institute
Student wing	Future Nationals
Youth wing	Young Nationals
Membership (2023)	1,536,400
Ideology	Nationalism Terzelism
Political position	Right-wing to center-right
National affiliation	Alliance of Patriots
Colors	Blue
Slogan	Για όλη την Αφθονία. Gia óli tin Afthonía For all Afthonians.
Seats in the National Assembly	433 / 710 (61%)
Prefectural legislative seats	843 / 1,200 (70%)
Chief Executive seats held	11 / 14 (79%)
Election symbol

The National Front (Afthonian: Εθνικό Μέτωπο; script: Ethnikó Métopo), commonly abbreviated as NP or Nationals, is the largest and dominant political party in Afthonia. It has been in government since country's reorganization from the Afthonian Confederation to the Unitary State of Afthonia on November 17, 1948. The party sits on the right-wing of the political spectrum although a small but growing moderate element within the party has gradually shifted it closer to the center-right since 2015 in some policy areas. The party's official ideology is based upon the principles of Terzelism which revolves around five main pillars: guided democracy, Afthonain nationalism, social conservatism, economic liberalism and militarism. The party is divided into two unofficial factions: traditionalists who represent the majority of the party's membership and generally are more right-wing, and the progressives who are a small but growing and vocal minority and lean more towards the center-right. The party was founded by Alexis Terzelis, a retired general from Afthonia's armed forces andformer leader of the National Party of Stratos on April 12, 1943. Alexis filled the party's leadership position with many former members of the military largely due to this military background which resulted in a majority of his connections being people who were either members or had ties with the military. The party's establishment was done with the assistance and endorsement of Afthonia's ruling emergency military government in preparation of the gradual restoration of a democratically elected civilian government towards what was seen as the inevitable reunification of Afthonia under the Afthonian Confederation. International observers have alleged that the Afthonian Armed Forces saw the party as a potential extension and continuation of its influence even long after civilian rule has been restored, to which both the military and party has denied. When reunification was completed and the confederation was reorganized into the Unitary State of Afthonia the nation held its first democratic election in 1948. The party was able to secure a majority of seats in the National Assembly, the National Council and prefectural legislative seats.

Ideology & Policies

Terzelism

The Nationals maintaing a right-wing image and utilizes Terzelism as the cornerstone of both the party's and Afthonia's ideology. At its core Terzelism is a nationalist ideology and was developed by Alexis Terzelis who incorporated mostly right-wing elements in his thoughts. Terzelis first formulated his ideas towards the final years of the Afthonian Confederation in 1906 and cpntinued to develop it throughout the Great Schism and Shattered Union eras. Terzelis has often quoted the efficiency and stability provided by the military as significant influences throughout the development process. Broadly speaking Terzelism can be divided into five primary pillars: guided democracy, Afthonain nationalism, social conservatism, economic liberalism and militarism. These concepts are codified in what is known as the Terzelis Papers, a manifesto which were published by Terzelis in 1929.

• Guided democracy: Terzelis believes that governments must embrace democratic principles in order to be accepted by general population. However at the same time it must be acknowledged that the very princpiple of democracy has inherent flaws and risks such as political instability and indecisiveness by the government. As a result Terzelis sought to preserve key elements of democracy while at the same time eschew others. Examples include that while a nation's legislative and exectuvie arms must come from elected officials, certainty must always be guaranteed in the outcome of any election. Terzelis argues that the constant change in political parties and leadership in a fully democratic nation has resulted in governments unable to puruse long term goals in favor of short-term ones which will most likely allow them to win the next election. In his manifesto
• Afthonian nationalism:
• Militarism:
• Social conservatism:
• Economic liberalism: