Social Democratic Path

Social Democratic Path المسار الديمقراطي الاجتماعي
French name	Voie démocratique et sociale
Abbreviation	Al Massar
Leader	Ahmed Brahim
Secretary-General	Samir Taieb [ar; fr]
Founded	1 April 2012 (2012-04-01)
Merger of	Ettajdid Movement Tunisian Labour Party
Headquarters	7,Avenue de la Liberté
Newspaper	Attariq Al Jadid
Youth wing	Jeunes Massar
Membership	1,500^[citation needed]
Ideology	Laicism[1] Social democracy Feminism
Political position	Centre-left
National affiliation	Union for Tunisia[2]
Colors	Blue
Slogan	"Des citoyens libres dans une société juste"
Assembly of the Representatives of the People	0 / 217
Politics of Tunisia Political parties Elections

Social Democratic Path (sometimes written as Democratic and Social Path; Arabic: المسار الديمقراطي الاجتماعي; French: Voie démocratique et sociale, or al-Massar) is a centre-left secularist political party in Tunisia.^[1] It was formed on 1 April 2012, by the merger of the post-communist Ettajdid Movement and the Tunisian Labour Party, including some individual members of the Democratic Modernist Pole,^[3] together holding seven seats in the Constituent Assembly. It is led by Ahmed Brahim, former secretary of the Ettajdid Movement. On 11 February 2013, it became a part of the Union for Tunisia alliance of secularist parties.^[2]

References

1. Daragahi, Borzou (27 February 2013), "Tunisia's Nahda makes independent U-turn", Financial Times
2. Union for Tunisia: Jebali's initiative "step forward on right path", TAP, 12 February 2013, archived from the original on 17 February 2013, retrieved 21 July 2013
3. Ghribi, Asma (2 April 2012), Fusion of Centrist Parties to Create a New Force in Tunisian Politics, Tunisia-live.net