The European Coalition Free Belarus (Belarusian: Еўрапейская кааліцыя Свабодная Беларусь) is a political coalition in Belarus which opposes the administration of President Alexander Lukashenko.
In legislative elections held between October 13–17, 2004, the ECFB was part of the Democratic Centrist Coalition which did not secure any seats.
The coalition is formed by the following parties and political youth organizations:
- Belarusian Social Democratic Party (People's Assembly) (Belaruskaya Satsyial-Demakratychnaya Partyia - Nardonaya Hramada)
- Belarusian Liberal Party of Freedom and Progress (PFP) (Belaruskaya liberalnaya Partyia Svabody i Pragresu)
European Coalition became the part of the wider United Democratic Forces of Belarus which in October 2005 elected Alaksandar Milinkievič as their candidate for the 2006 Presidential Election.
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