Ideology
The ideology of the Egypt NDP was vague, with stated goals of both social justice, and market reform.
The party ceased to be even a left-of-centre social-democratic party shortly after its formation, drifting sharply to the right and becoming a centrist "catch-all/big tent" party for members whose ideologies came from all over the political spectrum. Despite this and its increasingly authoritarian bent, the NDP was a member of the Socialist International up until January 31, 2011, when the embattled party was ousted and expelled from the group.
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