ELAM (Cyprus)

The National People's Front (Greek: Εθνικό Λαϊκό Μέτωπο, ΕΛΑΜ, Ethniko Laiko Metopo, ELAM) is a far-right[14][15] and ultranationalist political party in Cyprus that was founded in 2008.

[12] The kernel was established in late 2000,[12] and was led by the current ELAM president Christos Christou, who was an active member of the Golden Dawn political party in Greece.

[25][26][27] Lately, ELAM established ties to Brothers of Italy, Vox in Spain, Greek Solution and the European Conservatives and Reformists group.

[5][6][33] During the COVID-19 pandemic, ELAM gained support from anti-vaccination groups for criticizing the government for their measures and the refusal of their leader to get vaccinated,[28][34] even though unlike other parties they did not officially embrace conspiracy theories.

[38][39][40] Ideologically, it has been accused of belonging to the neo-fascist, neo-nazi or nationalist-revolutionary currents akin to those among the NPD in Germany,[41] the GUD in France and Golden Dawn in Greece.

[48][49] In late December of 2012, ELAM announced its candidate Georgios Charalambous; for the upcoming presidential elections; in the presence of two notable members of Golden Dawn, Giannis Lagos and Ilias Kasidiaris.