Center Union - New Forces

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Center Union - New Forces (EK-ND, Greek:Ένωσις Κέντρου-Νέες Δυνάμεις, Enosi Kentrou-Nees Dynameis) was the continuation of the Center Union of George Papandreou after the military junta. It was the merger of the Center Union fraction of George Mavros and the Movement of New Political Forces (KNPD).

In the elections of 1974, the party became the second largest of the country, after New Democracy. It obtained about 20% of the vote, and 60 seats in the Hellenic Parliament. On February 5, 1976, the Center Union - New Forces merged into the Union of the Democratic Center.

It program for the elections of 1974 did not differ from that of New Democracy; it included slogans concerning "participatory democracy", "checks imposed on capital (Greek or foreign) by the people", "Greek social democracy: and so on. With the death of George Papandreou in 1968 and the departure of Andreas Papandreou to Pasok the party had lost its comprehensive appeal for both new and old supporters. Also the abolition of the Greek monarchy in 1974, deprived EK of a popular caused and a issue which had clearly defined its identity.