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Movement now defunct - see VDS Al Massar
- Name - Original language & name in English: القطب الديمقراطي الحداثي (Arabic), Democratic Modernist Pole (English). Was also commonly known as Al Qotb. The coalition ceased to exist in March 2012.
- Year founded: 2011
- Ideology: Left-wing, Secular
- Current leader & function: No formal leader
- Number of seats in Constituent Assembly: 5 seats, originally.
- Currently in government or in opposition: In opposition
- Legal status: A coalition of four legal political parties
- Link to official party website: http://www.pole.tn/
- Observations: The Pole was formed as an electoral coalition by four political parties and several citiizen initiatives in 2011 in order to present a common front in the Constituent Assembly elections. Its chief component was the Ettajdid Movement, formerly Tunisia's historic Communist Party. In view of the need to link up with other political parties, it was decided in March 2012 to end the PDM. Most of its components then merged into a new political party, Al Massar (see separate entry for this party).
