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Greeks for the Fatherland
Έλληνες για την Πατρίδα
PresidentIlias Kasidiaris
FounderIlias Kasidiaris
Founded4 June 2020 (2020-06-04)
Split fromGolden Dawn
HeadquartersKlisthenous 17, Athens
Youth wingHellenes Youth
IdeologyAnti-immigration[1][2][3][4]
Islamophobia[2]
Nativism[5]
Neo-fascism[2]
Political positionFar-right[1][2][3][6][7][4]
ReligionGreek Orthodox Church
Colours  Blue
Hellenic Parliament
0 / 300
European Parliament
0 / 21
Regional Governors
0 / 13
Regional councils
17 / 703
Mayors
0 / 332
Municipal councils
37 / 12,978
Website
ellhnes.net

Greeks for the Fatherland (Template:Lang-el) is a Greek far-right[5][8] political party founded on 4 June 2020, by Ilias Kasidiaris, a former MP and spokesperson of Golden Dawn for eight consecutive years from 2012 to 2019, who is currently serving a 13-year prison term for his involvement in the criminal organisation[9][10][11][12] run by Golden Dawn.

History

After Golden Dawn's failure to secure seats in the 2019 Greek legislative election,[13][14][15] prominent members of the party stepped down from their positions and distanced themselves from leader Nikolaos Michaloliakos.[16] Noticeably, Giannis Lagos MEP announced his departure from Golden Dawn, along with Giorgos Germenis, Nikos Kouzilos and Panagiotis Iliopoulos to start a new party called National Popular Consciousness.[17][18][19] All of them were later sentenced to lengthy prison terms as a result of their involvement in running a criminal organisation.[9]

Similarly, on 21 May 2020[20] and after much speculation, Ilias Kasidiaris announced his resignation from Golden Dawn via YouTube, and the creation of a new party led by himself, under the name Greeks for the Fatherland.[21][22] However, he was arrested in October 2020 right after the announcement of his convinction.[23] In May 2021, the Greek Parliament voted to impose partial bans on all convicted members of Golden Dawn, including Ilias Kasidiaris, which stripped them of some political rights.[24] As of 2022, Kasidiaris remains in prison and maintains his right to be elected as party member, but is not allowed to stand for leader of a party.[25] Former Golden Dawn MP Konstantinos Barbarousis, who is also serving his prison sentence, and former Golden Dawn MEP Lampros Fountoulis have joined the party.[26][27]

Ideology

In its official website, the party states it aims at reverting the demographic decline, develop the Greek national economy and that it favors anti-immigration.[28]

The party has not openly embraced neo-Nazism and Kasidiaris' statement in 2020 rejected Nazism.[29] However, being an offspring of Golden Dawn, the party appears to share similar views with its core ideology,[30] mainly in terms of anti-migration, Islamophobia and rejection of globalization. As a consequence, its political ideology is being questioned in relation to the past events and recent split from Golden Dawn [31][32][33] and some academics, Greek and International media have described Greeks for the Fatherland as extremist[5][34] and far-right.[31][35] The party is person-centric with Ilias Kasidiaris being the leading voice.[36]

A member of Greeks of the Fatherland is associated with the fringe antivax group Thematofylakes tou Syntagmatos (Greek: Θεματοφύλακες του Συντάγματος). He was among a group of Thematofylakes tou Syntagmatos members that were arrested for insurrection, violence against public workers, and the kidnapping of a school headmaster in Pieria.[37] Some youth neo-Nazi groups in Central Greece have also been linked to Greeks for the Fatherland in late 2021 after their involvement in violent student protests.[38][39]

Polling

Recent analyses show that the party is currently polling between 1% and 6.4%.[40][41][42][43]

References

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  4. ^ a b ""Greeks": Kasidiaris presented the name of the new far-right party [video]". thetoc.ge (in Greek). TheToc Team. 4 June 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  5. ^ a b c Karakatsouli, Anna (2021). "Conflicting Claims over the Legacy of 1821: The Case of the Far Right in Greece". Journal of Modern Greek Studies. 39 (1): 71–91. doi:10.1353/mgs.2021.0004. ISSN 1086-3265. S2CID 242982835.
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  19. ^ Publisher, Aftodioikisi (1 July 2019). "Μετά από Λαγό Ηλιόπουλο, φεύγουν Γερμενής, Κούζηλος". Aftodioikisi.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 21 August 2020.
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  27. ^ "Χρυσή Αυγή: Η καταδίκη φέρνει πολιτική εξαΰλωση - Στο χείλος του γκρεμού και το κόμμα Κασιδιάρη". Reader (in Greek). Retrieved 16 May 2022.
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  31. ^ a b Σ, Κανέλλης Βασίλης (24 March 2022). "Οι ακροδεξιοί του Κασιδιάρη ξανά στη Βουλή;". Ειδήσεις - νέα - Το Βήμα Online (in Greek). Retrieved 1 May 2022.
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