Far-right politics

Draft amendment aimed to prevent party formed by imprisoned GD cadre from vying in next election tabled

The government on Thursday tabled a draft amendment essentially aimed to prevent the participation of a burgeoning political party in this year's general election, established by convicted and still imprisoned Ilias Kasidiaris.

Editorial: The devil is in the details

The first opinion polls of 2023 are almost identical to the last polls of 2022, which were similar to those at the start of 2022.

Does this noteworthy stability mean that the result of the election is foreordained?

No, because we do not hold elections due to an athletic spirit or to see which party garnered a greater percentage.

Gov’t looks to Constitution to stop Kasidiaris party from running for election

The government will exhaust the possibilities provided by the Constitution to secure a broad political understanding so that criminal organizations are not represented in the Greek Parliament, according to government sources cited by the Athens-Macedonian News Agency, referring to efforts to stop the Ellines party led by the imprisoned Ilias Kasidiaris, a former leading member of the outlawed n

Tension at Golden Dawn appeal hearing

A senior Golden Dawn member convicted over the 2013 murder of leftist rapper Pavlos Fyssas, among other crimes, was led away in handcuffs from Athens Appeals Court after hurling insults at Fyssas' mother.

Yiannis Lagos, a member of the European Parliament and among the party's highest cadres, said Magda Fyssa was a "professional" and told her to "f**k off."

Op-Ed: Golden Dawn’s leaders must remain in jail

By Lefteris Charalambopoulos

The 7 October, 2020, conviction of Golden Dawn as a criminal [neo-Nazi] organisation and of seven top members as its directorate was one of the few times that justice was truly served in such a case.

It was a ruling that reflected the public's sense of justice and it demonstrated that this country possesses both memory and clear judgment.

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