Spartans Σπαρτιάτες | |
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President | Vasilis Stigkas |
Spokesperson | Korina Triantafyllou [1] |
Founder | Vasilis Stigkas |
Founded | 5 December 2017 |
Split from | Radical National Rally |
Ideology | Ultranationalism[2][3] Ultraconservatism[2] |
Political position | Far-right[4][5][6][7] |
Religion | Greek Orthodox Church |
Colors | Gold Red Black |
Hellenic Parliament | 5 / 300 |
European Parliament | 0 / 21 |
Regional councillors | 2 / 611 |
Municipal councillors | 2 / 8,481 |
Website | |
spartiates.gr | |
Spartans (Greek: Σπαρτιάτες, romanized: Spartiátes) is a far-right political party in Greece, founded in 2017 by Vasilis Stigkas.[8] It is often described as far-right or extreme-right due to its strong connections with Golden Dawn.[9][10][11]
The party gained significant traction in national polls in mid-June, following an endorsement on Twitter by Ilias Kasidiaris,[12] a former Golden Dawn MP and nationalist politician who had been convicted in the trial declaring Golden Dawn, a criminal organisation. Kasidiaris urged his supporters to vote for Spartans in the June 2023 election.
Given that many of its members of parliament have previously been associated with either Golden Dawn or Kasidiaris' party Greeks for the Fatherland, which was banned from participating in the 2023 elections, Spartans has been seen as a continuation of Golden Dawn.[13] Some sources have even labelled it as Kasidiaris' "trojan horse".[14][9]
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