Far-right victories in Greece highlight trend across Europe
Far-right parties won almost 13% of the national vote in Greece's national elections over the weekend, in what experts warn could be the most significant in a recent string of victories for similar groups across Europe.While the ruling center-right New Democracy Party won a landslide victory, with 40.5% of the vote, its triumph was overshadowed by the success of the Spartans, a recently formed far-right nativist group that won 12 seats. in the 300-seat Greek Parliament. .Widely viewed as direct descendants of the outlawed neo-Nazi Golden Dawn group, which was declared a criminal organization in 2020, the Spartans were enthusiastically…
