Golden Dawn (Greece)
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Popular Association – Golden Dawn
Λαϊκός Σύνδεσμος – Χρυσή Αυγή |
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| Secretary-General | Nikolaos Michaloliakos |
| Spokesperson | Ilias Kasidiaris |
| Founder | Nikolaos Michaloliakos |
| Founded | 1 January 1980 |
| Headquarters | Athens, Greece |
| Newspaper | ΧΡΥΣΗ ΑΥΓΗ |
| Youth wing | Youth Front |
| Ideology |
Ultranationalism Neo-Nazism Metaxism Euroscepticism Anti-globalism |
| Political position | Far-right |
| European affiliation | Alliance for Peace and Freedom |
| European Parliament group | Non-Inscrits |
| Colors | Black |
| Slogan | Homeland, Honour, Golden Dawn Πατρίδα, Τιμή, Χρυσή Αυγή |
| Hellenic Parliament |
17 / 300
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| European Parliament |
3 / 21
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| Regions |
26 / 725
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The Popular Association – Golden Dawn (Greek: Λαϊκός Σύνδεσμος – Χρυσή Αυγή, Laïkós Sýndesmos – Chrysí Avgí), usually known simply as Golden Dawn (Greek: Χρυσή Αυγή, Chrysí Avgí pronounced [xriˈsi avˈʝi]), is an ultranationalist, far-rightpolitical party in Greece. It is led by Nikolaos Michaloliakos.
Scholars and media have described it as neo-Nazi and fascist, though the group rejects these labels. Members have expressed admiration of the former Greek dictator Ioannis Metaxas of the 4th of August Regime (1936–1941). They have also made use of alleged Nazi symbolism, and have praised figures of Nazi Germany in the past. According to academic sources, the group is racist and xenophobic, while the party's leader has openly identified it as nationalist and racist.
Michaloliakos began the foundations of what would become Golden Dawn in 1980, when he published the first issue of the right-wing, pro-military junta journal with that name. In this context Golden Dawn had its origins in the movement that worked towards a return to right-wing military dictatorship in Greece.
Following an investigation into the murder of anti-fascist rapper Pavlos Fyssas in September 2013 by an alleged supporter of the party, Michaloliakos, and several other Golden Dawn MPs and members, were arrested and held in pre-trial detention on suspicion of forming a criminal organization. The trial began on 20 April 2015.
Golden Dawn first received widespread attention in 1991, and in 1993 registered as a political party. By this time Golden Dawn had adopted several southern Balkan focused regional objectives as its main programme: to promote the idea of a Greater Greece through the expansion of Greek territory into southern Albania (Northern Epirus), the Republic of Macedonia, and southern Bulgaria, and ultimately Greece's reconquest of Constantinople and western Anatolia through war with Turkey; to push for the complete Hellenisation of Greek Macedonia and Western Thrace through the expulsion of Northern Greece's last remaining Slavomacedonian-speaking minority (or so-called Slavophone Greeks) and the Turkish-speaking Muslim minority of East Macedonia and Thrace that dates to the Ottoman period (see Western Thrace Turks); and to combat Islam in the region, such as through contributing fighters to the Greek Volunteer Guard that helped capture Srebrenica—and was thereby complicit in war crimes committed against Bosnian Muslims.
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