Recreate Greece ( el, Δημιουργία, Ξανά, translit=Dimiourgia, Xana, , ) is a

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right-wing political party, which has adopted an ideology heavily focused on anti-immigration, anti-Islam and anti-communism.

History

Founded in December 2011, it is led by Thanos Tzimeros and is self-identified as a citizen-centered political movement, with emphasis on the rebuilding of the Greek state. The party participated in the

May 2012 Greek legislative election Legislative elections were held in Greece on Sunday, 6 May 2012 to elect all 300 members to the Hellenic Parliament. It was regular scheduled to be held in late 2013, four years after the previous election; however, an early election was stipula ...

shortly after being founded, receiving 2.15% of the total vote, short of the 3% threshold needed to enter

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. In the repeat elections in

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, it formed an

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with

Drasi Drassi (, "Action") was a liberal political party in Greece. The party was founded in 2009 by Stefanos Manos and was led by former New Democracy member Theodoros Skylakakis. The party had no representation in the Hellenic Parliament or European ...

, a fellow

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party that had finished directly below them in the May election with 1.8% of the vote. Recreate Greece also approached Democratic Alliance, but the latter opted to run on the

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list instead. In the 17 June 2012 elections, the combined parties garnered only 1.59%, a lower vote than either got in the elections the month before. Drasi would later merge with

, while Recreate Greece declined further, receiving 0.53% in the 2015 election and 0.74% in

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. In 2020, Thanos Tzimeros announced a new coaliation with far-right politician

Failos Kranidiotis Failos (Garoufail) Kranidiotis ( el, Φαήλος Κρανιδιώτης) (born 16 October 1965) is a Greek far-right politician, lawyer and columnist, chairman of the political party New Right (Nea Dexia). In March 2016, Kranidiotis, a close ...

, which was later merged with a new party formed by Greek conservative MP Constantinos Bogdanos, and named

National Creation National Creation ( el, Εθνική Δημιουργία) was a Greek political alliance, founded in 2022 and formed between Recreate Greece and New Right. History Founded in May 2022, it is led by Thanos Tzimeros and is self-identified as a ci ...

Ideology and leadership

Originally, the party's ideology has been referred to as

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ism and that it used to promote

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ideas of free markets and small government. Because of his involvement for over a decade, it is widely believed that the party's leader Thanos Tzimeros shapes the party's ideology. His speeches and beliefs have changed over the years, shifting the party further to the right. He has been described as extreme or far-right. Tzimeros has described the Greek

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as dangerous and that it must be outlawed, whilst he compares it to

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. In some cases, he even expressed controversial opinions about the Greek National Resistance being a historical crime. He tends to have controversial views on migration, which have been described as racist, and often proclaims that

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is a threat. Other notable incidents include Tzimeros' calls to overthrow the government in June 2015 which led to a criminal investigation.

Election results

Hellenic Parliament

European Parliament

References

External links

Party website (in English)
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