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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Helena Smith in Athens

Greek supreme court upholds ban on far-right party ‘to protect democracy’

Ilias Kasidiaris, former Golden Dawn MP and founder of Hellenes, speaks during the trial of Golden Dawn leaders in 2020
Ilias Kasidiaris, former Golden Dawn MP and founder of Hellenes, speaks during the trial of Golden Dawn leaders in 2020. He is serving 13 years in prison. Photograph: Petros Giannakouris/AP

A decision to disqualify a far-right group from participating in Greece’s forthcoming general election was taken in the interests of safeguarding democracy, the country’s supreme court has said.

The nation’s highest legal body said the extremist Hellenes party was clearly “the successor” of the now defunct Golden Dawn, whose neo-Nazi leaders are serving jail terms for crimes ranging from murder to assault.

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