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

Greek voters propel new far-right Spartans group into parliament

Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his family leave the presidential palace after his swearing in as prime minister on Monday.
Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his family leave the presidential palace after his swearing in as PM on Monday. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Greece’s general election has propelled a far-right group called the Spartans, a previously unheard-of political force, into the Athens parliament with the help of an imprisoned, neo-Nazi leader of the now-disbanded Golden Dawn party.

While the centre-right politician Kyriakos Mitsotakis has won a second term as prime minister, the Spartans have emerged as the fifth biggest group in the 300-seat parliament.

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