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Political party in Greece From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Creation (Greek: Δημιουργία, romanized: Dimiourgía), formerly Recreate Greece (Greek: Δημιουργία, Ξανά, romanized: Dimiourgia, Xana, pronounced [ðimiuɾˈʝia ksaˈna], lit. 'Create, again'), is a Greek far-right[9][10] political party, which has adopted an ideology heavily focused on anti-immigration,[11] anti-Islam[12][13] and anti-communism.[14][15]
Creation Δημιουργία Dimiourgía | |
|---|---|
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| President | Vaggelis Aktsalis |
| Founder | Thanos Tzimeros |
| Founded | 8 December 2011 |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Far-right[6][7][8] |
| National affiliation | National Creation (2022-23) |
| Colours | Orange Blue |
| Hellenic Parliament | 0 / 300 |
| European Parliament | 0 / 21 |
| Website | |
| www | |
Founded in December 2011,[16][17] it is led by Thanos Tzimeros[18][19] and is self-identified as a citizen-centered political movement,[20] with emphasis on the rebuilding of the Greek state.[21][22]
The party participated in the May 2012 Greek legislative election shortly after being founded, receiving 2.15% of the total vote, short of the 3% threshold needed to enter Parliament.[23][24] In the repeat elections in June, it formed an electoral alliance with Drasi, a fellow liberal party that had finished directly below them in the May election[25] with 1.8% of the vote.[26] Recreate Greece also approached Democratic Alliance,[27] but the latter opted to run on the New Democracy list instead.[28] 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.[29] Drasi would later merge with New Democracy, while Recreate Greece declined further, receiving 0.53% in the 2015 election and 0.74% in 2019. In 2020, Thanos Tzimeros announced a new coalition with far-right politician Failos Kranidiotis,[30] which was later merged with a new party formed by Greek conservative MP Constantinos Bogdanos, and named National Creation.
After the party's failure to enter parliament in May 2023 general election Thanos Tzimeros resigned from president[31] and the coalition got dissolved.[32]
On 15–17 January 2024, elections were taken place for the party's new president and Vaggelis Aktsalis was elected.[33] In April 2024, the party was renamed to Creation.[34]
Originally, the party's ideology has been referred to as classical liberalism and that it used to promote neoliberal 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.[35] His speeches and beliefs have changed over the years, shifting the party further to the right.[36][37] He has been described as extreme or far-right.[9] Tzimeros has described the Greek Communist Party as dangerous and that it must be outlawed,[38] whilst he compares it to neo-Nazism.[39] In some cases, he even expressed controversial opinions about the Greek National Resistance being a historical crime.[40][41] He tends to have controversial views on migration, which have been described as racist, and often proclaims that Islam is a threat.[12][42][43]
Other notable incidents include Tzimeros' calls to overthrow the government in June 2015 which led to a criminal investigation.[44]
| Election | Hellenic Parliament | Rank | Government | Leader | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Seats won | +/− | ||||
| May 2012 | 135,960 | 2.15% | New | 0 / 300 |
New | 11th | Extra-parliamentary | Thanos Tzimeros |
| Jun 2012[a] | 98,140 | 1.59% | –2.36 | 0 / 300 |
 0 |
8th | Extra-parliamentary | |
| Jan 2015 | Did not contest | 0 / 300 |
0 |
— | Extra-parliamentary | |||
| Sep 2015 | 28,909 | 0.53% | –1.06 | 0 / 300 |
0 |
13th | Extra-parliamentary | |
| 2019 | 41,631 | 0.74% | +0.21 | 0 / 300 |
0 |
10th | Extra-parliamentary | |
| May 2023[b] | 48,087 | 0.81% | +0.07 | 0 / 300 |
0 |
10th | Extra-parliamentary | |
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