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5-6 October 2013 | 92 comments (92 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)
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Golden Dawn case opens up Pandora's box in Greek politics | EurActiv

Syriza called for a plenary session of the Greek parliament to discuss the Golden Dawn case, claiming that "the defense of democracy requires the isolation of those who undermine it".

Opposition Syriza blamed the communication of the government, saying that it tried to justify its long inaction while at the same time it "invested" in the TV show of the arrests.

The leader of Syriza, Alexis Tsipras, said that the Greek PM was trying to polarize the political climate in order to present himself as the "guarantor of Democracy" in the debt-ridden country.

Close advisors of the Greek PM are supporters of the "Two Poles Theory", attempting to equate the criminal activity of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn with the main opposition of Syriza.

"The case of Golden Dawn is primarily political. The adoption of the Theory of the Two Poles by the PM himself undermines the efforts to combat this fascist phenomenon.

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by DoDo on Sat Oct 5th, 2013 at 05:47:59 AM EST
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Is this a case of Greek right wingers being so dense that such a policy has to be explicitly spelled out and published so they can get on board, a case of them being so arrogant that they can't see possible downsides to publicizing the policy or both?

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by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Sat Oct 5th, 2013 at 08:46:25 AM EST
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No, it's just a shameless political attempt to demonize the only viable opposition.

It's been commonplace for decades in French political life for the right to equate the FN with the PCF (subtext : the PS is allowed to ally itself with the left-wing extremists, why can't we ally with the extreme right?) We're hearing less of this now that the right has understood that they need to form an alliance with the FN.

Hence Fillon's recent speech where he effectively equated the PS and the FN as extremists...

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by eurogreen on Sat Oct 5th, 2013 at 09:05:49 AM EST
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