Greece's new minister of interior, former far-right activist Makis Voridis. Not "allegedly" and without a hint of exaggeration.
His past is wikipedia-level stuff
His past is wikipedia-level stuff
His past is wikipedia-level stuff
Voridis was violently anti-Semitic amongst other things
He is closely connected to the French Front Nationale, but in 2017 he tried to distance himself from them. BY CLAIMING THEY ARE ACTUALLY SOCIALISTS
To paraphrase Phillip K. Dick: the Golden Dawn lost, but the Nazis won
It's not even an isolated incident. More from my colleague here https://twitter.com/iopapadimitriou/status/1346037248672804865?s=21
That there are still people calling this administration "liberal" is truly beyond the pale
I wrote about all this here http://littleatoms.com/hailed-liberal-greece-prime-minister-now-works-populist-playbook
Hailed as a liberal, Greece’s prime minister now works from the populist playbook

Kyriakos Mitsotakis looks increasingly likely to become another Orban

http://littleatoms.com/hailed-liberal-greece-prime-minister-now-works-populist-playbook
This piece by @dpatrikarakos also captures these tendencies very well https://www.politico.eu/article/kyriakos-mitsotakis-greece-trojan-trump-new-democracy-party/
Greece’s Trojan Trump

The next prime minister might be a centrist. His party is anything but.

https://www.politico.eu/article/kyriakos-mitsotakis-greece-trojan-trump-new-democracy-party/
This is what @haaretzcom wrote about Makis Voridis back in 2014 https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/.premium-greece-swears-in-anti-semitic-minister-1.5251306
I hope people still following this fucking joke of an account feel a bit of shame
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