Guardian
May 7, 2012
"Why should they vote for us? Because they have nothing better," says Nikolaos Michaloliakos, leader of a Greek far-right party that a decade ago was widely perceived as an illegal, fascist organisation but now stands a very good chance of making it into the Greek parliament.
According to most of the published polls, Chrysi Avgi, or Golden Dawn, will in Sunday's elections surpass the 3% a party needs to secure one of the 300 seats in the parliament. The recession-inflicted insecurities that far-right narratives might tap into are easy to guess and outlined in a recent article published by Reuters.
High unemployment, the loss of the country's economic sovereignty, the unprecedented dismantling of the welfare state and the lack of a coherent political direction have created a toxic mix that allows for political opportunism.
Greek people largely feel that Europe and their politicians have betrayed them, and Golden Dawn condemns both. It also shares the popular anti-euro and anti-immigration stance of other European far-right leaders, such as the Netherlands' Geert Wilders or France's Marine Le Pen.
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