Editing New Democracy (political party in the Hellenic Republic)

{{Infobox political party|name=New Democracy|native_name=Νέα Δημοκρατία|logo=No Democracy.png|founded=4 October 1974|president=[[Kyriakos Mitsotakis]]|spokesperson=[[Pavlos Marinakis]]|founder=[[Konstantinos Karamanlis]]|youth_wing=[[Youth Organization of New Democracy]]|political_orientation=[[Neoliberalism]]<br>[[Imperialism]]<br>[[Anti-immigration]]<br>[[Zionism]]<br><b>Factions</b><br>[[Neo-fascism]]<br>[[Anti-Semitism]]|position=[[Right-wing politics|Right-wing]] to [[Far-right politics|Far-right]]}}

'''New Democracy''', mockingly called '''New Dictatorship''' or '''No Democracy''', is the ruling political party in [[Greece]].

== Ideology ==

=== Neoliberalism, Imperialism ===
While the party itself has labeled itself as conservative-liberal, it has taken open neoliberal policies in the economic issues (see the Mitsotakis regime section below).

It also heavily supports [[Imperial core|the West]], with its founder Karamanlis saying that "Greece belongs to the West".

=== Connections with Anti-semitism and Neo-fascism ===
The party has [[Makis Voridis]] as Vice President (and also currently Minister of the State), who is an anti-Semite who has cooperated with the [[CIA]]-backed [[Hellenic Republic#Military Junta|military junta of 1967]].<ref>{{Web citation|author=Baboulias Yannis|newspaper=The Nation|title=The Far Right Is a Growing Threat in Greece|date=2018-02-15|url=https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/the-far-right-is-a-growing-threat-in-greece/|retrieved=2023-11-26}}</ref>

Furthermore, Voridis, as well as other high-ranking party officials (such as the party's vice president, [[Adonis Georgiadis]]) are former members of LAOS, a far-right party whose former leader, George Karatzaferis is openly antisemetic. <ref name=CFCA>{{Citation |title=New Greek government includes ministers of antisemitic party|url=http://antisemitism.org.il/article/68307/new-greek-government-includes-ministers-antisemitic-party|publisher=CFCA|accessdate=1 September 2012}}</ref>

== New Democracy Governments ==

=== Mitsotakis regime (2019-present) ===

==== Neoliberalism ====
Mitsotakis, since his election, has applied increasingly neoliberal policies with privatizations and reducing of workers' rights.

Since his first government in 2019, Mitsotakis has done a wave of massive privatizations as part of a wider neoliberal economic agenda. These privatizations include: tourist infrastracture, coastal land and any shares of the state left in gas and electricity companies (such as DEI, which ironically stands for Public Electricity Business). Tax reform was also implemented to make the country "a haven for billionaires and the wealthiest citizens" and to attract foreign [[capital]]. A clause also makes this law permanent and immune to change by next governments.<ref>{{Citation|url=https://www.capital.fr/economie-politique/la-grece-va-t-elle-devenir-le-paradis-des-milliardaires-1357138|title=La Grèce va-t-elle devenir le paradis des milliardaires ?|first=Annick|last=Berger|date=7 December 2019|website=Capital.fr}}</ref> 

The right to strike has also been restricted, whereas collective agreements have been completely abolished. Both measures were taken in 2020 as part of the so-called "big growth bill". These measures were first introduced by the [[Neocolonialism|neocolonial]] Troika in 2012 and then abolished by Tsipras in 2015.<ref>{{Citation|url=https://reporterre.net/Le-gouvernement-grec-profite-du-coronavirus-pour-faciliter-l-exploration-petroliere-dans|title=Le gouvernement grec profite du coronavirus pour faciliter l'exploration pétrolière dans ses eaux|website=Reporterre, le quotidien de l'écologie}}</ref> In August 2020, a reform of the labor law was also passed, giving an employer the ability to lay off workers without any warning or reasoning, which can be exploited by employees by firing workers due to personal preferences. 

The tax fraud unit was also abolished, therefore facilitating tax evasion. The said unit's employees are now integrated into the Ministry of Finance. <ref>{{Citation|url=https://www.lesechos.fr/monde/europe/grece-le-gouvernement-amorce-le-changement-1123843|title=Grèce : le gouvernement amorce le changement|date=12 August 2019|website=Les Echos}}</ref>

==== Imperialism ====
Greece participates in the invasion of Yemen which is led by the [[US]]. 

==== Autocracy, corruption and mishandling of situations ====
During Mitsotakis' term, [[corruption]] has heightened, <ref name=":1">{{Citation |date=22 August 2022 |title=The Rot at the Heart of Greece Is Now Clear for Everyone to See |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/22/opinion/greece-mitsotakis-predator-spyware.html |access-date=2 September 2022 |website=New York Times}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Citation |last=Tsimitakis |first=Matthaios |date=2022-09-21 |title=Greek PM's Wiretapping Scandal Can't be Justified by Foreign Threats |url=https://balkaninsight.com/2022/09/21/greek-pms-wiretapping-scandal-cant-be-justified-by-foreign-threats/ |access-date=2023-04-30 |website=Balkan Insight |language=en-US}}</ref> whereas [[freedom of speech]] has also become very limited, akin to dictatorships. <ref name=":3">{{Citation |date=8 August 2022 |title=How Greece became Europe's worst place for press freedom |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/greece-became-europe-worst-place-press-freedom/ |access-date=2 September 2022 |website=Politico}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Citation |date=23 April 2022 |title=Greece: Media freedom under assault |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2022/4/23/greece-media-freedom-under-assault |access-date=2 September 2022 |website=AlJazeera}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Citation |date=15 May 2022 |title=The worrying decline of press freedom in Greece |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2022/05/15/the-worrying-decline-of-press-freedom-in-greece_5983579_4.html |access-date=2 September 2022 |website=Le Monde}}</ref> Mitsotakis' term was also marred by the [[Hellenic Republic#Government Surveillance|2022 wiretapping scandal]]<ref name=":6">{{Citation |date=30 August 2022 |title=Greek 'Watergate' tarnishes reputation of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2022/08/30/greek-watergate-tarnishes-reputation-of-prime-minister-kyriakos-mitsotakis_5995271_4.html |access-date=2 September 2022 |website=Le Monde}}</ref> and the [[Hellenic Republic#Tempi train crash|Tempi Train crash]].<ref name=":7">{{Citation |last=Ritchie |first=Eleni Giokos,Hannah |date=2023-03-05 |title=Greek protests over train crash flare despite prime minister's apology |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/05/europe/greek-prime-minister-apologizes-intl/index.html |access-date=2023-04-30 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref>

Police violence has also been dramatically increased during his term, with the police clearly beating people during the Tempi Train Crash protests. <ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/socialism/comments/11totkr/police_attacks_peaceful_protest_eventually/</ref>

==== Anti-immigration ====
Migration policy has been tightened: the coverage of hospital care for destitute foreigners has been abolished and the period during which refugees who have been granted asylum can reside in public housing has been reduced from six months to one month.<ref>{{Citation|url=https://www.humanite.fr/en-grece-kyriakos-mitsotakis-devance-les-desirs-des-creanciers-691617|title=En Grèce, Kyriakos Mitsotakis devance les désirs des créanciers|date=16 July 2020|website=L'Humanité}}</ref>

Even the bourgeois propaganda outlet The New York Times has shown a video proof of Greek authorities abandoning migrants at sea. Mitsotakis' government denies this. <ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=The New York Times|title=Video Shows Greece Abandoning Migrants at Sea|date=2023-05-19|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/19/world/europe/greece-migrants-abandoned.html|retrieved=2023-12-30}}</ref>

The equally neoliberal [[European Union]] praises and funds him for this. <ref>{{Citation |date=2020-03-03 |title=Migration: EU praises Greece as 'shield' after Turkey opens border |url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/03/migration-eu-praises-greece-as-shield-after-turkey-opens-border |access-date=2022-12-21 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref>

==== Pro-Zionism ====
Mitsotakis has also supported [["Israel"]] during the [[Operation Flood of Al-Aqsa]].
[[File:"Israel" flag in the Hellenic Parliament building.png|thumb|The flag of "Israel" in the Parliament building, Syntagma Square, Athens. ]]

==== Anti-communism ====
Mitsotakis has said that the [[National Liberation Front (Greece)|National Liberation Front]], the primary resistance against the [[Nazi]] occupiers, was the worst historical period of Greece. <ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Το Ποντίκι|title=Μητσοτάκης για ΕΑΜ: Από τις χειρότερες στιγμές της ελληνικής Ιστορίας – Τσίπρας: Η Εθνική Αντίσταση είναι αναγνωρισμένη|date=2023-02-07|url=https://www.topontiki.gr/2023/02/07/mitsotakis-gia-eam-apo-tis-chiroteres-stigmes-tis-ellinikis-istorias-tsipras-i-ethniki-antistasi-ine-anagnorismeni/|retrieved=2023-12-19|quote=Νομίζω ότι όλοι μπορούν να βγάλουν τα συμπεράσματά τους από τις ιστορικές αναφορές που το κάθε κόμμα επιδιώκει να αναδείξει. Εμείς, ας πούμε, αναδεικνύουμε την αποκατάσταση της δημοκρατίας από τη Νέα Δημοκρατία και τον Κωνσταντίνο Καραμανλή. Εσείς επιμένετε να μας θυμίζετε τις χειρότερες στιγμές της ελληνικής ιστορίας και τους εμφύλιους διχασμούς, που αυτός ο τόπος πλήρωσε πολύ ακριβά}}</ref>

== References ==
[[Category:Imperialist political parties]]
[[Category:Neoliberalism]]