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Niki (Greek political party)

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Democratic Patriotic Movement “Niki”
Δημοκρατικό Πατριωτικό Κίνημα “Νίκη”
AbbreviationNIKI (Victory)
LeaderDimitris Natsios
FounderDimitris Natsios
Founded17 June 2019 (2019-06-17)
HeadquartersThessaloniki
Youth wingNIKI Youth[1]
Ideology
Political positionFar-right[11]
ReligionGreek Orthodox Church
Colours  Ochre
  Light blue
Hellenic Parliament
10 / 300
Website
nikh.gr

The Democratic Patriotic Movement “Niki" (Greek: Δημοκρατικό Πατριωτικό Κίνημα “Νίκη”, romanized: Dimokratikó Patriotikó Kínima “Níki”),[12] often shortened to simply Niki (Victory), is a Greek far-right political party. It was founded by educator Dimitris Natsios in 2019.[13]

The party embraces a highly ethnocentric approach to address the demographic challenge, advocating for closed borders and employing an ultranationalist rhetoric regarding family values.[14] It is associated with the clerics of the Greek Orthodox church. Furthermore, the party promotes anti-LGBTQ[15] views and endorsed against compulsory vaccination,[16] for COVID-19. Its leader, Dimitris Natsios, on the issue of abortion debate, supported fetal rights.[17]

History[edit]

The party was founded by the public education teacher and theologian Dimitris Natsios on 17 June 2019 in Thessaloniki, after the signing of the Prespa Agreement and one month before the 2019 parliamentary elections, in which he did not participate.[18] He emerged in the polls shortly before the May 2023 elections.[19][20] In the elections of June 2023, it collected 192,154 votes, i.e. 3.7% and entered the Greek Parliament with 10 seats.[21] He gathered the largest percentages in Northern Greece and specifically in Macedonia.[22]

Niki is said to receive support from the monasteries of Mount Athos and Christian Orthodox brotherhoods,[23][24] however the Philotheou Monastery and the Karakallos Monastery publicly denied the reports.[25][26] Archbishop Hieronymos expressed his opposition to the instrumentalization of faith,[27] and Metropolitan Anthimos of Alexandroupolis referred to the intervention of ecclesiastical circles in favor of parties.[28]

Ideology and positions[edit]

Victory has been described as a party that belongs to the broader space of the far-right[29] with ultra Orthodox beliefs.[30][15] It is often described as conservative.[31] According to the party's manifesto, former politicians, government officials and freemasons are not accepted as party members[20] due to evident corruption among these groups. The party also demands politicians who have participated in governments that are accused of wasting public money and increasing the public debt to be held accountable in justice, as well as to limit their right to re-election.[32]

The party refers to characteristics of the Greek nation which it promotes such as language, history and tradition,[33] while it places special emphasis on education, criticizing certain content of school books and prejudicing the writing of new ones.[34][20] It is heavily opposed to abortions[35] and sex education.[36] It maintains a negative stance towards the queer community,[15] same-sex marriage and same-sex adoption.[37] The party has endorsed vaccine hesitant views during the COVID-19 pandemic.[37][16][38]

In matters of foreign policy, the party completely rejects the Prespa Agreement.[39] It maintains a neutral attitude towards third countries, believing that the Byzantine imperial heritage, the Orthodox unifying character, can feed an international focus of stability and balance in the Balkan Peninsula.[40] It disagrees with Greece's support for Ukraine regarding Russia's invasion, instead preferring neutrality.[41] Regarding Greece's relations with Turkey the party argues that, since Turkey is acting aggressively, Greece should be answering with force.[37]

Party structure[edit]

Central bodies

  • Omaichmiaa or Homaichmía (Ομαιχμία or ὁμαιχμία) : 28 members of the party who appointed by the body of "Vouleftirion" to represent and publicly express the views and positions of the party, after having verified their integrity of character, their generally honest life, their patriotism, their spirit of cooperation and their experiential orthodox faith.
  • President : elected between the members of the "Omaichmia" and is the head of the party.
  • Vouleftirion b (Βουλευτήριον) : 7 member executive boby, the main body of the party, which shall ensure the smooth functioning of the party in accordance with its statutory principles. The first five of its seven members elected by a plenary congress, and the remaining two chosen from the first five. "Vouleftirion" has the final say in approving admission of members to the party, in assigning the work of the administration sectors, the local communities, and the general governance of the party. The "Vouleftirion" select one of its members as the "Organizational Coordinator", who convey the decisions of the body to the party organs. The members of "Vouleftirion" shall determine on their own and depending on the circumstances, the dismissal or change of members as they are not subject to control by the other organs. Members of the body shall not officially represent the Party, may not stand as candidates in elections of any kind and shall not be remunerated for their work. It is worth noting that according to an article in the newspaper "To Vima", some clerics attribute to him the characterization of the "invisible authority" according to the standards of the Filiki Eteria[42]
  • Thematic Groups: The Thematic Group produce policy thinking in specific matters and develop political positions, which propose for adoption from the party. They are responsible for promoting the party's positions in their sector through articles, broadcasts, participation in conferences and contacts with sectoral peer or thematic institutions. Any member of Niki with relevant thematic expertise can freely join the Groups. According to some websites, this structure seems to be following a different strategy from what the other parties have been used to so far, as it distributes responsibilities to all its members all over Greece and not only in Athens. Niki has today 20 Thematic Groups. [43]

Decentralized Bodies

  • Local Communities: are the central organizational unit of the party.The members of the party are organised in Local Communities in every municipality of the country. To become a member of Niki, one must be Greek in origin, or a proven philhellene, over 18 years of age, who has not been deprived of his civil rights and provided that he accepts the declared principles of the party and respects the Greek Orthodox character of the nation state. Members are not accepted who have served in governments or participated in votes in the national parliament or the European Parliament or have been finally convicted for acts contrary to the ethics of the party. Persons who do not accept the Greek Orthodox tradition are also not accepted as members.[44]
  • Prefectural Communities consisting of the local communities of the prefecture.

Election results[edit]

Hellenic Parliament[edit]

Election Hellenic Parliament Rank Government Leader
Votes % ±pp Seats won +/−
May 2023 172,208 2.92% New
0 / 300
 New 6th Extra-parliamentary Dimitris Natsios
Jun 2023 192,239 3.69% +0.77
10 / 300
 Increase 10 7th Opposition

Notes[edit]

^a Omaichmia is an ancient greek word means union for battle, defensive alliance, league. [45]

^b senate [46]

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