Greek Solution
political party in Greece
The Greek Solution (Greek: Ελληνική Λύση, romanized: Ellinikí Lýsi) is a political party in Greece founded by Kyriakos Velopoulos. The party is right-wing to far-right and is ideologically ultranationalist, national conservative, and right-wing populist. The party first entered the European Parliament when it got 4.18% of the vote in the 2019 European Parliament election in Greece, winning one seat and the Hellenic Parliament when it garnered 3.7% of the vote in the 2019 Greek legislative election and won 10 seats.
History
The party was officially founded in June 2016 by journalist and historian Kyriakos Velopoulos, formerly a Popular Orthodox Rally (LAOS) member. It had previously been announced that a new party was to be founded by him. A formal presentation of the new party took place in October 2016 at an event in the Peace and Friendship Stadium.
In the 2019 European Parliament election, the party won 4.2% of the vote, electing a single MEP who sits with the European Conservatives and Reformists group. In the subsequent 2019 Greek legislative election, the party earned 3.7% of the vote, electing 10 MPs in the Hellenic Parliament.
In the Elections of May and June 2023, the party slightly increased its percentage, electing 16 and 12 MPs respectively.
In the 2024 European Parliament elections, the party more than doubled its vote share to 9.3%, electing 2 MEPs and becoming the fourth largest party, passing the KKE.
Ideology and policies
Greek Solution is a conservative, religious nationalist party that emphasizes action against illegal immigration, including installation of an electric fence on the Greece–Turkey border and detaining illegal immigrants on uninhabited islands as they await deportation.
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