Wenn der Staat kapituliert: der Fall Griechenland. Die rechtsextremistische Partei Chryssi Avgi macht ungehindert mobil
Surrender of a State: the Greek Case - The Far-Right Party Chryssi Avgi is Mobilizing Unopposed

Summary/Abstract: Xenophobia and police violence are phenomena not unknown to Greek society. But in 2012 and especially after the elections of 6 May and 17 June 2012 when the far-right party “Golden Dawn” (Chryssi Avgi) entered the Greek parliament with seven percent of the vote, racially motivated attacks – including fatal ones – have become commonplace in Greece. Numbers run into the hundreds according to human rights groups. Attacks are committed with knives and metal bars as well as iron rods by members of “Golden Dawn” and even members of parliament themselves, with the police standing on the sidelines. “Golden Dawn”, which is becoming a state within the state, has many supporters within the police. The government buries its head in the sand. In August 2012, the minister for the protection of people launched a program called “Xenion Zeus” by which the police rounds up undocumented migrants on a daily basis and detains them in detention centers. Open protest against the violence and violation of human rights in general is limited within the Greek society while approval of the deeds of “Golden Dawn” is rising: According to the latest polls the party would place third.

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