Recreate Greece

Political party in Greece

Recreate Greece

Δημιουργία, Ξανά
Dimiourgia, Xana

Founder| Thanos Tzimeros
President| Vaggelis Aktsalis
Founded| 8 December 2011
Ideology|

* Neoliberalism[1][2][3]
* Anti-communism[1]
* Anti-immigration[4][1]
* Anti-Islam[5]

Political position| Right-wing to far-right[6][7][8]
Website
www.dimiourgiaxana.gr

* Politics of Greece
* Political parties
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Recreate Greece (Greek: Δημιουργία, Ξανά, romanized: Dimiourgia, Xana, pronounced [ðimiuɾˈʝia ksaˈna], lit. 'Create, again') is a Greek right-wing[9][10] political party, which has adopted an ideology heavily focused on anti-immigration,[11] anti-Islam[12][13] and anti-communism.[14][15]

## History[edit]

Founded in December 2011,[16][17] it is led by Thanos Tzimeros[18][19] and is self-identified as a citizen-centered political movement,[20] with emphasis on the rebuilding of the Greek state.[21][22]

The party participated in the May 2012 Greek legislative election shortly after being founded, receiving 2.15% of the total vote, short of the 3% threshold needed to enter Parliament.[23][24] In the repeat elections in June, it formed an electoral alliance with Drasi, a fellow liberal party that had finished directly below them in the May election[25] with 1.8% of the vote.[26] Recreate Greece also approached Democratic Alliance,[27] but the latter opted to run on the New Democracy list instead.[28] In the 17 June 2012 elections, the combined parties garnered only 1.59%, a lower vote than either got in the elections the month before.[29] Drasi would later merge with New Democracy, while Recreate Greece declined further, receiving 0.53% in the 2015 election and 0.74% in 2019. In 2020, Thanos Tzimeros announced a new coaliation with far-right politician Failos Kranidiotis,[30] which was later merged with a new party formed by Greek conservative MP Constantinos Bogdanos, and named National Creation.

After the party's failure to enter parliament in May 2023 general election Thanos Tzimeros resigned from president[31] and the coalition got dissolved.[32]

On 15–17 January 2024, elections were taken place for the party's new president and Vaggelis Aktsalis was elected.[33]

## Ideology and leadership[edit]

Originally, the party's ideology has been referred to as classical liberalism and that it used to promote neoliberal ideas of free markets and small government. Because of his involvement for over a decade, it is widely believed that the party's leader Thanos Tzimeros shapes the party's ideology.[34] His speeches and beliefs have changed over the years, shifting the party further to the right.[35][36] He has been described as extreme or far-right.[9] Tzimeros has described the Greek Communist Party as dangerous and that it must be outlawed,[37] whilst he compares it to neo-Nazism.[38] In some cases, he even expressed controversial opinions about the Greek National Resistance being a historical crime.[39][40] He tends to have controversial views on migration, which have been described as racist, and often proclaims that Islam is a threat.[12][41][42]

Other notable incidents include Tzimeros' calls to overthrow the government in June 2015 which led to a criminal investigation.[43]

## Election results[edit]

### Hellenic Parliament[edit]

Election  | Hellenic Parliament | Rank  | Government  | Leader

|
|
|
|

Votes  | %  | ±pp | Seats won  | +/−
May 2012 | 135,960  | 2.15%  | New  |

0 / 300

| New  | 11th  | Extra-parliamentary  | Thanos Tzimeros
Jun 2012[a] | 98,140  | 1.59%  | –2.36  |

0 / 300

|  0  | 8th  | Extra-parliamentary
Jan 2015 | Did not contest |

0 / 300

|  0  | —  | Extra-parliamentary
Sep 2015 | 28,909  | 0.53%  | –1.06  |

0 / 300

|  0  | 13th  | Extra-parliamentary
2019 | 41,631  | 0.74%  | +0.21  |

0 / 300

|  0  | 10th  | Extra-parliamentary
May 2023[b] | 48,087  | 0.81%  | +0.07  |

0 / 300

|  0  | 10th  | Extra-parliamentary

1. ^ Run in coalition with Drassi and FISY.
2. ^ Run as part of the National Creation coalition.

### European Parliament[edit]

Year  | Leader  | Votes  | %  | Seats  | Rank  | Group

|
|
|
|
|
|

2014 | Thanos Tzimeros  | 51,749
| 0.91%
(with Drassi)  |

0 / 21

| 13th  | ALDE
2019 | Thanos Tzimeros  | 39,217  | 0.69%  |

0 / 21

| 18th  | None

## References[edit]

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34. ^ Λώρη, Κέζα (30 May 2012). "Τζημεροδεξιά". Ειδήσεις - νέα - Το Βήμα Online (in Greek). Retrieved 11 November 2021.
35. ^ "Ζυμώσεις στα δεξιά της ΝΔ προαναγγέλλει κι επίσημα ο Θάνος Τζήμερος". HuffPost Greece (in Greek). 27 November 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
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Political parties in Greece

Hellenic Parliament (300)|

* New Democracy (158)
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* PASOK – Movement for Change (31)
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* Movement of Democratic Socialists (1)
* Communist Party of Greece (21)
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* including Left Anti-capitalist Group
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* Society of Values [el]
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