Decision announced by special election court, which ruled that the far-right party deceived voters

The Ethics Committee of Parliament has recommended suspending state funding for the Spartiates party. 

For the first time since 1974, the judiciary has stepped in to ban a parliamentary party from taking part in an election. The ban applies to the Spartans party and didn’t come as a surprise—not even to those it angered. Because, for a decade now, and for the first time since the restoration of democracy […]

Judicial probe underway focuses on Spartiates party's ties with jailed one-time GD top cadre Ilias Kasidiaris ahead of another election

Imprisoned Golden Dawn leader Ilias Kasidiaris is also prosecuted in the order