The Voice of Reason ( el, Φωνή Λογικής, translit=Foní Logikís, FL) is a

far-right Far-right politics, also referred to as the extreme right or right-wing extremism, are political beliefs and actions further to the right of the left–right political spectrum than the standard political right, particularly in terms of bein ...

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political party in

Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders wit ...

. It was established in 2023 by

Afroditi Latinopoulou Afroditi Latinopoulou (; born 29 April 1991) is a Greek politician, founder and leader of the far-right Voice of Reason. She was elected as Member of the European Parliament in 2024 European Parliament election. Life Afroditi Latinopoulou was b ...

, a lawyer and former tennis athlete.

History

The party was originally founded as "Homeland" ( el, Πατρίδα, translit=Patrída), but was excluded from the

May 2023 Greek legislative election Snap parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 21 May 2023. All 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament were contested. They were the first elections since 1990 not to be held under a bonus seats system, due to amendments to the electoral law ...

by the

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due to a dispute over the name and symbol of the

Patriotic Force for Change The Patriotic Force for Change (PATRIDA; , ΠΑΤΡΙ.Δ.Α.) is a Greek political party founded in September 2022. Its acronym is read "patrida", the Greek word for "fatherland". The party is currently inactive. Its president and founder is the ...

(PATRIDA) party, to which Latinopoulou had previously belonged. The party was subsequently renamed and took part in the snap

June 2023 Greek legislative election Snap parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 25 June 2023. All 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament were contested. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called for the snap vote after the May 2023 elections did not result in any party gai ...

, receiving 0.43% of the vote. In the

2024 European Parliament election 4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. In mathematics Four is the smalles ...

, it received just over the

electoral threshold The electoral threshold, or election threshold, is the minimum share of the primary vote that a candidate or political party requires to achieve before they become entitled to representation or additional seats in a legislature. This limit can ...

of 3%, electing its leader Afroditi Latinopoulou as an

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. On 8 July 2024 the party joined the

Patriots for Europe Patriots for Europe (PfE or Patriots) is a right-wing to far-right sovereigntist political group, formed as the third-largest group ahead of the tenth European Parliament. The group includes all but one member from the Identity and Democracy g ...

, after the latter merged with

Identity and Democracy Identity and Democracy (french: link=no, Identité et démocratie, ID) is a right-wing to far-right political group of the European Parliament, launched on 13 June 2019 for the Ninth European Parliament term. It is composed of nationalist, r ...

Political positions

On the

2023 Israel-Hamas War 3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many socie ...

, the party supported Israel and condemned the 7 October attack as an attack on Western civilisation, though Latinopolou later emphasized that both sides should respect the rules of war, particularly considering children. The party also condemned the

2024 Iranian strikes on Israel On 13 April 2024, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), a branch of the Iranian Armed Forces, in collaboration with the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, and the Ansar Allah (Houthis), launched retal ...

. The party condemned the court ban on the

Spartans Sparta (Doric Greek: Σπάρτα, ''Spártā''; Attic Greek: wikt:Σπάρτη, Σπάρτη, ''Spártē'') was a prominent city-state in Laconia, in ancient Greece. In antiquity, the city-state was known as Lacedaemon (, ), while the nam ...

political party contesting the

2024 European Parliament election in Greece The 2024 European Parliament election in Greece was held on 9 June 2024 as part of the 2024 European Parliament election. This was the first to take place after Brexit. Background Greece (European Parliament constituency), Greece will elect ...

."Η Αφροδίτη Λατινοπούλου για το «μπλόκο» στους «Σπαρτιάτες» στις Ευρωεκλογές"
''newsbreak.gr'' (in Greek) 25-04-24

Election results

Hellenic Parliament

European Parliament

References

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