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Spartans (Σπαρτιάτες) is a Greek nationalist political party founded in 2017 by Vasilis Stigkas.

History
For the European parliamentary election of May 2019, an electoral cooperation was announced with the party Union of Centrists of Vasilis Leventis. In the national legislative elections of 2019, Stigkas participated once more on the ballot list of the Union of Centrists.

On June 8, 2023, the party Spartans was allowed to participate in the upcoming legislative elections of June 2023 by the Supreme Court of Greece. Following the exclusion of the National Party – Greeks of Ilias Kasidiaris from both the May and June 2023 elections, Kasidiaris announced its “full support” for the party of Stigkas.

Ideology
The party is considered as nationalist and conservative, positioned on the far-right of the political spectrum. While some sources place its rhetoric as “ultranationalist” and “ultraconservative”, the party describes itself as a supporter of the “popular patriotic right”, of the triptych “homeland–religion–family” and of the “sane Greek nationalism”.