The Abolition of University Asylum as the Inauguration of the Era of (New) Authoritarianism in Greece
The Abolition of University Asylum as the Inauguration of the Era of (New) Authoritarianism in Greece

Summary/Abstract: After almost 5 years of the government of the SYRIZA-ANELL coalition (Coalition of Radical Left-Synaspismos Rizospastikis Aristeras-SYRIZA and Independent Greeks-Anexartitoi Ellines-AN.ELL), the party of New Democracy won the elections on 7 July 2019. It is the oldest conservative party of the country; it aspires to be thought of as a liberal European party and has formed the first no-coalition government since 2011, a fact that allows it to apply its policy freely and easily. The new government immediately began to prepare and vote on bills in order to proceed with a series of so-called reforms. Among the very first bills voted in July and August—the summer period during which the legislative activity is usually almost null—there was a law that totally and without any doubt abolished university asylum in Greece. The central concept of this analysis is that its abolition is not a substantive movement indispensable for social peace and public order in the country, but a movement to spread the word that the era of toleration is over and in its place a new era is inaugurated— one of authoritarianism.

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