{"id":6236,"date":"2024-03-31T00:00:30","date_gmt":"2024-03-30T22:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=6236"},"modified":"2024-03-31T00:00:30","modified_gmt":"2024-03-30T22:00:30","slug":"british-govt-official-attends-elam-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=6236","title":{"rendered":"British govt official attends Elam event"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/british-govt-official-attends-elam-event.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>A serving member of the British government attended an event held by far-right party Elam<\/strong> on Saturday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cypru-video-ads\" id=\"cypru-828231075\">\n<div id=\"cypru-956438503\" data-cypru-trackid=\"478051\" data-cypru-trackbid=\"1\" class=\"cypru-target\">\n<div id=\"gpt-ad-3657433915765-0\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Martin Callanan, the country\u2019s Under-secretary of state for energy efficiency and green finance, joined Elam in Nicosia for a pan-European conference of the hard right group the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), which kicked off the group\u2019s European election campaign.<br \/>\nCallanan did not feature at the Saturday evening panel discussion which was open to the press, with Elam leader Christos Christou and four Italians; Defence Minister Isabella Rauti, ECR party secretary Antonio Giordano, the country\u2019s Parliamentary Relations Minister Luca Ciriani, MP Ylenia Lucaselli, and MEP Carlo Fidanza taking to the stage.<br \/>\nHowever, Callanan had spoken at other events during the day, and both Giordano and Christou confirmed to the Cyprus Mail that he had been present.<br \/>\nAsked whether <strong>the presence of a British government representative is an endorsement of Elam on the British government\u2019s part<\/strong>, Christou told the Cyprus Mail \u201ctheir actions speak for themselves, as you have seen today.\u201d<br \/>\nHe was also keen to point out the presence of Italian government ministers at the event, saying it shows Elam has \u201callies in Europe\u201d.<br \/>\n\u201cThe appropriate messages have been sent,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nFounded in 2008, Elam has been frequently described as \u201cfar-right\u201d, \u201cultranationalist\u201d, and \u201cneo-fascist\u201d. In previous years, it had close ties to Greece\u2019s Golden Dawn, even describing it as a \u201cbrother movement\u201d.<br \/>\nIn the early 2010s, Golden Dawn MPs in Greece had said their party financed Elam, and Elam leader Christos Christou was an active member of Golden Dawn when he lived in Greece.<br \/>\nGreek newspaper <strong>Kathimerini claims that \u201cdaily telephone calls\u201d were held between Golden Dawn and Elam\u2019s leadership<\/strong> in the first few years after Elam first won seats in parliament in 2016 for \u201corganisational and ideological guidance\u201d.<br \/>\nThe newspaper also alleges that there are links between Elam and German neo-Nazi party Die Heimat, formerly known as the NPD.<br \/>\nTies between Elam and Golden Dawn were officially cut in 2020, and Golden Dawn was declared a criminal organisation later that same year following the conclusion of investigations into the murder of left-wing Greek rapper Pavlos Fyssas.<br \/>\nThe British Conservative Party, of which Callanan is a member and which forms the country\u2019s government, was initially a member of the European People\u2019s Party (EPP) but joined the ECR in 2009 as its Euroscepticism hardened and found the group a more natural home as it drifted rightwards throughout the 2010s.<br \/>\nThe party has been in government for 14 years, having first won back power under former leader and current Foreign Secretary David Cameron.<br \/>\nCallanan himself led the Conservative Party in the European Parliament between 2010 and 2012, and was ECR chairman between 2011 and 2014, when he lost his European Parliament seat.<br \/>\nHe was then awarded a place in the UK\u2019s unelected upper legislature, the House of Lords, and has since <strong>served in the governments of four prime ministers<\/strong>: Theresa May, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, and incumbent Rishi Sunak.<br \/>\nAsked to comment on Callanan\u2019s presence at the event, a spokesperson for the British High Commission said, \u201c<strong>as a High Commission, it is our policy to not have any contact with Elam<\/strong>,\u201d and stressed that the High Commission is \u201cnot responsible\u201d for Callanan\u2019s actions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A serving member of the British government attended an event held by far-right party 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