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Afroditi Latinopoulou (Template:Lang-el; born 29 April 1991) is a Greek politician, founder and leader of Voice of Reason party. She was elected as Member of the European Parliament in 2024 European Parliament election.

Life

Aphrodite Latinopoulou was born on April 29, 1991 in Thessaloniki. Her origin is from Evros a region from which she received the largest percentage of votes in the European elections. She was the first child of a religious family of teachers of secondary education. From almost her childhood, she was involved in tennis, a sport with which she won 15 Greek championships and 4 European championships. In 2010 it was "number 1067" in ranking of Women's Tennis Association.

Due to a serious injury her career in the sport ended in 2013.

She studied at the Law School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and graduated in 2017. She joined ONNED and was appointed Secretary of the District in 2016.

Until her election to the European Parliament, Latinoupoulou practiced law as an employee in the legal department of a company.

Politics

Her first contact with politics took place in the Legislative Elections of 2019, when she stood as a candidate for MP in Thessaloniki with the New Democracy. She received 5,297 votes, finishing in 18th place out of a total of 20 candidates.

The first time she became known to the broader public was in June 2021 with a controversial post where she condemned, among many other things, women's unshaven legs and armpits, referring to unattractive beauty standards attempted to be imposed by minorities. This post caused many reactions (even from commercial brands like Dove (toiletries) and Veet ) in public discourse and even reached the Parliament, when it was submitted for comment by the government to the "Equality Committee of the Hellenic Parliament". The relevant authorities of the New Democracy party have expressed their strong disagreement with the content of the post, while a group of six former MPs of the party spoke of - "...a current hypocritical double-speak that, by turning a blind eye to sexist, phallocratic and ultra-conservative audiences, slides down 'trampist' paths, far from the spirit and practices, as well as from the ideological, spiritual and moral heritage of the party...."

This post was followed by other equally controversial ones such as her support for a fertility conference which was annuled due to political correctness as she stafed, her disagreement with the term femicide, the instrumentalization of the victims by the Left, such as the heroisation of Pavlos Fyssas mother or Zak Kostopoulos, her post against Giorgos Kapoutzidis and the extreme rightism of the LGBT community, where, as the article in TO VIMA newspaper says, "self-identification, paedophilia and incest were (deliberately) confused. The more pompous, the better.

In June 2021 another post about the obesity of a Greek TV presenter caused, apart from many discussions in the media and social media, the following announcement of the New Democracy: "The politician Afroditi Latinoopoulou has no office or position in the organizational chart of the New Democracy, neither at local nor at central level and will not be a candidate in the next national elections." Almost all the media perceived and reported the announcement of the New Democracy as the deletion of the politician, she pointed out that "...in my case no procedure was followed and of course no deletion was made, since no body met and no secretary signed any deletion decision. On the contrary, leaks were given to the New Democracy-controlled sites through circles that informed me that I would not be a candidate in the coming elections with the New Democracy party."

In August 2022, Afroditi Latinopoulou announced that she would join the "Patriotic Force for Change" a party of Konstantinos Bogdanos as Vice President. In March 2023 when Bogdanos, decided to cooperate for a joint election with the Patriots – Prodromos Emfietzoglou, Latinoupoulou disagreed and was removed from the coalition. On 23 March 2023 she founded her own party, "PATRIDA - Afroditi Latinoopoulou". However, by decision of the Supreme Civil and Criminal Court of Greece, to which Konstantinos Bogdanos appealed, her new party was excluded from participation in the elections of 21 May 2023 as it was considered that both the name and the symbol of the party were stolen from "Patriotic Force for Change".

On 25 May 2024, she announced the renaming of the party as the Voice of Reason - Afroditi Latinopoulou.

Latinopoulou's main political activity is focused on social media posts. This way has been considered successful as it has managed to give her publicity in the first place but also to attract an audience which eventually made her an MEP. In 2021 she had 32.243 followers on Facebook and 21.8K on X. 2022 had 50.000 followers on Instagram.

She has Margaret Thatcher as her political role model, but admires both Marine Le Pen and Georgia Meloni.

In June 2024, Latinopoulou along with Fredi Beleri and Galato Alexandraki was listed vy POLITICO among the 23 most kookiest new MEPs in the European Parliament.

References

1. Schug, Sarah (20 June 2024). "Eight new members of the European Parliament to watch". The Parliament.
2. "Δύο γυναίκες με καταγωγή από τον Έβρο εκλέχθηκαν στην Ευρωβουλή" ["Two women from Evros elected to the European Parliament"]. Evros24. ...The party of Aphrodite Latinoopoulou gathered 6.36% in Evros, the highest percentage received by the "Voice of Reason" among all the electoral regions of the country..
3. "Η Αφροδίτη Λατινοπούλου 10 χρόνια πριν σε αγώνα τένις". Intronews.gr | Intro News. 21 June 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
4. "Η Αφροδίτη Λατινοπούλου 10 χρόνια πριν σε αγώνα τένις". Intronews.gr | Intro News. 21 June 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
5. "Afroditi Latinopoulou | Player Stats & More – WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
6. "Η Αφροδίτη Λατινοπούλου 10 χρόνια πριν σε αγώνα τένις (vid)" ["Aphrodite Latinoopoulou 10 years ago in a tennis match (vid)"]. Intro News. In total he won 15 Championships in our country and 4 European Championships. However, due to a serious injury in 2013 he was forced to stop.
7. "Λατινοπούλου: Η ηλικία, το βιογραφικό και το κόμμα «Φωνή Λογικής»" [;;Latinoopoulou: Age, biography and the party "Voice of Logic"]. STAR TV. 2024.
8. https://www.bigpost.gr/politiki/article/168031/afroditi-latinopoulou-exo-protypo-ti-thatser-o-stefanos-kasselakis-tha-kanei-mia-trypa-sto-nero-einai-fyteytos/
9. "Εκλογές 2019: ΛΑΤΙΝΟΠΟΥΛΟΥ ΑΦΡΟΔΙΤΗ Υπ. βουλευτής Α' Θεσσαλονίκης με τη Νέα Δημοκρατία". 4 July 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
10. https://ekloges-prev.singularlogic.eu/2019/v/home/districts/6/
11. Νεφέλη Λυγερού (2021). "Επιτέλους, η Λατινοπούλου κατάφερε να γίνει viral!" ["Finally, Latinoopoulou managed to go viral!"]. SLpress. ...It condemns unshaven calves, hairy armpits, speaks of unsightly beauty standards that are attempted to be imposed by minorities. There was no shortage of condemnation of cellulite, blotches and all forms of imperfection.
12. "Αντιδράσεις και από εταιρίες για την Λατινοπούλου – «Αμετανόητη» εμφανίζεται η ίδια" [Reactions from companies for Latinoopoulou - "Imperious" appears the same]. tvxs. 2 June 2021.
13. "The hair of Latinoopoulou woke up the Karamanlians!" ["The hair of Latinoopoulou woke up the Karamanlians!"]. Sl press. 2021. ...In a joint statement, six former members of the New Democracy party speak of drifting "into sexist, phallocratic and ultra-conservative audiences" and into "'trumpist' paths"...
14. "Λατινοπούλου: Το συνέδριο γονιμότητας ακυρώθηκε λόγω πολιτικής ορθότητας -Κατάντια" ["Latinoopoulou: Fertility conference cancelled due to political correctness -Misery"]. iefemerida. gr. 2021.
15. ^ Δέσποινα Δημά (2024). "Αφροδίτη Λατινοπούλου: Από τις αξύριστες μασχάλες και τους «λαθρομετανάστες» στην Ευρωβουλή" [Aphrodite Latinoopoulou: From unshaven armpits and "illegal immigrants" to the European Parliament]. ΤΟ ΒΗΜΑ.
16. "Τα social media θυμήθηκαν γιατί διεγράφη από τη Νέα Δημοκρατία η Λατινοπούλου- Για τα σχόλιά της για τη Δανάη Μπάρκα" ["The social media remembered why Latinoopoulou was expelled from New Democracy - For her comments on Danae Barca"]. THE TOC. 2024.
17. "Λατινοπούλου: Γιατί είχε διαγραφεί από τη Νέα Δημοκρατία – Η απάντησή της" [Latinoopoulou: Why she was deleted from New Democracy - Her answer]. LIBRE. 2024.
18. "Από τις αξύριστες μασχάλες και τους «λαθρομετανάστες» στην Ευρωβουλή". ΤΟ ΒΗΜΑ. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
19. "Ο Κωνσταντίνος Μπογδάνος διέγραψε την Αφροδίτη Λατινοπούλου από το κόμμα «ΠΑΤΡΙΔΑ»". 14 March 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
20. ertnews.gr, Συντακτική ομάδα (28 April 2023). "Εκλογές 2023: Εκτός το κόμμα της Λατινοπούλου μετά την προσφυγή Μπογδάνου". Retrieved 22 June 2024.
21. "Αφροδίτη Λατινοπούλου: "Φωνή Λογικής" η μετονομασία του κόμματός της - Δείτε βίντεο". 24 May 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
22. Βασιλείου, Αλέξανδρος (20 June 2024). "Πώς η Ακροδεξιά ψαρεύει ψήφους από το TikTok" [How the far right is fishing for votes from TikTok]. Parallaxi. ...In Greece, a policy that was successful through social media was achieved by Aphrodite Latinoopoulou...
23. "Αλλάζει η ακροδεξιά; Λατινοπούλου, Βελόπουλος στα χνάρια των Μελόνι, Λεπέν" ["Is the far right changing? Latinoopoulou, Velopoulos in the footsteps of Meloni, Le Pen"]. To Vima. 11 June 2024. ...With a distinctly different discourse from the purely far-right parties, the above two formations expressed the right-wingpolitical agenda. This same phenomenon has been going on for years in Europe, with Le Pen and Meloni having put a lot of water in their far-right wine.
24. Λιακάκου, Λασκαρίνα (13 June 2024). "Η Λατινοπούλου και η κοινωνική απαξία της ντροπής" ["Latinoopoulou and the social disclain of shame"]. LIFO. ...Watching Latinoopoulou go from nothing to the European Parliament in three years, using her social media presence and the fact that she obviously listened to a need, while building a meaningful communication relationship with any audience that preferred her either because they express themselves from what they dislike or because they approve of the kind of woman she stands for....
25. Νίκος Χασαπόπουλος. "Ακροδεξιά: Από τη Χρυσή Αυγή στη Λατινοπούλου" [Far right: From Golden Dawn to Latinoopoulou]. ...So, Latinoopoulou appeared, with a clearly milder and less anti-systemic speech, but with a very well structured image. Thus, an important part of the ideologically undefined but clearly characterized by the search for "image" , vote, moved from the boundaries of Nazism to the admirer of Meloni in Greece.
26. Σαδανά, Γεωργία (13 December 2021). "Αφροδίτη Λατινοπούλου: Απτόητη από την κατακραυγή, «ψάχνει»... άλλα 15 λεπτά δημοσιότητας" [Aphrodite Latinopoulou: Undeterred by the outcry, "looking"... another 15 minutes of publicity']. PROTO THEMA.
27. "Λατινοπούλου: Πανηγυρίζει για τους 50.000 followers! «Ευχαριστώ για τη στήριξη στον αγώνα κατά της πολιτικής ορθότητας»" [Latinoopoulou: She celebrates for the 50.000 followers! "Thank you for your support in the fight against political correctness"]. The caller gr. 18 June 2022.
28. "Αφροδίτη Λατινοπούλου: « Έχω πρότυπο τη Θάτσερ – Ο Στέφανος Κασσελάκης θα κάνει μια τρύπα στο νερό, είναι φυτευτός»" [Aphrodite Latinoopoulou: "I have Thatcher as a role model - Stefanos Kasselakis will be a failure, he is a plant"]. Bigpost.gr. 17 March 2024.
29. Δημήτρης Δανίκας (27 June 2024). "Αφροδίτη Λατινοπούλου στον Δανίκα: «Εγώ είμαι με τη Μελόνι και τη Λεπέν που είναι κεντροδεξιές»" ["Aphrodite Latinoopoulou to Danika: "I am with Meloni and Le Pen who are centre-right"]. Proto Thema.
30. Eddy Wax and Hanne Cokelaere. "The 23 kookiest MEPs heading to the European Parliament". POLITICO.

v t e Members of the European Parliament from Greece (2019–2024)
Arvanitis (GUE-NGL) Asimakopoulou (EPP) Fragkos (ECR) Georgoulis (NI) Kaili (NI) Kefalogiannis (EPP) Kokkalis (GUE-NGL) Konstantinou (NI) Kouloglou (GUE-NGL) Kountoura (GUE-NGL) Kympouropoulos (EPP) Kyrtsos (Renew) Lagos (NI) Meimarakis (EPP) Nikolaou-Alavanos (NI) Papadakis (NI) Papadimoulis (GUE-NGL) Papandreou (S&D) Spyraki (EPP) Vozemberg (EPP) Zagorakis (EPP)

• 1991 births
• MEPs for Greece 2024–2029
• 21st-century Greek women politicians
• Leaders of political parties
• Living people