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Greek Parliament Evicts Far-Right Lawmaker for Volley of Insults
By REUTERSMay 17, 2013 at 10:23 AM ET
ATHENS — Greece's parliament evicted a far-right lawmaker for insulting rivals in a tumultuous debate on Friday that prompted jeers of "Heil Hitler" from a leftist deputy and bolstered calls to crack down on the nationalist Golden Dawn party.
Tapping into resentment over budget cuts and illegal immigration in the crisis-hit country, Golden Dawn has emerged from obscurity to become Greece's third-biggest party, polling nearly 12 percent.
Greece's conservative-led government is drafting anti-racism legislation in an effort to rein in the party which it says abuses parliamentary immunity to incite racial hatred with anti-immigrant speeches.
The parliament speaker ordered Golden Dawn lawmaker Panagiotis Iliopoulos to leave the chamber because he had called other deputies "worthless" and "cattle".
"We're not obliged to listen to their hate speeches," said Speaker Yannis Dragasakis.
Greek Parliament Evicts Far-Right Lawmaker for Volley of Insults
By REUTERSMay 17, 2013 at 10:23 AM ET
ATHENS — Greece's parliament evicted a far-right lawmaker for insulting rivals in a tumultuous debate on Friday that prompted jeers of "Heil Hitler" from a leftist deputy and bolstered calls to crack down on the nationalist Golden Dawn party.
Tapping into resentment over budget cuts and illegal immigration in the crisis-hit country, Golden Dawn has emerged from obscurity to become Greece's third-biggest party, polling nearly 12 percent.
Greece's conservative-led government is drafting anti-racism legislation in an effort to rein in the party which it says abuses parliamentary immunity to incite racial hatred with anti-immigrant speeches.
The parliament speaker ordered Golden Dawn lawmaker Panagiotis Iliopoulos to leave the chamber because he had called other deputies "worthless" and "cattle".
"We're not obliged to listen to their hate speeches," said Speaker Yannis Dragasakis.