Most Greeks believe Golden Dawn is a criminal organisation

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[url]http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/04/us-greece-goldendawn-poll-idUSBRE99309K20131004[/url]
[quote]Most Greeks view the far-right Golden Dawn party as a criminal organization, according to a poll published on Friday that found the party had shed almost half of its support since its leader and lawmakers were arrested.

Party leader Nikolaos Mihaloliakos, five senior lawmakers and dozens of party members were arrested on September 28 on charges of belonging to a criminal group in a crackdown that followed the killing of an anti-racism rapper by an avowed Golden Dawn supporter and a spate of attacks on migrants.

Mihaloliakos and two fellow lawmakers were sent to jail pending trial while three other MPs were freed with orders to not leave Greece.

The poll by VPRC for the rizopoulospost.com website, conducted in two rounds on September 25 and Sept 30-Oct 3, found support for Golden Dawn stood at 8.5 percent, down from 14.5 percent in July.

A majority of 68 percent believe Golden Dawn is a criminal organization, the survey showed.

Police have found unlicensed weapons and Nazi memorabilia in searches of the homes of arrested members but the party, whose emblem resembles a swastika, rejects the neo-Nazi label.[/quote]

[Rangergxi]

How can they possibly reject being Neo-Nazi's?

[Loriborn]

[QUOTE=Rangergxi;42450071]How can they possibly reject being Neo-Nazi's?[/QUOTE]

they dont

the golden dawn openly admits and stands by its neo-nazi ideologies

its just that a relatively large number greeks actually agree with this sentiment

[Jeep-Eep]

[QUOTE=The golden;42450068]I'm glad they shut this down before it got big. This had the potential to get really ugly. They were already worming their way into the political and law-enforcement ranks.[/QUOTE]
Don't get too cocky folks. I'd wager we've not seen the last of them.

[ionuttzu]

[QUOTE=Jeep-Eep;42453310]Don't get too cocky folks. I'd wager we've not seen the last of them.[/QUOTE]
Considering a lot of people other than the party members were supporters of the party and their leader (lots of cops included), pretty obvious they won't just accept it and do nothing about it.

[Virtanen]

This shouldn't be a surprise to anyone.