"They put in the same [extreme right] sack Breivik and Golden Dawn,"stated Marine LePen, leader of French party Front National (FN), trying to distance her party from such phenomena.

Golden Dawn deputy Christos Pappas has been led to courts to give his deposition on charges of joining and leading a criminal organization.

Golden Dawn leader Nikos Mihaloliakos was remanded to custody at 04.30 am today after a deposition that began at 19.00 the night before.

The general government deficit will be under 3% of GDP this year, according to economy minister Christos Staikouras.