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Without expeling him, but distancing itself from the content of his post, the Syriza Progressive Alliance yesterday confronted its MEP, Nikos Pappas (a former basketall player), who sparked a fierce wave of political reactions, both on and off the internet. The reason is his claim that New Democracy is a “breeding ground for murderers, paedophiles, rapists, criminals…national dumb [sic]“, as he wrote in his post.

Manfred Weber, head of the Eurogroup of the EPP, sent a letter to the president of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, about what came to light regarding the behavior of SYRIZA MEP Nikos Pappas.

The parliament plenary decided late on Tuesday that a preliminary investigation committee should be set up to investigate the role of former SYRIZA minister Nikos Pappas in the granting television channel licences in 2015 and 2016.