Political parties across the spectrum (Golden Dawn excluded) unequivocally condemned the physical attack against the Mayor of Thessaloniki, Yiannis Boutaris on Saturday, during a ceremony commemorating the genocide of the Pontic Greeks by the Ottoman empire, andits successor, the Republic of Turkey.
New Democracy MP: SYRIZA equates patriotism with the far right
These acts were extreme and were condemned by New Democracy, is what the ND MP Makis Voridis said in an interview concerning the attack against Thesssaloniki mayor Yiannis Boutaris , arguing that "they apparently attacked the mayor of Thessaloniki because they did not like his statements and attitude."
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