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Greece cuts state funds for far-right Golden Dawn party | Greece cuts state funds for far-right Golden Dawn party |
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The Greek parliament has voted overwhelmingly to suspend state funding for the far-right Golden Dawn party. | The Greek parliament has voted overwhelmingly to suspend state funding for the far-right Golden Dawn party. |
The new law allows an indefinite funding freeze for parties whose leadership is charged with involvement in a criminal group or terrorism. | |
Golden Dawn's leader and two MPs are in custody awaiting trial on charges of being part of a criminal organisation. | |
Their arrests follow the murder of an anti-fascist musician, allegedly by a supporter of the party. | |
The party strongly denies any link to the accused man. | |
However, the fatal stabbing last month has led to increasing calls for the party to be banned outright. | |
The new law was passed by 235 votes to zero in the 300-seat assembly during a late-night sitting on Tuesday. | |
The move looks likely to deprive Golden Dawn of a major financial resource, the website of Greek newspaper Ekathimerini reported. | The move looks likely to deprive Golden Dawn of a major financial resource, the website of Greek newspaper Ekathimerini reported. |
Athens has set aside 11m euros (£9.3m) for elected parties in 2013 including 873,000 euros for Golden Dawn, it said. | Athens has set aside 11m euros (£9.3m) for elected parties in 2013 including 873,000 euros for Golden Dawn, it said. |
The controversial party has a strong anti-austerity and anti-immigrant agenda and has been accused of perpetrating attacks on migrants and political opponents. | |
It officially denies being a neo-Nazi movement, despite its swastika-like insignia. |
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