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Gavin Blackburn

Greek MEP Nikos Pappas suspended from Syriza party after alleged assault on journalist

Greek MEP Nikos Pappas has been suspended from the left-leaning Syriza party and will be referred to the ethics committee after he attacked a journalist at a bar in Strasbourg.

In a statement, Syriza said that party president, Socrates Famellos, had also suspended Pappas from the party’s group in the European Parliament for what the statement called his unacceptable behaviour.

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