US EditionGreek MEP suspended from Syriza after alleged assault on journalist
- On Tuesday, Syriza suspended Leftist Greek MEP Nikos Pappas and referred him to its ethics committee after an alleged bar incident in Strasbourg around 11 p.m.
- Nikos Giannopoulos, reporter for Greece’s News24/7, said Nikos Pappas deliberately tripped him and challenged him to `settle the score` while leaving the Strasbourg bar with a colleague.
- According to the reporter, Nikos Giannopoulos says Nikos Pappas struck him twice on the head from behind, causing him to fall, and then everyone left the Strasbourg bar.
- On Wednesday, Nikos Giannopoulos filed a formal complaint with the Alsace police administration in Strasbourg, prompting French police to open an investigation into Nikos Pappas.
- Euractiv contacted Nikos Pappas's office but associates said they were unaware, while Syriza critics accused the party of ignoring the MEP's `disparaging and aggressive behaviour`.
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Greek MEP Expelled from SYRIZA Group Over Assault on Journalist
Nikos Pappas was expelled from the SYRIZA group in the European Parliament. Credit: AMNA The Greek opposition party SYRIZA has taken swift disciplinary action, expelling Member of the European Parliament (MEP) and former basketball star Nikos Pappas from its parliamentary group. The move follows a violent altercation on Tuesday night in Strasbourg that has left the Greek journalistic mission in shock and triggered a police manhunt. According to …
SYRIZA removes Nikos Pappas from parliamentary group after altercation in Strasbourg - Anadolu Ajansı
Greek MEP Nikos Pappas has been suspended from the left-wing Syriza party and will be referred to the ethics committee after he attacked a journalist in a bar in Strasbourg. Syriza said in a statement that party leader Socrates Famellos had also suspended Pappas from the party's faction in the European Parliament for his unacceptable behavior. Nikos Giannopoulos, a reporter for the Greek news website News24/7, filed a police report against the p…
Criminal proceedings were initiated against the MEP for the crime of violence by a person charged with a public service mission.
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