We have to hand it to Elias Kasidiaris, the spokesman for the Golden Dawn Party. On Monday afternoon he was invited to speak on an ALPHA channel news show along with several other representatives from other political parties. When the subject of crime, and illegal immigration came up, a member of SYRIZA said that his party does not wish to hold talks with "neo-nazis" -a direct hit/provocation to the Golden Dawn party. In response, Kasidiaris said that his party does not wish to hold talks with a party such as SYRIZA which has personalities amongst its members whose children have been arrested for armed robbery (after robbing a bank). He was referring to SYRIZA member Mr. Boutsis. When confronted with this statement, the representative of SYRIZA declined to comment. Kasidiaris then revealed that his party is the only political force that has suffered from countless bomb threats from members with leftist ideals, otherwise characterized as anarchists. He further revealed that on May 29, four supporters from Golden Dawn under the age of 18 were attacked by 30 anarchists at a central Athens metro station. Finally, when the member of SYRIZA was asked what his party plans to do with the problem of illegal immigration, he said that SYRIZA plans to renegotiate the Dublin II Regulation.
The Dublin Regulation (Regulation 2003/343/CE; sometimes the Dublin II Regulation; previously the Dublin Convention) is a European Union (EU) law that determines the EU Member State responsible to examine an application for asylum seekers seeking international protection under the Geneva Convention and the EU Qualification Directive, within the European Union. It is the cornerstone of the Dublin System, which consists of the Dublin Regulation and the EURODAC Regulation, which establishes a Europe-wide fingerprinting database for unauthorised entrants to the EU. The Dublin Regulation aims to “determine rapidly the Member State responsible [for an asylum claim]” and provides for the transfer of an asylum seeker to that Member State. Usually, the responsible Member State will be the state through which the asylum seeker first entered the EU. George Papandreou signed the regulation on the part of Greece.
This might sound all well and good, but this treaty needs time to be renegotiated. And it certainly does not solve the pending problem which has given way to a surge in crime in Greece. When confronted about this, the SYRIZA representative also said that his party plans to give "travel permits" to these illegal immigrants so that they can leave Greece. This is where the "word play" comes in. When a nation gives someone "travel permits" it means that they nationalize this person, meaning that these illegal immigrants will have to become Greek citizens in order to receive "travel permits".
Editor's Note - SYRIZA's views on the subject of illegal immigration are totally ridiculous.... They even want to stop the war in Afghanistan! Oh brother...
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