Provocative stance by Pappas over the assault on a journalist: “I raised my hand, but he has no mark. I said, ‘Look at me and look at him’”
“I made a gesture toward his face and that was it; a shove, a slap, call it what you want. You can see what he looks like; if he had a scratch, we all would have seen it,” said the expelled Member of the European Parliament
Pappas missing after beating of journalist in Strasbourg: The Famelos–Arvanitis phone calls for expulsion & Polakis’s objections
Headache for SYRIZA from the expulsion - The European group decimated, with the risk of further losses
The European Parliament is in favour of the creation of a “Schengen Military Force” for a possible Russian attack
Russia's attack on Ukraine has brought military mobility and the urgent need to facilitate the rapid cross-border movement of troops and equipment back into the spotlight