MEP Lagos admits he is a Nazi

A sitting Member of the European Parliament has told an Athens appeals court that he is a NazI and asked if he was going to be judged for that.

In an outburst while a witness was giving evidence about an incident involving the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn group in the northwestern city of Ioannina in 2009, convicted criminal and former Golden Dawn leading figure Ioannis Lagos shouted: "I'm a Nazi! Are you going to judge me for that?"

Lagos became irate when the witness, local history researcher Alexandros Raptis, referred to the vandalism of Ioannina's old synagogue Jewish cemetery, which were defaced with Thule symbols popular with the extreme right.

"Is this trial not political? … You're pushing me to my limits with these questions! I'm a national socialist! Stop making fools of yourselves. Just condemn me and be done with it," Lagos said.

A lawyer...