Interpol has arrested Greek MEP Yannis Lagos, one of the leaders of the far-right Golden Dawn party, in Belgium
Earlier, the EP deputies supported by a majority vote the removal of parliamentary immunity from Lagos. The lifting of immunity was supported by 658 MPs, with 25 opposed and 10 abstentions.
Following his arrest, he will be sent to Greece. If he had been arrested outside the EU, Greece would have needed to initiate extradition proceedings in accordance with existing inter-state agreements.
“I am in a Belgian patrol car. Thieves, atheists and anti-Greek people are taking me to prison. I remain faithful to Christ and Greece”, – Lagos wrote on Twitter.
In October 2020, Lagos was sentenced to prison for “running a criminal organisation” in his country.