ATHENS — "The refusal to give suspended sentences for the majority of the condemned nazi criminals of Golden Dawn and particularly for thοse belonging to the leadership group was an self-evident decision," the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) said in an announcement on Thursday, after the end of the Golden Dawn trial.

"The people's demand was for the nazis to go to prison, even with those reduced sentences due to the changes in the Penal Code," the announcement added.

"The condemnation of the nazi criminal formation was imperative, however there is no room for complacency. Fascism is the true offspring of this rotten system and its entanglement with sections of the bourgeoisie and capital has been revealed many times in the past, as it was during this trial, and if these have need of Golden Dawn or any other Nazi scheme, they will not hesitate to support it at the expense of the people," said KKE.