World Greek Minister Forced to Resign Over Comments Made on Twitter

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A junior minister in the new Greek government, Dimitris Kammenos, has been asked to resign over anti-Semitic and homophobic remarks less than 24 hours after being appointed.

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There was outrage over comments he apparently posted on social media. One post earlier this year compared the EU to the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz.

Mr Kammenos, of the right-wing Independent Greeks party, said someone else had been managing his accounts and called on police to investigate.

Independent Greeks leader Panos Kammenos said the deputy minister for infrastructure and transport would resign until the truth was established.


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