Neo-Fascists welcome Greek Neo-Nazis to Rome

(ANSA) - Rome, November 28 - Members of the Neo-Fascist group CasaPound said Thursday they will host a meeting with the Greek Neo-Nazi organization Golden Dawn on Friday evening. The meeting is planned for CasaPound's Rome headquarters, triggering some local politicians to call for a ban on the meeting while others said the police should be on standby. But CasaPound suggested that was an overreaction and said that Golden Dawn "has become a scarecrow", that causes fear despite the fact it has won seats in national elections in Greece. Golden Dawn, which rejects suggestions by opponents and some media that it is a Fascist or neo-Nazi organization, won 18 seats in the June elections in Greece on a strongly anti-immigration platform. Its leader and several other Golden Dawn MPs were arrested and charged with forming a criminal organization after an investigation into the murder in September of an anti-fascist rapper in Greece.