Prime Minister and European Council President Antonis Samaras attended an event at the European Parliament on January 27, marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

"Today, one hundred years after World War I, when dozens of millions of Europeans lost their lives in battle, and seventy years after the atrocities of the Genocide and the Holocaust, we have turned those horrific nightmares into a bright vision and this vision into a reality: United Europe, our Europe, which has become the world champion of respect for freedom, democratic rights and human dignity," the premier said, addressing the event.

European Parliament President Martin Schulz stated that "anti-Semitism and racism are a threat to our basic values - those of democracy and respect for diversity and human rights." On his part, European Jewish Congress (EJC) President Moshe Kantor underlined that fighting the ultra-right Golden Dawn party by the Greek government constitutes an example for the protection of democracy which, hopefully, will be followed across Europe.