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The rift inside ruling New Democracy continued to make headlines last week. 

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A draft bill submitted to parliament on Friday would make it quick and easy for Orban to dismantle democratic checks and balances — and for an indefinite period, the critics say.

Leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Wednesday accused New Democracy opposition of "pursuing a far-right agenda" by seeking to connect the ongoing refugee crisis with the threat of terrorism.

A prosecutor on Friday brought charges against the spokesman of neofascist Golden Dawn, Ilias Kasidiaris, in connection with the latter's recording of a conversation a year ago with the then cabinet secretary Panagiotis Baltakos regarding a judicial investigation into alleged criminal activities linked to the party.