European Parliament President Martin Schulz was forced to remove the member of the Greek far-right Golden Dawn party Eleftherios Synadinos. It is the first time in the institution’s body that an MEP was expelled from the building. Synadinos during the EP plenum used racist rhetoric against the Turks saying ‘they are barbarians and dirty, they are just like barking dogs and when the enemy returns they back up’. The extreme right member made these remarks during his intervention on the refugee crisis and the role of Turkey. Schulz justified his decision to expel Synadinos from the parliament citing article 165 of the EU on racial and discriminatory language. 165 of the EU.