Nationalists, especially the far right-wing Popular Orthodox Rally (LAOS) led by George Karatzaferis that is part of a temporary coalition government ruling Greece until elections early next year, were angered by the decision.
Nacionalisti, a posebice stranka krajnje desnice Narodni pravoslavni pokret (LAOS), na čelu s Georgeom Karatzaferisom, koja je dio privremene koalicijske vlade u Grčkoj do izbora početkom sljedeće godine, ogorčeni su tom odlukom.