The reasons were concerns about pressure from the Jewish lobby during his visit to the USA, pressure from the European Union, and the murder of Pavlos Fyssas as stated by former Minister of Justice Antonis Roupakiotis.
According to sources, he said he was a victim of political persecution, condemned the murder of rap singer Pavlos Fyssas and violence in general, and stated that he was neither racist nor Nazi.
One of the reasons for the failure of the company was its active policy to expand abroad by easy borrowing while the crisis had begun to destroy whole business groups in Greece.
The unanimous decision of the investigators to release them has surprised and enraged many Greeks who hoped that the arrests of leading figures in the party had marked the beginning of the end of the Nazi organization.