Greece came under pressure Friday from the Council of Europe to defend its democracy, faced with neo-Nazis and widespread xenophobic violence. "We are very concerned by the specific threat to Greek democracy posed by (neo-Nazi party) Golden Dawn (...) I think that Greek democracy has to defend itself," Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner Nils Muiznieks told a news conference. "The problem is that if this threat is not addressed effectively now, it will be much more difficult to address it later on."