As of Greece’s Supreme Court judgment, the Golden Dawn neo-nazi party is allowed to participate in the upcoming European Parliament elections, said a party’s lawyer on Sunday. Authorization was given despite the ongoing criminal investigation over serious crimes allegedly committed by the party’s lawmakers over the past two years, during GD rise to prominence. Nearly all 18 lawmakers of the GD party are under investigation, six of whom, including its leader, are in prison awaiting trial.

According to Greek law, candidates are only prevented from standing in an election if they are convicted of a crime, not if they are under investigation.