Government and opposition poised for new confrontation over Tempe probe

PoliticsGreek Politics Tags: Justice, Mitsotakis, New Democracy, Parliament, PASOK-KINAL
Photo by Panayotis Tzamaros/Fosphotos
Photo by Panayotis Tzamaros/Fosphotos

The government and the opposition are preparing to cross swords again over the Tempe issue after the judicial investigation into Greece’s worst rail disaster reached the point where ministerial responsibility has to be examined.

The case file from the prosecutor’s office in Larissa, central Greece, was sent to Parliament this week and it is now up to MPs to decide whether former transport ministers Kostas Karamanlis of New Democracy and Christos Spirtzis of SYRIZA should face a...

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