Hoping to continue poll recovery, PM tries to put lid on subsidy scandal

PoliticsGreek Politics Tags: Corruption, Mitsotakis, New Democracy
Image: https://twitter.com/kmitsotakis
Image: https://twitter.com/kmitsotakis

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has defended his decision to shut down the organisation at the centre of the farming subsidy scandal that has put his government in an uncomfortable spot at a time when it is trying to focus on rebuilding its commanding position in the opinion polls.

In his regular Sunday social media post, Mitsotakis defended the decision to close the Payment and Control Agency for Guidance and Guarantee Community Aid (OPEKEPE) and transfer its operations to the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (IAPR) by ar...

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