Parliamentary chicanery raises doubt about PM’s grip on party as he looks ahead to relief package

PoliticsGreek Politics Tags: Corruption, Mitsotakis, New Democracy, Parliament
Photo by Panayotis Tzamaros/Fosphotos
Photo by Panayotis Tzamaros/Fosphotos

The government is hoping that a mixture of summer holidays and discussion about the relief measures it is due to announce in a few weeks will dampen down the furore over this week’s controversial developments in Parliament.

New Democracy prompted outright anger among opposition parties for approving its own proposal so former rural development ministers Makis Voridis and Lefteris Avgenakis can face a general parliamentary inquiry into the OPEKEPE affair rather than a preli...

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