Government leans on 'law and order' after arson arrests, but Predator scandal still festers

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

The government has seized on a series of high profile arrests to reinforce its “law and order” message, hoping to restore trust among right‑leaning voters shaken by recent political turbulence.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis described the detentions linked to the recent deadly firebombing in Thessaloniki and the reopening of the 2010 Marfin arson case as a “response of the democratic state to violence”, insisting that “against terrorism th...

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