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Newsletter 463 - 23/05/2025
PoliticsTempe proposals and corruption scandal increase pressure on NDTwo major issues—one old, one... Minister Kostas Tsiaras attempted to distance the government from the scandal, describing... the scandal demonstrates that New Democracy has been fostering corruption, unaccountability
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Newsletter 465 - 06/06/2025
turbulence stirred by the farming subsidy scandal while reinforcing New Democracy’s appeal to right-wing... (OPEKEPE), the organisation at the heart of the subsidy scandal. He justified his drastic move... should be held accountable. Rebuilding support Beyond the scandal, New Democracy is focused
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Government on alert again as farming subsidy probe zeroes in on two ex-ministers
PoliticsGreek Politicsprobed in connection to a farming subsidy scandal. The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO... to hide behind the argument that this is a scandal involving just a few farmers... efforts to claim a scalp or two and pin the OPEKEPE scandal exclusively on New Democracy.
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Temperature rises for Mitsotakis administration as investigations progress, with more to come
PoliticsGreek Politicsas it struggles to contain the fallout from the OPEKEPE scandal, which is threatening to ruin Prime Minister... that the subsidy scandal was the result of longstanding failings at the agency responsible for paying out... regarding the country’s deadliest train crash. However, the fact that the OPEKEPE scandal has also
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New Democracy seeks to counter with marine parks and migration policy, rhetoric
PoliticsGreek Politicsof issues after spending the last couple of weeks defending itself over the farming subsidy scandal... reputation is being damaged by the OPEKEPE scandal. Environmental stewardship is likely to appeal to some... that 81 pct of respondents feel the subsidy scandal weighs negatively on the government, while a much
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PM aims to divert OPEKEPE inquiry as he signs up to SAFE scheme
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe OPEKEPE scandal is back at the top of the political agenda as Parliament is due to debate... (EPPO) into the farming subsidy scandal. In the meantime, the government changed its stance... Avgenakis should not face a preliminary judicial inquiry related to the OPEKEPE scandal
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Controversial migration bill divides government factions
PoliticsGreek Politicsby Plevris after being named in the EU prosecutor’s dossier on the OPEKEPE scandal. The dissent... The OPEKEPE scandal continues to cloud the government’s attempts to get back on track with voters... into politicians’ role in the fraud. The government has a struggle ahead of it to shake off the scandal
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OPEKEPE hearings ruffle feathers in New Democracy as party waits for Samaras’s next move
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe parliamentary inquiry into the fraudulent farm payments scandal has heard claims of political... to provide direct confirmation of high-level political involvement in the scandal, which New Democracy... named in the European Public Prosecutor’s dossier on the scandal, the former minister has become
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Mitsotakis seeks to appease farmers as they sow grievances on streets of Athens
PoliticsGreek Politicsover delayed subsidies and the fallout from the OPEKEPE scandal, as well as the damage caused... like Crete, where transport and water scarcity exacerbate the burden. Apart from the OPEKEPE scandal... aimed at rebuilding trust in the wake of the OPEKEPE scandal, which has paralysed subsidy payments
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Farmers dig in as clashes and political tension escalate
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the scandal‑ridden OPEKEPE agency into the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (IAPR) is seen... scandal, with its revelations of mismanagement and political interference, has left farmers convinced..., structural reforms dictated by Brussels, and the lingering shadow of scandal has created a puzzle
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