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ND moves to dismiss charges against former ministers against opposition objections As the parliamentary inquiry into the OPEKEPE farm payments scandal draws to a close, calls by opposition parties for criminal charges to be brought against two former ministers look set to be stymied by the New Democracy majority which blames historic mismanagement at the agency.
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ND and PASOK trade accusations as fresh corruption allegations cloud opposition As parties square up for a protracted pre-election campaign season, New Democracy is turning the spotlight on the main opposition, PASOK, with claims that ongoing corruption investigations taint the social democrats’ leadership.
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Farmers roll back into Athens as government fails to resolve long-running dispute The government’s latest attempt to defuse a long‑running standoff with Greece’s farmers appears to have fallen flat, with producers and livestock breeders returning to the streets of Athens on Friday in a fresh show of discontent.
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Labour agreement hailed by government as restoration of pre-crisis rights PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis claimed to have lifted the final restrictions imposed on the labour markets by the bailout programmes, after the social partners shook hands on a deal to extend collective agreements.
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OPEKEPE inquiry sparks new political clash as despondent public looks on The parliamentary inquiry into the OPEKEPE farming subsidy scandal has been thrown into turmoil, with the government being accused by the opposition of ensuring that a key witness Giorgos Xylouris – a Cretan farmer and former New Democracy member nicknamed “Frappé” - will not testify.
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Government warned to brace for repercussions of farm payments clean-up The knock-on effects of the OPEKEPE scandal look set trouble PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his government for some months to come, as farmers threaten action over delays to payments.
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Government tries to shake off OPEKEPE stigma as PASOK struggles to make gains Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is hailing the arrests of suspects in the OPEKEPE scandal as a success for the Greek authorities as he attempts to turn the tables on the government’s critics in relation to the farming subsidy affair.
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Grave OPEKEPE claims add to climate of mistrust affecting ND, political system The ongoing parliamentary inquiry into the OPEKEPE scandal continues to produce revelations that could be severely damaging for the government, which has been engaged in a constant firefighting exercise since the corruption allegations came to prominence earlier this year, causing public disapproval and consternation within the governing party’s ranks.
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Predatorgate and OPEKEPE offer opposition ammunition amid deteriorating public sentiment A court case over the deployment of illegal spyware has revived the opposition’s claims that the PM’s office was running an eavesdropping operation on political rivals and other public figures, while the drip feed of damaging revelations about the farm subsidy scandal continue to erode the government’s credibility.
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OPEKEPE hearings ruffle feathers in New Democracy as party waits for Samaras’s next move The parliamentary inquiry into the fraudulent farm payments scandal has heard claims of political interference from a former head of the payments agency, testing loyalties within the governing party.