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Unresolved scandals fuel tetchiness, personal battles between parties A heated confrontation between Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis and PASOK has become the clearest expression of the increasingly fractious mood in Greek politics.
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Leadership’s handling of OPEKEPE allegations sparks unrest in New Democracy Managing the mood in the governing party is set to become the next challenge for PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis, as his initial reaction to latest legal developments on the OPEKEPE farm payments case has sparked tensions in the New Democracy parliamentary group.
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Farm subsidy scandal prompts disquiet in ruling party, encourages opposition The OPEKEPE affair has moved into a new, more dangerous phase for the government, fuelled by daily leaks from the European prosecutor’s case files and an opposition that now treats the scandal as proof that the government has lost its moral and institutional footing.
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OPEKEPE scandal widens as pressure mounts for PM on multiple fronts The political landscape shifted again on Thursday as the OPEKEPE affair deepened, adding new names, new legal pathways, and new political complications to a scandal that is rapidly becoming one of the most destabilising episodes of the government’s seven‑year tenure.
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Reshuffle on horizon as second OPEKEPE dossier rattles government A new dossier from the chief EU prosecutor relating to the OPEKEPE farm-aid scandal has thrown a spanner in the works of PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s plans for an orderly progress to the 2027 elections.
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Tempe and Predatorgate court cases bring government scandals back to fore Two of the darkest episodes of the Mitsotakis administration, the deadly Tempe rail crash and the Predator spyware scandal, have returned to haunt the government as court proceedings cast doubt on its commitment to justice and transparency.
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Opposition pledges to continue pursuing OPEKEPE scandal as new evidence emerges Opposition parties warn that New Democracy is not off the hook over the OPEKEPE farm payments scandal, as evidence continues to emerge barely a week after the governing party voted to conclude a parliamentary inquiry into the affair.
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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.