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Government counter‑offensive on OPEKEPE as Tsipras–SYRIZA schism deepens The government has launched a forceful counter‑offensive following the European Public Prosecutor’s Office’s (EPPO) decision to prosecute four New Democracy MPs for misdemeanour‑level offences linked to agricultural subsidies.
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New EPPO indictments threaten further disruption to ND as SYRIZA continues to shrink The European Public Prosecutor’s investigation into the OPEKEPE scandal took another turn on Wednesday with the announcement of indictments against four government lawmakers and several former senior officials for crimes connected with fraud at the farm payments agency.
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Government leans on 'law and order' after arson arrests, but Predator scandal still festers 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.
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Samaras escalates row with PM as ELAS tries to build credibility Over recent weeks, pressure on Maximos has begun to converge from multiple directions: Antonis Samaras has escalated his personal confrontation with Kyriakos Mitsotakis over the Predator surveillance scandal and Alexis Tsipras’s new party, the Greek Left Alliance (ELAS), is simultaneously attacking the government’s economic narrative and grappling with the challenge of presenting a credible, fully costed alternative.
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Scandals, shifting polls and strategic anxiety make for unsettled political summer Two scandals from the recent past have returned to unsettle New Democracy just as a new opinion poll shows the governing party regaining ground, and as PASOK grapples with an increasingly fraught debate over its post‑election alliances.
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EPPO raises stakes over judicial independence question as new political entrants build cases The confrontation between the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) and the government over the OPEKEPE farm subsidy scandal and the Floridis amendment has escalated into a test case for judicial independence, EU conditionality and the limits of executive control over institutions.
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Karystianou’s party makes political debut as confrontation over scandals continues Maria Karystianou’s new political movement was launched in Thessaloniki on Thursday evening in what was far more than a conventional party unveiling.
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Mitsotakis raises alarm over Hormuz, Turkey and new geography of European security Three separate interventions - Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s extensive interview on the Financial Times’ Rachman Review podcast, Defence Minister Nikos Dendias’s remarks at a discussion in Athens organised by the Kyklos think-tank on Wednesday, and former foreign minister Dora Bakoyannis’s warning about Turkey’s emerging “Blue Homeland” legislation - delivered a cohesive message to Europe, reflecting Greece’s belief that that the EU needs to step up on strategic and defensive matters.
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Government faces renewed cover-up claims over OPEKEPE and surveillance scandals Opposition parties are accusing New Democracy of fostering a crisis of political accountability over the governing party’s latest moves in the OPEKEPE and Predatorgate cases, which they say are designed to narrow the scope for parliamentary scrutiny.
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Predator row deepens as Tsipras publishes ideological roadmap for new party The Predator affair is turning into one of the most serious institutional confrontations of recent years and a major flashpoint in the build-up towards the next general election, in which Alexis Tsipras looks set to be competing with his own vehicle after the publication of his new political manifesto on May 1.