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Opposition striving to ensure surveillance scandal remains live issue Greece’s opposition parties are refusing to let go of the surveillance issue despite the Supreme Court recently announcing that its investigation into the scandal found no evidence of state agencies or officials being involved in the illegal wiretaps.
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Opposition demands scrutiny of surveillance verdict by Parliament Five opposition parties have lodged a motion to hear testimony from the Supreme Court judges who earlier this week cleared the government and its agencies of any involvement in the use of illegal spyware.
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Opposition parties cry foul over prosecutor’s findings in spyware probe The decision by the Supreme Court to shelve the investigation into the possible involvement of government agencies or officials in the use of illegal spyware to eavesdrop on journalists, public figures and businessmen has enraged opposition parties who are calling the findings a whitewash.
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SYRIZA seizes on latest spyware reports to renew pressure on government The wiretapping scandal, involving the illegal surveillance of dozens of politicians, public officials, journalists and businessmen, is back at the forefront of the political debate this week after a series of revealing reports in the local media.
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Government hails rule of law progress but open investigations continue to raise questions The publication of the European Commission’s annual Rule of Law report has been welcomed by government officials, who describe it as a validation of the administration’s reforms and a response to its critics at home and abroad.
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ND throws weight behind pursuit of whistleblowers, prompting SYRIZA backlash The government seems intent on supporting efforts to reveal the identity of the whistleblowers who gave evidence shedding light on the Novartis scandal, which was also at the heart of a major political clash in Greece.
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Tough choices ahead for Mitsotakis, as reforms risk irking voters Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told an audience in Washington DC that he is committed to pursuing centrist policies despite the erosion of New Democracy’s majority at the recent EP elections.
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Mitsotakis raises bar for EP vote success as fringe parties and abstention hold key to result With New Democracy dominating the polls just under three weeks to go to EP elections, leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis appears confident that the party can exceed expectations set earlier in the campaign. The degree of voter abstention and the ability of smaller parties to beat the election threshold are now seen as holding the key to the allocation of seats.
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Mitsotakis uses justice reform as election rallying cry in aftermath of Mati verdict With the verdict of the Mati trial still fresh, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis sought to rally public sentiment behind his justice reform bill, before confronting the opposition on a wide array of campaign issues in the upcoming EP elections.
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PoliticsGreek Politics Mati fire verdict prompts legal blame game as PM pledges swifter justice The court verdict in the Mati wildfire trial has become the subject of political jockeying between the government and main opposition party SYRIZA amid surprise at the leniency of the sentences issued.