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PM embarks on persuasion exercise as political veterans pick up on public discontent PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis has launched a fresh campaign to showcase government initiatives on the cost of living and quality of public services, against a backdrop of protests from key sectors.
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ND braces for rural backlash to OPEKEPE scandal as law and order initiatives take centre stage The prospect of further delays in agricultural support payments has New Democracy lawmakers rattled, as mounting discontent over the OPEKEPE scandal and the government’s handling of rural affairs bubbles over into protests.
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Voters in flux as government faces more pushback over labour reforms As another 24-hour strike was held on Tuesday to protest the government’s planned labour reforms, two new opinion polls gave an indication of how the Greek public has reacted not just to this issue, but also other recent developments, such as the protests linked to the Tempe train crash case, the ongoing revelations around the OPEKEPE farming subsidy scandal and the decision by former SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras to quit the leftist party.
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Tempe reverberations continue as PM reacts to ongoing protests Despite the decision taken last week by the justice system to agree to the demands made by relatives of the 57 people killed in the Tempe train crash for the exhumation of the victims’ remains, it appears that the aftermath of Greece’s deadliest rail accident will continue to dog the government for months, if not years, to come.
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Gaza continues to expose political fault lines as PM hopes peace deal brings less scrutiny Greece’s Foreign Ministry may have welcomed a US-brokered peace deal between Israel and Hamas as “historic” this week, but the tension between the Greek government and opposition parties over the country’s stance on the Gaza issue continues to be intense and visible.
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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.
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Tempe postmortem decision opens up government and judiciary to criticism The families of the victims of the Tempe rail crash welcomed a court decision granting permission for additional tests to be carried out on the remains of some of the 57 individuals who died in the accident in 2023.
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Government fears losing momentum to new Tempe backlash as GSI tensions rise The government is concerned that it could be set to face a fresh backlash from the public over the Tempe train crash amid ongoing disquiet about how the investigation into Greece’s deadliest rail disaster is being managed.
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Amid signs of split over Tempe probe, government plays down EU prosecutor’s remarks The government attempted to put a positive spin on the pointed criticism delivered by European Chief Prosecutor Laura Kovesi during her visit to Athens but Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s administration continues to be dogged by some of the issues the visiting official identified.
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Top EU prosecutor lambasts anti-corruption efforts, calls for reform to bring ex-ministers to justice Laura Kövesi, the chief prosecutor directing several investigations into the misuse of EU funds in Greece, said her office would not be deterred from getting to the bottom of corruption scandals like OPEKEPE and Tempe.