{"id":14044,"date":"2026-04-03T11:41:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T11:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/03\/pasok-insists-government-must-resign-over-scandal\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T11:41:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T11:41:12","slug":"pasok-insists-government-must-resign-over-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/03\/pasok-insists-government-must-resign-over-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"PASOK insists government must resign over scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1300067\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/pasok-40-320x200.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/pasok-40.jpg\" alt=\"PASOK insists government must resign over scandal\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/pasok-40.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n                                                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Greece\u2019s main opposition Socialist party repeated calls for early elections Friday and accused the governing conservatives of widespread corruption after three Cabinet members were replaced over their involvement in a farm subsidy scandal.<\/p>\n<p>The resignations followed an investigation of the scandal by the European Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office, as European Union funds were disbursed in subsidies, that was forwarded to Greece\u2019s Parliament Friday.<\/p>\n<p>PASOK spokesman Costas Tsoukalas said this meant that \u201cthe restructuring of the government was not decided by [Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis] but by the EPPO.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn any case, no restructuring can save a government that is based on a majority [of lawmakers] under investigation by the judiciary,\u201d Tsoukalas said. \u201cThe only answer is early elections to achieve cleansing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At least 13 lawmakers in Mitsotakis\u2019 governing New Democracy party have been named in investigation files sent by the EPPO to Greek authorities for lifting of their immunity from prosecution. ND has a six-seat majority in the 300-seat Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>Tsoukalas added that Friday\u2019s replacement of the rural development minister \u201cunderlines the extensive corruption whose core and heart lie deep within the government and the Prime Minister\u2019s office.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/economy\/1300067\/pasok-insists-government-must-resign-over-scandal\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greece\u2019s main opposition Socialist party repeated calls for early elections Friday and accused the governing conservatives of widespread corruption after three Cabinet members were replaced over their involvement in a farm subsidy scandal. 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