#CORRUPTION

Although Laura Kövesi acknowledged that corruption is not unique to Greece, government-friendly outlets highlighted that remark to downplay her harsher comments.

Tsipras argued for a national recovery plan stretching to 2030.

While Greeks condemn corruption, many are prepared to tolerate it if it delivers competence or personal advantage.

Mitsotakis came to power promising to modernize Greece, bring transparency to governance, and dismantle the deeply rooted clientelist networks that had long defined the country’s political landscape.

Greece’s Minister for Citizen Protection, Michalis Chrysochoidis, unveiled a sweeping anti-corruption report on Monday, revealing that dozens of public officials were among 80 arrested in a five-month probe into organized crime—part of an intensified effort to root out systemic misconduct threatening the country’s institutions and economy.

This breakthrough follows on the heels of EPPO’s investigation into Contract 717, a separate case involving procurement irregularities, for which criminal charges have already been filed against well-known Greek business figures.

A sweeping EU corruption probe has rocked Greek politics, as European prosecutors formally named two former ministers in a subsidy fraud investigation—escalating pressure on the ruling New Democracy party and exposing deep tensions between national and European legal systems.

Billions in European Union farm subsidies are at risk as Greece’s agricultural payment agency, OPEKEPE, comes under criminal investigation for large-scale fraud. With allegations of phantom farmland and misused funds, Brussels is threatening to suspend payments - escalating a crisis that could cripple Greek agriculture and force sweeping reforms in the country’s subsidy system.