EU farm fraud scandal rocks Greek government, PM urges swift action
Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis urged EU prosecutors to decide swiftly whether to indict lawmakers from his centre-right New Democracy party as part of a farm fraud probe, as he seeks to stem the political fallout from the scandal. European...
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Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis urged EU prosecutors to decide swiftly whether to indict lawmakers from his centre-right New Democracy party as part of a farm fraud probe, as he seeks to stem the political fallout from the scandal. European prosecutors charged dozens of Greek stockbreeders last year with faking ownership of pastureland to claim millions of euros in EU farm subsidies, allegedly with the help of state employees and conservative politicians. FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks with Georgios Samaras, Assistant Professor in Public Policy at the School for Government and the Policy Institute at King’s College London.
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