Greek PM Mitsotakis wins no-confidence vote over wiretapping scandal
Greece's conservative government led by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis survived a vote of no confidence on Friday, with 156 members in the 300-seat Greek parliament voting in support of Mitsotakis, according to the parliament.
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- Published Date: 04:55 | 27 January 2023
- Modified Date: 05:28 | 27 January 2023
Greece's conservative government on Friday survived, as expected, a vote of no confidence put forward by the leftist opposition over a wiretapping scandal targeting politicians, army top brass and journalists.
Allegations of state surveillance have snowballed since the leader of the socialist PASOK party, Greece's third-largest, said last August that his phone had been tapped by the state intelligence service EYP in 2021.
The government has denied any wrongdoing or knowingly wiretapping anyone.
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