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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Helena Smith in Athens

Greece to launch parliamentary inquiry into spy scandal

Nikos Androulakis
Nikos Androulakis, leader of the Pasok party, talks to the media in July after filing a complaint at the supreme court in Athens over attempted spying on his mobile phone. Photograph: Eurokinissi/AFP/Getty Images

Greece is to launch a parliamentary inquiry into a spy scandal embroiling the government as MEPs also step up calls for an investigation into the use of phone taps in the country.

An inquiry proposed by the centre-left Pasok party was backed by the entire political opposition late on Monday after revelations that the group’s leader, Nikos Androulakis, had been placed under surveillance while serving as an MEP.

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