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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By George Georgiopoulos

Greek parliament sets up inquiry commission to probe phone tapping scandal

FILE PHOTO: Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis speaks with members of his government and lawmakers during a parliamentary session on a wiretapping case, in Athens, Greece, August 26, 2022. REUTERS/Costas Baltas

Greek lawmakers on Monday voted in favour of setting up an inquiry commission to probe the phone tapping of an opposition leader that led Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to sack the head of the country's intelligence service (EYP).

The scandal over the wiretapping of Nikos Androulakis, leader of socialist party PASOK, Greece's third-largest political party, has turned up the heat on the conservative premier who brought EYP under his control after taking office three years ago.

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