To get out of the difficult position he has come with his case OPECEPE the government is attempting, with the Kyriakos Mitsotakis For the second consecutive day to give the tone of government strategy. After The phrase “Failed” he used on Sunday in his post on FacebookMr. Mitsotakis came back yesterday announcing the establishment of a Task Force to claim illegally paid grants Of those who received them, though they did not correspond to them. This impact team will consist of financial police and AADE officials, with the latter taking over the lion’s share of the investigation to find the “cunning”.
Mr Mitsotakis also insisted yesterday in a self -critical line, saying that he was also responsible for other governments that have previously moved in the field of agricultural grants, stressing that state structures should be reformed, even if it implies political costs. Mr. Mitsotakis is obviously insisting on the “cut” of the Gordian bond With the proclamation of the Sinner OPEKEPE to the “umbrella” of AADEso that agricultural subsidies go through the era of Gov.gr, as he put it yesterday.
We are immediately setting up a special control group, with the participation of representatives and the Financial Police and the Independent Public Revenue Authority and all relevant audit bodies. We will immediately and exhaustively investigate cases of illegal payment of aid. pic.twitter.com/2aPKnnxlJS
– Prime Minister GR (@primeminister) June 30, 2025
In any case, in high -ranking government scales they realize that the case of OPECEPE It hurts the government at the core of the reform narrative. And while it is still unclear if it causes democratic losses and to what extent, the political problem for the government is the old -fashioned attitudes that are revealed In the dialogues in question.
“We must not adopt the logic of offsetting, nor is it enough to say that these voting practices were timeless, made by other factions. Citizens voted us to change the bad texts, not to perpetuate them, “Mr Mitsotakis said meaningfully, sending a message to ministers and” blue “executives.
Crisis management
It is certain, however, that in Maximus Palace they have returned to crisis management regime. Mr. Mitsotakis together with the Vice President of the Government, Kostis Hatzidakisthe Deputy Minister than the Prime Minister, George Mylonakisthe Minister of State, Akiand the government spokesman, Paul Marinakiis in the “foreground”, shaping the strategy.
Government executives explain that the first and fundamental step was the abolition of OPEKEPE, in immediate consultation with the Commission, while with quick moves it was announced and announced and announced The departure from the government’s form of Maki Voridis and the three former deputy ministers. In an attempt, the government not to broadcast a one -dimensional cabinet in yesterday’s cabinet, a significant bill, such as The “small recovery fund” of more than $ 8 billion. who later specialized in the Ministry of the Environment but also The job bill of Niki Kerameos.
In this context, however, the government clearly cut off the scenarios and new resignations yesterday, with the backdrop of the dialogues of the Directors of the Offices of Yiannis Kefalogiannis and Christos Kella, thus clarifying that there is a distinction of responsibility.
Decisions and warnings
Whatever it is, the government It is called upon to make the decisions in the near future as to the parliamentary investigation of the case. With the data so far, the ND looks rather reluctant to Pre -trial that will concern the Maki Voridiswhile for Lefteris Avgenakis No definitive decision has been made, given that all the information in the case file is still being considered.
In any case, the ND She will not submit her own proposal, as she did in the case of Christos Triantopoulos and Kostas Karamanlis and will argue on Based on the PASOK proposal that was announced yesterday by Nikos Androulakis. The dominant scenario right now is that the ND does not consent, but this remains to be finalized.
In any case, the case has re -activated centrifugal trends within the party’s parliamentary group. THE Dimitris Markopoulos now moving in the logic of open observations has left spikes for Maximus’ inability and … Excel to predict developments, and Stelios Petsas Yesterday he called on the government to prevent any new developments and became the first ND MP in favor of the two former ministers. And the Theodore Karaoglou He also said that offsetting were not allowed and insisted that “we are not all the same”.