The head of the European Prosecutor's Office disturbed the “blue locusts”. Successive attacks against Laura Codruța Kovesi

The opposition of Greece denounces an “attack” in the area of the ruling party The new democracy to affect the prestige of the European Prosecutor's Office and the attempt to “demolish” the head of the institution, Laura Codruța Kovesi, considering that this attempt has the fact that the EPPO has documented, by investigating and preparing the file, which has been prepared for the “Sub. Fictitious pastures, according to the Greek publication νews 24/7, quoted by Rador Radio Romania.

The Greek publication refers to “blue locusts”, reminiscent of the color of the new Democracy party, in government in Greece

According to News 24/7, the indirect “arrows” against the European control mechanism seem to be in the “center” of the arguments that the two former ministers are involved in this case: Makis Voridis and Lefteris Avgenakis.

The finding of the opposition parties is based on an article by the former minister and currently parliamentary Sofia Voultepsi, published in the newspaper “Manifesto”.

The article refers to the head of the European Prosecutor's Office, Laura Codruța Kovesi, having the title: “Romania: judicial thriller with Kovesi – an criminal group involves the European prosecutor”.

What accuses the opposition of Greece

According to the Pasok Opposition Party, the article “targets and discredit in the title unprecedented the European prosecutor, although inside the article he pleads for his non -involvement.

And this to come to the conclusion that “all these are for those who claim that mentioning names in third parties are serious guilt indications.”

This last reference to Sofia Voultepsi is perceived by the main opposition party that establishes a correlation with the Opekepe case.

For this reason, Pasok asks the following questions: “How low will the representatives of the new democrats be descended to justify what cannot be justified? Does it not show respect for any institution? The attacks of the representatives of the new democracy against the European justice express the views of the Government? Does they act alone or under the central guidance of the Palace Maximus (no Greek)?”

Pasok stressed that “the government is called to take a position on the unqualified reports of its parliament. If it does not distance itself, it means that the Mitsotakis regime itself is behind these stratagems.”

And the New Left Party (Syriza) seems to reach this political conclusion, saying that “sad figures of the government gang try to demolish the European prosecutor. Instead of answers, the attacks on those trying to reveal the truth continue.”

Attempts to discredit the European Prosecutor's Office

From this perspective, an interesting element of the subject is that the positions expressed by Sofia Voultepsi seem to have significant similarities with some of those expressed by the two main involved in the Opekepe case: former ministers of Rural Development Makis Voridis and Lefteris Avgenakis, as the indirect attempt (to discredit the institution of the European parquet. defense ”.

Specifically, Lefteris Avgenakis tried to challenge the “special weight” of the files that the European Prosecutor's Office transfers to the authorities of the EU Member States and national parliaments.

Relevant is his reference to the debate in the Parliament of Greece, when the proposals of the opposition (PASOK, SYRIZA) regarding the establishment of a preliminary investigation commission were rejected, the proposals being based on the files of the European Prosecutor's Office.

The former minister described the file as a “formal”, saying that: “The European prosecutor has transmitted hundreds of cases in a similar way to the twenty-four Member States of the European Union that falls under the European Prosecutor's Office, without the drafts, without an evaluation of the criminal liability, as a formal application of his competence to protect the financial interests-as well as in the European Union- We discuss. “

It even went even further, stating: “According to the annual report of the European Prosecutor's Office of 2024, the European Prosecutor's Office under the leadership of Kovesi Dominii had a total of 2,666 active cases, without issuing definitive court decisions or indictment for the vast majority of them. It should be mentioned that a criminal prosecution was initiated in 205 These figures, no more, no less, present the institution of the European Prosecutor's Office as producing files that lead nowhere, with the obvious intention to undermine the prestige of the institution concerned ”.

A power parliamentarian minimized EPPO information

He even concluded that “the transmission of data to the Parliament is part of a general, non-incriminating investigation, integrated into the European liability mechanism”.

Makis Voridis from the ruling party was more careful in forms, but … caustic to the European Prosecutor's Office, in the position expressed in the same meeting. Addressing the opposition, he stressed that there is no evaluation of the data in the case file, commenting that “a logical consequence of this evaluation, if you adopt it, is that the prosecutor do something illegal.

In this indirect way, he minimized the data collected by the European Prosecutor's Office, despite the fact that they include the well -known telephone connections, which have “unmasked” the functioning of an EU funding mechanism.

During this time, the “most official” version displayed by the new democracy, as expressed by the Vice -President of the Party and the Government, Kostis Hatzidakis, insists on presenting the parliamentary commission approved on July 29 as a place where criminal liability of some ministers may be resulted.

This is the response given to the reports of the international press that speak, such as Polito, about a “blocking” by the Greek government of this type investigations.

Commission of Inquiry for the Opekepe scandal

Kostis Hatzidakis has argued in an interview for a radio station that “the Opekepe issue is extremely unpleasant to the Government and for all the parties that governed. There is a commission of investigation, the investigation will be started by the Parliament in public meetings. And we said that if there is evidence, it would be political stupidity from the Government to hide something.”

However, this statement was rejected by the opposition, which invokes documents from the file of the European Prosecutor's Office. There it is emphasized that an overcoming of February 6 will probably mean prescribing criminal liability for Makis Voridis.

The Greek publication emphasizes that the parliamentary majority of the New Democracy Party has granted the Commission of Inquiry (which will start its activity in autumn, no) a term of 3 months for submitting the report on the conclusions of parliamentary hearings, while for other commissions, for example, for the railway from Tempi, it was granted only one month, which would ensure the deadline.