Greek PM wins no-confidence vote over wiretapping scandal

Allegations of state surveillance have snowballed since the leader of the socialist PASOK party said his phone had been tapped

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Credit: AFP Photo

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.