{"id":44296,"date":"2026-04-08T00:47:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T00:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=44296"},"modified":"2026-04-08T00:47:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T00:47:05","slug":"eu-farm-fraud-scandal-rocks-greek-government-pm-urges-swift-action-a-propos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=44296","title":{"rendered":"EU farm fraud scandal rocks Greek government, PM urges swift action &#8211; A propos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"t-content__main-media\" data-media-video-ed1517bb-af24-4a7d-a018-50b03ab98d02=\"\" data-wrapper-video-player=\"\" data-show-hidden-video-player=\"ED1517BB-AF24-4A7D-A018-50B03AB98D02\" data-autoplay-video-link=\"\" data-youtube-script=\"\">\n<div class=\"o-em-consent \">\n<div class=\"o-em-consent__content\">\n<p class=\"o-em-consent__content__text\">To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement.<\/p>\n<p>        <button class=\"a-master-button a-master-button--dark\" data-action=\"accept\"><br \/>\n            Accept<br \/>\n                            <svg class=\"a-svg a-svg--icon-check\">\n    <use xlink:href=\"http:\/\/www.france24.com\/build\/images\/svg\/sprite.c98bf387c90bc4a87186b0b783f15ba0.svg#icon-check\" href=\"http:\/\/www.france24.com\/build\/images\/svg\/sprite.c98bf387c90bc4a87186b0b783f15ba0.svg#icon-check\"\/>\n  <\/svg><br \/>\n        <\/button><br \/>\n        <button class=\"a-link\" data-action=\"manage\">Manage my choices<i class=\"a-svg a-svg--icon-edit\"\/><\/button>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o-em-adblock\" data-adblock-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"o-em-adblock__content\">\n<p class=\"o-em-adblock__content__text\">One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site.<\/p>\n<p>            <button class=\"a-master-button a-master-button--dark\" data-action=\"reload\">Try again<\/button>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"m-item-image m-item-image--16x9 m-item-image--has-caption\">\n<picture class=\"a-picture a-picture--16x9\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s.france24.com\/media\/display\/7e8143fe-32c5-11f1-91f4-005056bf30b7\/w:388\/p:16x9\/capture-179973207969d57193571867-19962531.webp 388w,https:\/\/s.france24.com\/media\/display\/7e8143fe-32c5-11f1-91f4-005056bf30b7\/w:720\/p:16x9\/capture-179973207969d57193571867-19962531.webp 720w,https:\/\/s.france24.com\/media\/display\/7e8143fe-32c5-11f1-91f4-005056bf30b7\/w:1024\/p:16x9\/capture-179973207969d57193571867-19962531.webp 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1076px) 100vw, 1012px\"><br \/>\n<\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"a-figcaption\">\n                <span>greece<\/span>                <span>\u00a9 agences<\/span>            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"t-content__metadata\">\n<div class=\"t-content__dates\">\n<p class=\"m-pub-dates\"><span class=\"m-pub-dates__date\">Issued on: <time datetime=\"2026-04-07T21:06:21+00:00\" pubdate=\"pubdate\">07\/04\/2026 &#8211; 23:06<\/time><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n                                            <svg class=\"a-svg a-svg--icon-replay\">\n    <use xlink:href=\"http:\/\/www.france24.com\/build\/images\/svg\/sprite.c98bf387c90bc4a87186b0b783f15ba0.svg#icon-replay\" href=\"http:\/\/www.france24.com\/build\/images\/svg\/sprite.c98bf387c90bc4a87186b0b783f15ba0.svg#icon-replay\"\/>\n  <\/svg><br \/>\n                            12:15 min\n                        <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tv-shows\/a-propos\/\" class=\"t-content__program m-program\"><\/p>\n<p>From the show<\/p>\n<p>                                        <svg class=\"a-svg a-svg--icon-caret-right a-svg--rotate-minus-90\">\n    <use xlink:href=\"http:\/\/www.france24.com\/build\/images\/svg\/sprite.c98bf387c90bc4a87186b0b783f15ba0.svg#icon-caret-down\" href=\"http:\/\/www.france24.com\/build\/images\/svg\/sprite.c98bf387c90bc4a87186b0b783f15ba0.svg#icon-caret-down\"\/>\n  <\/svg><\/p>\n<picture class=\"a-picture a-picture--original\">\n    <img fetchpriority=\"low\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.france24.com\/media\/display\/614dd280-139a-11ef-8c5f-005056bfb2b6\/EN-a-propos.svg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s.france24.com\/media\/display\/614dd280-139a-11ef-8c5f-005056bfb2b6\/EN-a-propos.svg\" alt=\"A propos\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"a-img  a-img--svg\"\/>\n<\/picture>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n                                        <svg class=\"a-svg a-svg--icon-clock\">\n    <use xlink:href=\"http:\/\/www.france24.com\/build\/images\/svg\/sprite.c98bf387c90bc4a87186b0b783f15ba0.svg#icon-clock\" href=\"http:\/\/www.france24.com\/build\/images\/svg\/sprite.c98bf387c90bc4a87186b0b783f15ba0.svg#icon-clock\"\/>\n  <\/svg><br \/>\n                        <span class=\"t-content__reading-time__label\">Reading time<\/span><br \/>\n                        1 min<\/p>\n<p class=\"t-content__chapo\">\n                                                Greek P\u200bM Kyriakos Mitsotakis urged EU prosecutors to decide swiftly whether to indict lawmakers from his centre-right New Democracy party as part of a farm fraud probe, as he seeks to stem the political fallout from the \u200bscandal. European prosecutors charged dozens of Greek stockbreeders last \u2060year with faking ownership of pastureland to claim millions of euros in EU farm subsidies, allegedly with the help of state employees and conservative politicians. 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