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What does Mitsotakis’ proposal for incompatibility between minister and MP mean, and the reduction of MPs on the table

The proposal, framed with reference to models of other countries, such as the French one - The Prime Minister referred the debate as a whole to after the 2027 elections

Mitsotakis proposes incompatibility between Minister and MP after the 2027 elections

In the wake of the OPEKEPE case, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced on Monday a proposal that ministers should no longer simultaneously serve as members of Parliament after the 2027 elections. Under his plan, any minister serving in the Cabinet would be temporarily replaced in Parliament by the first runner-up, while efforts would be made to strengthen the role of MPs

Greek Patriot shot down a drone in Saudi Arabia

This follows the successful shooting down of two Iranian missiles on 19 March

OPEKEPE developments: Mitsotakis responds as pressure builds in ND

The Prime Minister wants to put the political spin on a case that continues to hurt the government and the Southwest, to point out that a number of cuts have been made in the state, but there are many bets that need to be won

MP Vassiliadis requests lifting of immunity in OPEKEPE Case: ‘My name was mentioned indirectly in third-party conversations’

"There is no indication of any illegal act on my part" he says in a statement

OPEKEPE: Papakosta’s falsification over… cattle deemed a felony – What the European Public Prosecutor’s findings say about Karamanlis and Livanos

Interventions by the MP for Trikala are attributed to influence OPEKEPE and veterinarians so that livestock farmers in her constituency would receive illegal subsidies – No direct communication between Karamanlis and OPEKEPE – Livanos reportedly said that the Serres MP’s office was requesting payments for producers

The background with the reshuffle for OPEKEPE: The messages from Mitsotakis, the ministerial appointment of Schinas, Tourna, and Lazaridis

The most difficult decision the Prime Minister was called upon to make - The special cases of Ioannis Kefalogiannis, Kostas Tsiaras, Dimitris Vartzopoulos, Notis Mitarakis and Lakis Vassiliadis

Athanasiou on OPEKEPE: I asked for restoration of injustice to a farmer; there was no illegal act

As he says, he had asked the president of OPEKEPE to correct the reduced rating of a farmer in his region

Cabinet reshuffle 2026: Schinas and Lazaridis at the Ministry of Agricultural Development, Tournas at Civil Protection

Changes to the government cabinet are being announced by government spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis

Reshuffle at 12:30: Kefalogiannis, Tsiaras, Vartzopoulos and Kellas out – Schinas, Lazaridis and Tournas enter the government

Vartzopoulos will not be replaced – ND Secretary Kostas Skrekas is also expected to resign within hours – The names of those who resigned are included in one of the two OPEKEPE case files that reached Parliament earlier

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