Train crash debate mired in acrimony

As expected, the parliamentary debate on Wednesday on the findings of the committee of inquiry into the deadly February 2023 railway accident at Tempe was overshadowed by the acrimony between the government and opposition parties. The cross-party committee looking into the causes of the train crash in central Greece, which claimed 57 lives and left scores injured, concluded its sessions on Monday with each party submitting its findings.

Parliament on Wednesday debated the conclusions of ruling New Democracy and reaffirmed its inability to formulate a common position on the causes of the accident, with ND citing human errors and the opposition insisting on the existence of criminal responsibility of government officials. To complicate matters further, last week the head of the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) told Kathimerini that a constitutional provision in...