On the day Kyriakos Mitsotakis visits Paris to meet with Emmanuel Macron, the French newspaper *Libération* takes a hard swipe at him—and does so in no uncertain terms. It published an article titled «In Greece, the far right is at the helm of the “deep state.”».
The article in the reputable French newspaper confirms that there is no end in sight to the International backlash against the Mitsotakis government over the wiretapping scandal in Greece.
The French newspaper begins its article with the new revelations made by Christos Spirtzis last Friday regarding the surveillance of a cell phone using Predator. «The new revelation tightens the noose around the prime minister and leader of the New Democracy party», notes *Liberation*, while raising questions about the vast surveillance system that has been put in place by the highest levels of government.
It also brings to mind the Promotion of Marianthi Pagouteli to Vice President of the Supreme Court, which «He lamented on a blog that “Hitler didn't completely exterminate the Jews”», recalling that in 2007 he had requested the Acquittal of a «notorious Holocaust denier,” Konstantinos Plevris, author of the book “The Jews: The Whole Truth,” for racist comments and incitement to hatred. »His lawyer was his son, Thanos Plevris… who is now the Minister of Health!" She observes this, while noting that the judge's promotion has sparked reactions even within the New Democracy party.
Liberation, which notes that new details about the wiretapping scandal are coming to light every day, along with new victims of surveillance, has spoken with university professors in Greece and France, journalists—including Dimitris Psaras of *Ef.Syn.*, who has reported extensively on Marianthi Pagouteli—as well as Members of the European Parliament, members of the PEGA committee, including Hannes Heide, an Austrian member of the Socialists and Democrats, who asks: «Why is it so easy to monitor citizens in Greece? Is Greece on the path to becoming an authoritarian state?».
