In Greece, we are often surprised when we read in the news that investigations have been launched by judicial and police authorities into the unjustified enrichment of politicians. We believe that this kind of accountability “cannot happen here.”
The antidote to this cynicism is the fact that recently there have been inquiries, even legal surveillance of suspects, which have revealed scandals such as that of the corruption in local urban planning offices or in Greece’s embattled EU farm subsidy agency OPEKEPE.
The fact that the system worked without leaks and without cover-ups is important and shows that something is changing in the country.
