Fact checkFinancePublished June 4, 2026
Kyriakos Mitsotakis: “Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis urged EU prosecutors to act quickly in a farm fraud case implicating Greek lawmakers and stockbreeders.”. Our verdict: True.

The claim

“Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis urged EU prosecutors to act quickly in a farm fraud case implicating Greek lawmakers and stockbreeders.”

Kyriakos MitsotakisStatementApril 6, 2026Read the original

The Greek prime minister's response to EU prosecutors' immunity request.

Our verdict

True

Mitsotakis asked the European Public Prosecutor's Office on 6 April 2026 to decide swiftly whether to charge New Democracy MPs.

What we found

Our first version could not find this; Reuters and Euronews report his call. The claim is accurate.

The evidence

2 of 2 sources support the claim; none contradict it.

Contradict 0Support 2Background 0
  • Supports the claim

    Mitsotakis urges swift EU probe into MPs over Greek farm subsidy fraud. [1]

  • Supports the claim

    Greek PM urges swift action over probe into EU farm fraud scandal. [2]

How we checked

We checked the claim against Euronews, Reuters via Internazionale. We reviewed 2 relevant sources.

Sources

  1. [1]Euronews · Mitsotakis urges swift EU probe into MPs over Greek farm subsidy fraud
  2. [2]Reuters via Internazionale · Greek PM urges swift action over probe into EU farm fraud scandal
  3. [3]Photo: Yorgos Karahalis / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0

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