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Three members of Greek government quit over EU farm subsidy scandal, state TV says

Most of the fraudulent subsidies went to the island of Crete, where the family of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has been politically influential for over a century.

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00:00The scandal over illegal subsidies linked to Greece's Payment and Control Agency is shaking the government.
00:08Three ministers have resigned after the European Public Prosecutor's Office sent its findings to Parliament,
00:15prompting an immediate cabinet reshuffle by the Prime Minister.
00:20Director of Agricultural and Retrofism, Director of Margaretis Schinas, Director of Macarius Lazaridis, Director of Yannis Andrianos, Director of Climate
00:32and Policy Protection, Director of Emmanuel Toulanas, Director of Kostas Katzafados.
00:40Kyriakos Mitsotakis chose Margaritis Sinas as Minister of Rural Development,
00:46believing that with his years of experience at the European Commission,
00:50where he also served as vice president, he will be able to modernize the ministry.
00:55The European Public Prosecutor's Office has asked for the immunity of 11 MPs to be lifted,
01:01with the request set to be discussed next Tuesday.
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