Parliament to debate Tempe crash report amid cover-up allegations

Greek lawmakers on Wednesday will discuss the findings of a House committee probe into the deadly Tempe train crash, in what is expected to be a tense debate amid accusations of a cover-up by opposition parties.

The cross-party committee looking into the causes of the deadly train collision in central Greece in February 2023, which claimed 57 lives and left scores injured, concluded its sessions on Monday with each party submitting its respective findings. 

The report that will be debated is the conclusions of the ruling Conservatives, with opposition parties accusing the government of trying to conceal its responsibilities for the tragedy by limiting the number of witnesses called and the scope of the inquiry.

This was compounded by a statement of the head of the European Public Prosecutor Office (EPPO) who told Kathimerini that a constitutional provision in...