Effie Achtzioglou

Antonis Roupakiotis, a veteran lawyer and former cabinet member has been named interim interior minister as Greece heads to early general elections next month, sources have said.

Greece's umbrella union for civil servants, known by its acronym ADEDY, on Wednesday accused the government of widespread cronyism.

"ADEDY receives dozens of complaints daily about the appointment of managers to various state services on the basis of clientelist and party-political criteria," the union said in a statement.