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Mitsotakis places the National Intelligence Service under the prime minister

After the July 2019 election Mitsotakis put EYP under his office, later confirmed in the Executive State law. In the causal graph this event strengthens Institutional Corruption, a driver that strengthens Political corruption index — a worsening welfare path.

Sources: [1][2]

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After the July 2019 election Mitsotakis put EYP under his office, later confirmed in the Executive State law. Direct control is a completed governance act, not a finding that every later wiretap was ordered by him.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Kyriakos Mitsotakis

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.75 · verified

    He chose the reporting line. Parliament passed the executive-state statute. EYP still ran operations.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactMitsotakis places the National Intelligence Service under the prime minister
    2. strengthensDriverInstitutional Corruption
    3. strengthensIndicators (3)Political corruption index
    Worsening path

    impact weight 0.45 · Effect from 8 July 2019 · verified

    Putting intelligence under the prime minister raises later distrust of partisan use, with a lag through the 2022 scandal.

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.BBC — Greek spyware scandal and EYP under the PMBBC · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Government Gazette — Executive State Law 4622/2019National Printing House · High credibility · verified

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorKyriakos Mitsotakis
  2. contributed toFactMitsotakis places the National Intelligence Service under the prime minister
  3. strengthensDriverInstitutional Corruption
  4. strengthensIndicatorPolitical corruption index

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Factrail. (2026). Mitsotakis places the National Intelligence Service under the prime minister. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/gr-eyp-under-pm-2019

https://factrail.ai/facts/gr-eyp-under-pm-2019

Accessed 15 October 2026.

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