Greek parliament votes to investigate wiretapping scandal

Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis speaks during a parliament session in Athens (Thanassis Stavrakis/AP/PA)

Greek politicians have voted for a parliamentary investigation into the tapping by the country’s secret service of an opposition party leader’s phone.

The scandal has plunged Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ centre-right government into a political storm. Mr Mitsotakis has denied any prior knowledge of the surveillance, which he said was wrong, and pledged to overhaul the EYP, Greece’s primary intelligence agency.