Kasselakis Accuses EU Centre-Right and Far-Right of Blocking Debate on Tempi Rail Tragedy

Greek absorption person Stefanos Kasselakis has powerfully criticised the European People’s Party (EPP) and far-right governmental groups successful the European Parliament for voting down a connection to statement the deadly 2023 Tempi obstruction disaster.

Kasselakis, president of the Democracy Movement and caput of the European Democrats, accused the EPP — the governmental household of Greece’s ruling New Democracy enactment — of participating successful what helium called an ongoing cover-up of the calamity that claimed 57 lives.

“The masks person fallen,” Kasselakis declared successful a societal media post, pursuing the rejection of a question submitted by the centrist Renew Europe radical to clasp a plenary statement connected Tempi during the May 5–8 European Parliament session.

According to Kasselakis, the connection was blocked by a conjugation of blimpish and far-right parties, including the EPP, the “Patriots” (affiliated with Kyriakos Velopoulos’ Hellenic Solution), and the European Conservatives. He specifically named New Democracy Vice President and Greek authorities curate Kostis Hatzidakis, present serving arsenic an EPP vice-president, accusing him of “exporting the cover-up to Brussels.”

“The alleged super-patriots person nary involvement successful uncovering who led 57 European citizens to their deaths oregon successful exposing those liable for the cover-up,” helium said, referring to far-right figures specified arsenic Afroditi Latinopoulou and Kyriakos Velopoulos.

Despite the vote, Kasselakis vowed that his enactment would proceed pressing for justness some successful Greece and astatine the European level. “No substance however galore obstacles Mr Mitsotakis and his crutches enactment successful our way, the information volition beryllium heard successful Europe. The transgression successful Tempi volition not beryllium buried.”

The Tempi bid collision successful February 2023 remains a nationalist trauma successful Greece, sparking wide protests and governmental fallout amid allegations of neglect and mismanagement by authorities. Kasselakis and his enactment person been vocal successful demanding afloat accountability and transparency.

Οι μάσκες έπεσαν!

Μετά από πρωτοβουλία του Κινήματος Δημοκρατίας και των Ευρωπαίων Δημοκρατών, το Renew Europe υπέβαλε σήμερα αίτημα για τη συζήτηση του εγκλήματος των Τεμπών στη συνεδρίαση της Ολομέλειας του Ευρωπαϊκού Κοινοβουλίου στις 5-8 Μαϊου.

Η πρόταση καταψηφίστηκε.…

— Stefanos Kasselakis – Στέφανος Κασσελάκης (@skasselakis) April 30, 2025

(Source: In.gr)