Greek president calls for investigation of phone tapping scandal

FILE PHOTO: People wearing protective face masks make their way on Syntagma square after the Greek government imposed mandatory COVID vaccinations for people aged 60 and over, in Athens, Greece, December 1, 2021. REUTERS/Louiza Vradi/File Photo

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou called on Tuesday for an investigation into the tapping of a political leader's phone by the intelligence service (EYP).

The scandal broke last week amid growing concern in the EU about the use of spyware software and sparked uproar at home, with opposition parties labelling the revelations Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis's personal Watergate.