Greece's Parliamentary Ethics Committee will meet on Tuesday, September 15, 2026, in two sessions to examine four requests to lift parliamentary immunity, including two new case files opened against Zoe Konstantopoulou, leader of the Plefsi Eleftherias (Course of Freedom) party.
The same sessions will also take up immunity requests concerning two New Democracy members of parliament, Makarios Lazaridis and Lefteris Avgenakis.
Two complaints against Konstantopoulou
The first case file stems from a complaint filed by a police officer with the Larissa Transfers Department. The officer accused Konstantopoulou of filming him during the trial over the Tempi rail disaster and posting the footage on social media without his consent.
The second case file concerns a lawsuit brought against Konstantopoulou by Christoforos Sevastidis, president of the Union of Judges and Prosecutors. Sevastidis accuses her of repeated public and online defamation.
Konstantopoulou, a lawyer, is a former speaker of the Greek Parliament and now leads Plefsi Eleftherias, a party she founded. The Tempi trial concerns the 2023 train collision near the village of Tempi, one of the deadliest rail disasters in Greek history, which has remained a highly charged political issue.
Immunity requests for two New Democracy MPs
The committee will separately examine a request to lift the immunity of Makarios Lazaridis, following a lawsuit filed by a lawyer accusing him of fraud against a legal entity of the Greek state. The lawsuit alleges damages exceeding 120,000 euros and cites Article 386 of the Greek Penal Code.
Committee members will also review a request concerning Lefteris Avgenakis, after Stefanos Kasselakis, leader of the Democrats party, filed a report accusing him of submitting an inaccurate asset declaration.
What happens next
The Ethics Committee will forward a recommendation to the full Parliament on whether to lift immunity in each of the four cases, leaving the final decision to a vote of the Plenary.
