Greece in Institutional Decline: 60-day update

Addendum to the Joint Civil Society Submission to the European Commission on the 2024 Rule of Law Report

Civil society organisations have reiterated to the European Committee their serious concerns about the backsliding of the country's institutions, in the context of its annual supervision of the Rule of Law operation in the countries of the European Union.

On January 2023, independent organisations Vouliwatch, Greek Council for Refugees (GCR), Refugee Support Aegean (RSA), HIAS Greece, Hellenic League for Human Rights (HLHR) and Reporters United submitted our report to the European Commission’s annual monitoring of Member States’ systems through its Rule of Law Report. In our submission, we documented persisting deficiencies and emerging threats to the rule of law in Greece.

With an addendum that we submitted to the European Commission as part of its consultations with institutions and entities in Greece in mid-March, we highlight new and ongoing violations of the Rule of Law principles in our country, such as:

Based on the above, we reiterate our call to the European Commission to formulate concrete and strict recommendations to Greece, in order to ensure effective compliance of the country with Rule of Law principles and EU values.