Financial Times
August 5, 2018
The appointment of a Syriza radical to oversee Greece’s legal system has deepened opposition fears over rule of law and government meddling as Athens seeks to restore investor confidence after eight years of international bailouts.
Michalis Kalogerou, the new minister of justice, was a controversial figure even before he was appointed in a government reshuffle last week.
A lawyer and adviser to the leftwing Syriza government, and cabinet secretary since 2015, he made his name representing a member of a local anarchist group that made headlines across Europe after mailing parcel bombs to foreign politicians and diplomats.
He has also previously clashed with the judiciary he now oversees, attacking judges over the treatment of his anarchist client and over a controversial law he drafted on issuing television licences, which was seen as ill-conceived and was eventually overturned.
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