Auditor-general intends to freeze party funding in €2.6m dispute

The auditor-general has moved to block the payment of millions of euros in state funding to political parties, escalating a dispute over €2.6 million in public money that was paid illegally and has yet to be recovered.

In a letter sent on Wednesday to House speaker Annita Demetriou, auditor-general Andreas Papaconstantinou requested that the accounting office of parliament temporarily freeze state payments to political parties for 2026, amounting to €7 million.

The freeze is...