The President of the European Commission has promised that the bloc will support Greece in modernizing the railways and improving safety following last week’s tragic train collision, greekcitytimes.com reports.
“This morning I discussed with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis about further technical support that the EU can provide to Greece to modernize its railways and improve their safety,” Ursula von der Leyen noted in a tweet on Monday.
She added that “experts from the Commission and the EU Agency for Railways will travel this week to Athens. Rail safety is paramount.”
At the same time, the prime minister has urged Supreme Court Prosecutor Isidoros Dogiakos to give priority to the investigation of cases relating to the tragic rail accident in Tempi and assign them to the highest level of examining magistrate possible, in accordance with his own judgment.
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