Tempers flared among members of parliament over the matter of the Great Sea Interconnector on Friday as the House finance committee discussed the energy ministry’s budget.
The flashpoint came after Energy Minister George Papanastasiou had highlighted the fact that the European public prosecutor’s office has launched an investigation into the project.
Disy MP Kyriacos Hadjiyianni demanded to know the identities of the shareholders of EuroAsia Interconnector Ltd, the Cypriot company which quit the project in October 2023 and handed over its running to Greece’s independent transmission system operator, Admie.
In response, Papanastasiou said he did not know, given that EuroAsia Interconnector “had been operating since the time of the previous government”.
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