Greece’s Leader Faces Elections Amid Rule-of-Law Concerns

A surveillance scandal has tarnished Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s standing

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis at a campaign event on the island of Crete this week. Louiza Vradi/REUTERS

ATHENS—Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is expected to retain power after national elections Sunday, but he is under a cloud: A festering scandal over the surveillance of political friends and foes has deepened concerns about the rule of law in a country still healing from its traumatic debt crisis. 

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