The first page of the Greek Government Gazette A 133/07.08.2019 with the Law 4622/2019 for the Executive State
The first page of the Greek Government Gazette Α 236/28.11.2020 including the Presidential Decree No. 98, with which the Presidency of the Government was established
Ιn Greece and abroad, the Law 4622/2019, subtitled "Executive State: organisation, operation and transparency of the Government, government bodies and central public administration", is also referred to as the "Executive State" Law.[1][4]
Descriptionedit
Presidency of the Governmentedit
The Executive State is a centralised governance system,[5][6] characterised by the establishment of "the Presidency of the Government", an autonomous public service with approximately 440 personnel (340 permanent and 100 nonpermanent positions), whose formation cost was declared by the government to be 184,800 euros in 2020.[α][8] The Presidency of the Government is controlled by the Prime Minister and consists of a group of Secretariats:[9][10][11]
General Secretariat of the Prime Minister
General Secretariat of Legal and Parliamentary Affairs
General Secretariat for Coordination
Special Secretariat for an Integrated Information System of Monitoring and Evaluating Governmental Action
General Secretariat of Communication and Information
With the Presidential Decree No. 19 published at the Greek Government Gazette Α 54/14-3-2022 in March 2022, the Special Secretariat for an I.I.S. of Monitoring and Evaluating Governmental Action was discontinued and the Special Secretariat of Foresight replaced it.[12]
ERT, AMNA, EYPedit
Most notably, with the Law 4622/2019 the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT), the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (AMNA) and the National Intelligence Service (EYP) were passed under direct control of the Presidency of the Government, whose head is the Prime Minister. More specifically, the General Secretariat of Communication and Information was given the supervision of the ERT and AMNA[13] and the National Intelligence Service came under the sole control of the Presidency of the Government.[9]
National Transparency Authorityedit
The Law 4622/2019 also included the establishment of an Independent Authority named the "National Transparency Authority", which incorporated five formerly separate auditing departments and an anti-corruption body, with the aim of tackling corruption and ensuring transparency and accountability throughout public life.[14]
Inter-ministerial personneledit
With the Law's article 104, provision was made for a group of inter-ministerial employees specialising in Public Policy Analysis, Legislative affairs, and Digital Policy Analysis.[15]
Notesedit
^This sum differs from the Presidency of the Government budget; for example, in 2021 the PoG budget was 31,251,000 euros[7]
External linksedit
Law 4622/2019 (Full text in Greek from the Greek Wikisource)
^Mousmouti, Maria (2020-12-10). Karpen, Ulrich; Xanthaki, Helen (eds.). Legislation in Europe: A Country by Country Guide. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 222. ISBN 978-1-5099-2469-1.
^Konstandaras, Nikos (2022-01-28). "The 'Executive State' and its enemies | eKathimerini.com". www.ekathimerini.com. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
^European Commission, COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT, 2020 Rule of Law Report Country Chapter on the rule of law situation in Greece, pp. 8, 10-11
^OECD (2020-07-22). OECD Economic Surveys: Greece 2020. OECD Publishing. p. 50. ISBN 978-92-64-91352-3.
^Poorter, Jurgen de; Schyff, Gerhard van der; Stremler, Maarten; Visser, Maartje De (2022-06-06). European Yearbook of Constitutional Law 2021: Constitutional Advice. Springer Nature. p. 123. ISBN 978-94-6265-535-5.