ATHENS, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- Greece on Monday launched a process to revise its 1975 Constitution, with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis highlighting the need to strengthen ministerial accountability as part of a broader push for institutional reform.

Mitsotakis said the revision aims to enhance political transparency, modernize state governance, and reinforce judicial independence, while enabling the country to better address contemporary challenges such as artificial intelligence and climate change, according to Greek national broadcaster ERT.

Other proposed reforms include lifting the state monopoly on higher education by allowing the establishment of non-state universities, introducing a single six-year term for the President of the Republic, and expanding the role of judges in selecting the leadership of the supreme courts.

Mitsotakis called on political parties and society to participate constructively in the process and seek broad consensus.

Under Greece's constitutional framework, amendments must be approved by two successive parliaments. ■