Former Consul in New York Con. Koutras will become, as I learn, a permanent resident of Athens, as he will assume the role of adviser to the Prime Minister and will advise him on a number of matters familiar to him, for example, on Greek-Turkish affairs. Mr. Koutras, with his accumulated experience and successful stay in New York, which, among other things, strengthened ties with the Greek diaspora, is a worthy translation for Megaro Maximos.

Greek duo

I am now taking you to Brussels, where my colleague Angelos Athanasopoulos, formerly a diplomatic editor at VIM, is moving to take up the post of head of the EPP press office. It is understood that his collaboration will be close with another Greek, Thanasis Bakolas, creating a Greek duo in the upper echelons of the EPP.

EPP goes to Crete

I remain in the European People’s Party as N.D. is feverishly preparing for his meeting, which will take place in Crete on 27 and 28 September. Megalonisos will host all the MPs from the EPP and Mitsotakis will act as the central host, and he will also be on his island. It will be interesting if the prime minister, in a speech similar to what he did at TIF, hints at how the socialists are trying to harass the EPP and the ND.

Request

A very interesting “revelation” was made by Roberta Metsola, judging by the information in the column, speaking to the presidents of the Eurogroups. In particular, the President of the European Parliament said that she had asked the legal services of the European Parliament for an opinion on whether the surveillance of Nikos Androulakis was a violation of the parliamentary immunity of the European Parliament. I await an answer with interest.

Sample selection

Alexis Tsipras’s controversial report at TIF on “naturalization with selective interviews” raised a lot of concern. Many see political expediency behind the report, while competent government sources note that Al. Tsipras should replace the current unbiased system with random sampling. At the moment, based on the existing system established by y.g. Citizenship Athanasios Balerba, there is a horizontal path for everyone to obtain citizenship. On the contrary, the sampling procedure, by its very nature, in no way ensures impartiality and representativeness, but, on the contrary, leaves the possibility of arbitrary assignment of citizenship.