I do not know if he was chosen as a charm or if he has other characteristics that the government apparatus considers necessary, but the Prime Minister is due to deliver his final keynote address on Friday, May 19, in Thissio. He did the same in 2019, and Maximos’ staff are clearly hoping for a repeat of what was a particularly positive result at the time.

Gaffe at Menidi

A few days ago, SYRIZA held an event dedicated to Pontic Hellenism in Menidi, an area with a strong Pontic element. The event went well, but the organizers didn’t pay enough attention to President SYRIZA, seating him next to the wrong face. He is a mayoral candidate who was also a former parliamentary candidate for the Greek Solution Kyriakos Velopoulos. Tsipras obviously doesn’t have to know everyone in the municipality, but the organizers should be more careful as the President of SYRIZA was the official guest.

Voices of orphans in the east

I live in North Attica because Georgia Martinou’s lack of participation in this election opens the deck in a region with rapid demographic growth. The MP in the 2019 elections was elected first, not Makis Voridis, and everyone demanded her votes. However, people in the know say that Ms. Martinou’s votes will be distributed… equally among all parties, without any preference for any candidate.

On the same square

Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Nikos Androulakis were yesterday in the same square – Agios Nikolaos – in Nice, only a few hours apart. This “coincidence” is unfair compared to PASOK, because it was inevitable that there would be more people at the meeting of the New Democracy – as a much larger party. However, the question of who closed the square first and who followed him remains unanswered.

In government

I have written to you quite a lot in recent days about voting for N.D.’s statehood. I’ll tell you one more thing: if New Democracy wins the upcoming elections, it’s very likely that we’ll see Giorgos Stamatis in government, in a role with social cues like Domna Mihajlidou’s now.