As of 2020 when the original complaint was filed against him Alexis Georgoulis for his crimes rape And her bodily injuryher lawyer was familiar with the matter Eleni Chronopoulou.

“Since then we have kept in touch,” he said on SKAI TV. Spilios Spiliakos, emphasizing that “delaying the investigation is out of the question in the sense that they could have done something faster and didn’t do it by choice.” He added: “From what I was told by colleagues in Belgium, the times they were active were normal.”

Referring to his director, he said that she was “a strong and fighting woman, despite the fact that her name was made public without her consent.”

“Ms. Khronopoulou is a very strong person, a fighter, she fights, she endures. This is a difficult time, and she herself, as it has now become clear to everyone, preferred to keep secret the criminal proceedings opened in Belgium since 2020, and suddenly – without her consent – her details were made public and still reached. , the focus is on her, for this particular event she never aspired to. But I say again that he is a strong man,” he stressed.

And he added: “Ms. Chronopoulou duly approached the Belgian authorities, reported the incident, and from that moment, in agreement with the authorities, the prescribed measures were taken. I just don’t want to expand on this particular part, everything that was necessary was done on the basis of the Belgian procedure.”

When asked about this, he replied that the Greek authorities did not take such action, since “Belgium has jurisdiction.”

“There were rumors from 2022, and he denied them”

In the beginning, there were only rumors about the “bad behavior of Mr. Georgulis”, which reached the ears of the party in 2022. “However, when the complaint was received, our party reacted immediately. Before that, there were rumors about Alexis Georgoulis, but he himself denied them, speaking of slander.” This was stated, among other things, by the representative of SYRIZA, Popi Tzapaniduspeaking on Wednesday morning to Action24 TV about the case of the MEP.

“I learned about the complaint against Georgoulis on Easter Monday, and within 15 minutes he was expelled from the party and from the group of MEPs,” said, in turn, Dimitris Papadimoulis, adding that “it is a matter of principles for our party. SYRIZA with victims of sexual harassment, not perpetrators.”