On Friday, March 23, the first 28 candidates for the European elections taking place on June 9, were announced by the New Democracy (ND) party. On the list is a Greek Australian, Thanasis Tsouhantaris.
Mr Tsouhantaris is a businessman and President of New Democracy Australia and will be a candidate with New Democracy in the upcoming elections for the European Parliament.
Mr Tsouhantaris had met with the Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis some time ago, where they discussed the diaspora’s concerns, as well as his candidacy.
His name on the ballot is an important move, which is expected to motivate the Greeks in Australia to vote for someone they know and will represent the interests of the Greek diaspora.
As for the current MEPs of the ND, a new term will be claimed by the head of K.O. of New Democracy Vangelis Meimarakis, Eliza Vosenberg, Stelios Kymbouropoulos, Maria Spyrakis and Manolis Kefalogiannis.
Anna Michelle Asimakopoulou is left out, after the recent developments in the case with her e-mails, Theodoros Zagorakis, is heading to PASOK, but also Giorgos Kyrtsos has been deleted from the ND.
The new names include those of the director of the press office of the Prime Minister Dimitris Tsiodras, the Olympic medalist and former PASOK MP Pyrrou Dimas, the former ND MP in A’ Piraeus and co-presenter of the Mega show Nonis Dounia, and the journalist Vicky Flessa who was also on the 2019 European ballot.
The list also includes the New Democracy executive Spyros Karanikolas, as well as the secretary of Volunteerism of the New Democracy party, Pisti Krystallidou.
