Dozens MPs and ministers they go to the stadium at the first opportunity or sit in front of the television receivers to watch small or large games of Greek teams. Something similar is expected to happen today (as well as hundreds of thousands of voters across Greece will have the same… idea) in order to watch at seven and a half the big football derby of the match between him PAOK and Olympiacos held in Toumba.
After all, most representatives of the nation do not hesitate to reveal their feelings of support. Several of them have occasionally been on the stands supporting their favorite team.
Olympiakos, PAOKtzides, Panathinaikos and AEKtzides MPs compose a peculiar puzzle in Parliament and whenever they relax from the work of the Plenary and the Committees, they start talking about the ball. Let's see in detail which representatives of the nation sit in each stand:
First of all, the Prime Minister himself is a declared "anchovy" Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Likewise the general secretary of the Communist Party of Greece Dimitris Koutsoumbas (and not just because of color).
Beyond that, at the level of ministers and deputies, friends of the Piraeus group are the former prime minister Antonis Samaras, the Minister of State George Gerapetritis and the first vice-president of the Greek Parliament Nikitas Kaklamanis. However, the President of the Parliament is also an Olympian Costas Tassoulas but first and above all the other teams he puts PAS Ioannina. The reason is simple. It originates from the area of Ioannina and has been governed in the prefecture since 2000.
Regular visitor of the stadium Georgios Karaiskakis is the MP of the Movement for Change Andreas Loverdos who celebrates with passion every time the home team scores. He has left the Parliament a few times quickly to Faliro, wearing his red jacket. However, the New Democracy MP B 'Piraeus also has a season ticket for the positions of Karaiskakis' officials, Giannis Tragakis.
The Larissa MP of N.D. Christos Kellas has even traveled abroad to see his favorite team play in the Champions League (without failing to support the local AEL) while the former SYRIZA Viotia MP Giannis Stathas also has a double door which is with the champion Olympiakos but also with the local team of Ambrysseas Distomou.
It goes without saying that the Piraeus group is supported by the SYRIZA MEP Petros Kokkalis (former vice-president of the Olympic gar) but also the Arcadia MP of the Movement for Change, Odysseas Konstantinopoulos. The victories of the laurel-crowned Olympian are also often celebrated by the former minister and member of parliament for Athens A of the same party, Costas Skandalidis.
From the former deputies, the former deputy minister has pro-Olympic feelings Gerasimos Giakoumatos, The Michalis Kritsotakis, The Mimis Androulakis, The Theodoros Pangalos, The Byron Polydoras, The Konstantinos Arvanitopoulos, Tassos Neratzis who is used to doing the νη coach whenever he is on the field, the Grigoris Niotis, The Dimitris Karydis, The Giannis Diamantidis, ο Miltiadis Papaioannou, The Dimitris Reppas, The George Orphanos, The Giannis Papathanasiou and Petros Mantouvalos and of course the former Community Commissioner for Immigration, Home Affairs and Citizenship, Dimitris Avramopoulos.
The first politician that comes to mind when you talk about him PAOK, is the former Minister of Finance Euclid Tsakalotos, due to the fact that in February 2017 he was seen with a scarf of the Thessaloniki team watching the match against Schalke in the Toumba suite together with the president Ivan Savvidis. But he did not bring good luck to the biceps that night as he lost 0-3.
However, the leader of the Hellenic Solution is also a fan of PAOK Kyriakos Velopoulos as well as the secretary of the New Democracy parliamentary group Stavros Kalafatis whose uncle had also served as chairman of the group. So one realizes the dire situation he found himself in when he was called by the prime minister to suggest to his colleagues from the ruling party that they vote for the amendment which essentially removes points from his group.
Today, the deputy of B 'Thessaloniki of N.D. wants a victory for the home team. Savvas Anastasiadis as well as his colleagues from the same party Stratos Simopoulos and Dimitris Kouvelas who are both elected in the first constituency of Thessaloniki.
"PAyed" PAOKtzis, however, is also the SYRIZA MP Costas Zouraris (he has stated that "I am first PAOK and then SYRIZA, because SYRIZA was created much later") but also the former Minister of Labor, Social Security and Social Solidarity, Efi Achitsoglou. It would be an omission if we did not put in the list of politicians who support PAOK, the MEP Theodore Zagoraki He was elected with the New Democracy but was expelled from the party after his statement at the end of January that against PAOK and Greek football itself ".
The football club of Thessaloniki is also supported by the former MP of New Democracy and current mayor of Pieria Costas Koukodimos having, among other things, competed with his colors, as a long jump athlete.
Finally, the Evros MP of New Democracy Anastasios Dimoschakis has previously uploaded to Twitter a photo from his youth with a background of posters and clippings about the biceps team. As he characteristically wrote: "Football has a special place in my heart. Of course, we have a little more love for PAOK, as can be seen from the photos of my high school room ".
The president of SYRIZA Alexis Tsipras holds an amphitheater posture. On the one hand, it is Panathinaikos (as well as the head of KIN.AL. Fofi Gennimata) but according to his statement he also has pro-PAOK tendencies. The K.K.E. MP also has pathological love for the clover team. Liana Kanellis (once had also dealt with the administration of the PAE) but also the former general secretary of the Communist Party Aleka Papariga who sits many times to watch football matches (mainly Champions League games).
However, many ministers of his current government are also Panathinaikos Kyriakos Mitsotakis. We have and we say: the Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Dendias, the Minister of Development and Investment Adonis Georgiades, the Minister of Environment and Energy Costis Hatzidakis, the Minister of Justice Costas Tsiaras who goes to the stadium with his son, the Minister of Immigration and Asylum Notis Mitarakis and the Deputy Minister for European Affairs Miltiadis Varvitsiotis.
The group is also followed by the MP from Corinth of N.D. Christos Dimas, his colleague from the same party Athanasios Bouras who is elected in the XNUMXnd Sector of West Attica and the "blue" Georgios Kotsiras from the XNUMXnd Sector of West Attica. From SYRIZA's point of view, the former Minister of Digital Policy, Telecommunications and Information is a supporter of Panathinaikos Nikos Pappas but he also goes to see Panionios games in Nea Smyrni.
He shares his love for PAO with the secretary of the Central Committee of SYRIZA, Pano Skourleti. The list is completed by the former Minister of Tourism Elena Kountoura, the founder of "Potamio" Stavros Theodorakis, ο Iason Fotilas, ο Christos Papoutsis, The George Voulgarakis, ο George Souflias and Andreas Psycharis.
The former Minister of State and Member of Parliament for SYRIZA never hid his love for the yellow and black PAE Alekos Flampouraris who has assisted with all his forces in the construction of the stadium of "Agia Sofia", in New Philadelphia. However, the current Council of Ministers also has AEK players, such as the Minister of Finance Christos Staikoura, the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Giannis Vroutsi, the Minister of National Defense Nikos Panayotopoulos but also the Minister of Health Vasilis Kikilia which should be emphasized that he played with the colors of the team when he was a professional basketball player.
The Istanbul Sports Union is also supported by the former Minister of Administrative Reconstruction Mariliza Xenogiannakopoulou, the Dodecanese MP of SYRIZA N.hectare of Santorini, the MP B2 of the Western Sector of Athens of the official opposition party Dimitris Vitsas, the MP of the Southern Athens Sector of the New Democracy Costas Kyranakis but also his like-minded person from Evia, Simos Kedikoglou.
The list is completed by former MPs Grigoris Psarianos, George Pantzas and Giannis Vouros (current mayor of New Philadelphia - New Chalcedon), while the leader of the Independent Greeks also states Enositis, Panos Burned.