2024-06-14 19:22:42
Within the area of yesterday’s European elections, a number of individuals from the sector of sports activities got here down as MEP candidates with the events.
Heavy names from the sector of sports activities such because the Olympic medalists Pyrros Dimas, Voula Patoulidou, Sofia Bekatorou, the world champion Anna Veroulis in addition to the captain of the nationwide group in Euro 2004 Theodoris Zagorakis, did not be elected. Quite the opposite, the worldwide basketball participant Nikos Pappas was elected with SYRIZA.
In keeping with knowledge from the Ministry of the Inside within the early hours of the morning when integration had reached a fee of 99.64% within the territory, the elected and non-elected are:
New Democracy elected 7 MEPs, amongst them Evangelos Meimarakis who had served as Deputy Minister of Sports activities within the early 90s within the Authorities of Konstantinos Mitsotakis. The Olympic medalists Pyrros Dimas and Voula Patoulidou weren’t elected.
SYRIZA-P.S. elected 4 MEPs, amongst them the worldwide basketball participant of Panathinaikos and different groups Nikos Pappas, Elena Kountoura, Greek champion within the peak and 100 m and the journalist Kostas Arvanitis, former vice-president of PAE Apollon Smyrna throughout the administration of Panagiotis Monemvasiotis. The Olympic champion in crusing, Sofia Bekatorou, was not elected.
PASOK elected three MEPs, however the former captain of the Greek Nationwide Workforce Theodoris Zagorakis, the world javelin champion Anna Veroulis and the previous Deputy Minister of Sports activities Yiannis Kourakis weren’t elected.
With Zoi Konstantopoulou’s Freedom Swim that elected an MEP, the previous athletics champion Spilios Zacharopoulos was not elected.
Within the “Hellenic Resolution” of Kyriakos Velopoulos who elected two MEPs, on the 4the sports activities editor Nikos Petroulakis took the place of the crucifixion out of a complete of 38 candidates.
In the remainder of the events that didn’t elect MEPs, as a result of they didn’t attain the three% restrict, the top of the Kosmos social gathering was Petros Kokkalis, who had labored administratively with PAE Olympiacos, earlier than Vangelis Marinakis took over. Sports activities editors Apostolos Avdelas (former vice-president of the Parliament) and Pantelis Perivolaris additionally ran with the Democrats faction of Andreas Loverdos. A candidate with Loverdos was the actor Yiannis Vouros who, as mayor of Nea Philadelphia, helped construct the AEK stadium, whereas in his youth he was additionally an athlete of the Union.
ELECTING MEPS
In keeping with the rating primarily based on the crosses they acquired within the elections, the 21 elected MEPs are:
NEW REPUBLIC (7): Georgios Autias, Evangelos Meimarakis, Eliza Vozeberg, Fredis Beleris, Eleonora Meleti, Emmanuel Kefalogiannis, Dimitrios Tsiodras.
COALITION (4): Konstantinos Arvanitis, Nikolaos Farandouris, Nikolaos Pappas, Elena Kountoura.
PASOK (3): Nikolaos Papandreou, Ioannis Maniatis, Sakis Arnautoglou.
GREEK SOLUTION – KYRIAKOS VELOPOULOS (2): Emmanuel Fragos, Galato Alexandraki.
KKE (2): Lefteris Alavanos – Nikolaou, Konstantinos Papadakis.
WIN (1): Nikolaos Anadiotis.
SAILING OF FREEDOM – LIFE OF KONSTANTOPOULOS (1): Maria Zacharias.
VOICE OF REASON – LATINOPOULOU (1): Aphrodite Latinopoulou