European elections: “Road maps” Mitsotakis to ministers-Skrekas in S. Greece and K. Hatzidakis in Thessaly

The Maximos Palace and the ND are in full electoral order, with Kyriakos Mitsotakis systematizing his targeted visits inside and outside Attica, while progressively all the top executives of the ruling party, ministers and MPs. After all, from his last tour to Agios Dimitrios, Mr. Mitsotakis conjured up relaxation and pointed out that citizens should not take the June 9 ballot without hesitation.

In a battle with national characteristics, therefore, no one is left out of the battle. Already, on Friday, the Electoral Campaign Committee of the New Democracy held a meeting, while on Saturday morning, a closed meeting was held at Megaros Maximos with the participation of the American strategist Stan Greenberg. And today, however, Mr. Mitsotakis will continue with the excursions, going after the “morning coffee” to Rentiin order to visit the Vegetable market.

Immediately after, Mr Prime Minister convenes a meeting with top ministers at the ND offices, as he is going to assign them responsibility for regions on the way to the European elections. The ministers will be invited to make tours, alone or in groups, while they will also act as “links” with the Maximos Palace.

The march sheets

Based on the information of protothema.gr, 12 ministers are enlisted in the electoral battle. The Minister of National Defense Nikos Dendias will have the responsibility of Central Macedonia, for absolutely obvious reasons. The Minister of Health will be responsible for Western Macedonia Adonis Georgiadeswho already started his contacts over the weekend, while for Eastern Macedonia-Thrace the Christos Staikouras.

In Thessaly, the Minister of Finance will be deployed Kostis Hatzidakisin Epirus the Minister of Development Kostas Skrekasin Central Greece the Minister of Social Cohesion and Family Sophia Zacharakisin the Peloponnese the Minister of State Makis Voridis and in Western Greece the Minister of Rural Development Lefteris Avgenakis. On the islands, the Minister of Labor Domna Michailidou The Minister of Tourism is expected to take over the Aegean islands, Cyclades and Dodecanese Olga Kefalogianni the Ionian Islands and the Minister of Immigration Dimitris Kairides the islands of the North Aegean. The Minister of Education will be in Crete Kyriakos Pierrakakis.

It remains to be seen what will happen to her Attica, where “Attikarchis” has not been defined, as the logic is to have a centralized management by the party. There is, however, a scenario where Mr. Mitsotakis makes last-minute changes to the definitions. In any case, as a competent blue source put it on protothema.gr, “we should all get our feet wet in such an important electoral battle”.

The invitation to parliamentarians

In addition to the ministers, however, the MPs of the party that will staff the “blue” echelons, which are expected to “sweep” all the prefectures of the country, especially in May. In this regard, at noon on Wednesday at Megaros Maximos, the parliamentarians of the ND from the prefectures of Peloponneseher Of Western Greece and her Epirus who are not ministers or deputy ministers, in order to discuss their pre-election activities. Deputies from other regions are expected to receive a similar invitation in the next period, as the goal of the ND is to fully mobilize the party organization in the next period. In a loose ballot box, such as the European elections, after all, especially since they are not combined with self-governing elections like 2014 and 2019, parties that can mobilize effectively have a comparative advantage.