Mitsotakis comes forward for the “bet” of the participation of Greeks abroad in the European elections

The maximum participation of Greek voters abroad in the pursuit of the , with all the party mechanism of the N.D., in Greece and outside Greece, to be mobilised in this direction. In this effort, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who organizes a trip to Canada to communicate to the citizens the government’s initiative to establish the epistolic vote in the European elections, facilitating them to participate in the electoral process in Greece. At the Alleged parade with Trido Canada’s choice is not random, as it is a country with a strong Greek element, and in the June elections the expatriates brought the N.D. to first place, with overwhelming percentages. Kyriakos Mitsotakis will visit Montreal and Toronto specifically and will have a series of contacts with the Greek community. In fact, on Sunday, March 24, the Prime Minister will attend the homogeneity parade in Montreal, on the anniversary of the National Independence, along with his Canadian counterpart Justin Trido, who has again given, many times the present” and shouted “Zito Hellas”, holding in his hands Greek and Canadian flags. Targeted tours and events The N.D. which came first and with an overwhelming difference in the preferences of Greeks abroad, seeks this relationship of trust and the communication channel to keep it open, at a time when the new President of SYRIZA, Stefanos Kasselakis, comes from the family. “The participation of Greeks abroad is important and together with our embassies we will organize events to inform about the possibility of participating in the European elections in Greece by epistolic vote,” he states at the newsit.gr responsible government agent. At the same time, leading government officials in the next 3 months remaining until the European elections will be targeted in countries with large Greek communities, such as Australia, etc. Registration for an epistolic vote According to official data, to date they have registered on the platform (epistoliki.yes.gov.gr) to vote epistolicly over 29,000 voters from 95 countries. 57% concerns registrations within territory (about 15,000 voters) and 43% from foreign countries. First in registration numbers are the United Kingdom and followed by Germany and Belgium, the U.S., the Netherlands, Switzerland, Cyprus and so on, while it is impressive that individual interest has also been expressed by Botswana, New Guinea, Ghana and Congo, where national elections did not operate polling stations. Under the previous law, to set up a ballot box in a city they would have to be listed as at least 40 voters. If there was not this number, someone would have wanted to vote to go to the nearest polling center, which could have been in another country. For example, in the previous election for the few Greek voters in Argentina there was only the option to travel to Texas to exercise their electoral right. The percentages of the N.D. abroad In the last national elections, in June 2023, the N.D. raised overwhelming percentages in the foreign region. He came first in the preference of the expatriates with 43.3% In second place, Syriza was found with 16.61% and followed MERA 25 to 12.1%, KKE with 11.92% and PASOK with 6.91%, while other parties gathered 9.33%. In Canada, in this case, where the Prime Minister will be found in a few days, the N.D. was the dominant force with 50.34%, in the U.S. with 62.21%, while in Australia it raised 54.40%.