A jailed member of Albania’s ethnic Greek minority — recently elected to the European Parliament with Greece’s governing conservative party — has arrived in Athens en route to Strasbourg, after being granted a five-day leave from prison to attend parliament’s opening session.
FILE - Fredis Beleris looks on as Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visits to the ethnic Greek minority of Albania , in Himare, Albania , Dec. 22, 2022. Beleris, a jailed member of Albania ’s ethnic Greek minority recently elected to the European Parliament with Greece ’s governing conservative party, arrived in Athens on Monday, July 15, 2024, en route to Strasbourg after being granted a five-day leave from prison to attend parliament’s opening session.
Beleris was to meet with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis before flying to Strasbourg Monday afternoon. The Greek prime minister, who has strongly backed Beleris, gave the politician a place on his New Democracy party ticket in last month’s European elections. Beleris received 238,801 votes and came fourth among the seven MEPs elected for the party.
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