Against the backdrop of the Hyperidiki Route of the EKO Acropolis Rally, Kyriakos Mitsotakis revealed which political rival he would like as a co-driver in a race car.
His answer to the question, during an interview at NewsAuto.gr and to journalist Takis Trakousellis, was disarming: “Since I now had the chance to ride shotgun—and when you ride shotgun with a driver in a car that doesn’t have racing seats, you get dizzy— I’d easily choose Alexis Tsipras because he’s done so many pirouettes that if I were driving, I definitely wouldn’t get dizzy.”
During the interview, the prime minister spoke about his personal relationship with cars, his love of driving and the Acropolis Rally, recalled moments from the historic Greek race, and didn’t hesitate to even predict the winner of this year’s event.
The discussion also expanded to issues affecting citizens’ daily lives. “The gas pedal is for the track. The gas pedal is for safe conditions. That’s why it’s so important to have more tracks in our country. The gas pedal isn’t for the road. Having driven for many decades and having all of us made our own mistakes at some point in our lives, I think we need to send a strong message of responsibility, which begins with the enforcement of the ,” he said.
Regarding breathalyzer tests and ongoing checks, he noted: “I think breathalyzer tests are a huge success because they’re changing our fellow citizens’ mindset. It’s becoming part of our social consciousness, part of our social norm and I think that is the great success of this policy, and I like the fact that when breathalyzer tests are conducted on the street—and even though there may be a bit of inconvenience—people don’t complain in the end becausethey understand that it’s for their own good.”
