George Papandreou changed the year in a Greek traditional restaurant in the northern suburbs of Athens. He surprised everyone when he asked the band to play a song for him. Then he went on stage and started dancing. As a Greek blogger puts it, he was like a dark shadow in a broken country, dancing the proud Zeibekiko on the early hours of New Year’s 2011. The Prime Minister’s request was a sad song called “Cloudy Sunday” that could symbolize the cloudy econonic situation of Greece. However, Papandreou said that he chose this song because it was one of his father’s favorite.
The picture and the report were published in the center-right wing newspaper “Dimokratia” and drew a series of negative reactions in Greece.
George Papandreou is famed to be an excellent Zeibekiko-dancer, the most prominent among Greek politicians.
To watch Papandreou dance please visit:
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(With information from www.keeptalkinggreece.com)
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