Thessaloniki: Festive event of Maria Spyrakis with “the Pouf!!! Methane”
A festive event with an action report and Christmas carols is organized by ND-EPP MEP Maria Spyrakis on Saturday 17 December in Thessaloniki, at Olympion, at 12.00 noon.
In the last event, the MEP and parliamentary candidate for A Thessaloniki will present her actions for energy and the climate crisis in the European Parliament 3.5 years in a festive environment that will be surrounded by the choirs of Thessaloniki. A special place in Ms. Spyraki’s career is her work as the MP’s rapporteur on the “Strategy for Methane Reduction in the EU”. The strategy evolved into a global commitment, at COP26 in Glasgow, including pledges to finance least developed countries to reduce methane, at COP27 in Egypt, with the participation of the US and more than 120 countries representing over 70% of . global economic activity.
The role of the narrator of Maria Spyraki’s action is assumed by “Poof!!! Methane”, the children’s figure created by the MEP to communicate to children the problems created by the crisis. The “Poof!!! Methane” is a printed version of a fairy tale written by MEP Maria Spyrakis, financed by the EPP and aimed at young students in Greece. The fairy tale will be available for free at the event.
The carols that will be sung by the Children’s and Youth Choir of the Holy Metropolis of Thessaloniki & the Municipality of Pylaia – Hortiati, the Mixed Choir of the Municipality of Kalamaria, the Traditional Choir of I.N. Agios Panteleimon of Ampelokipi “Saint Panteleimon Choir”, the association “Saint Panteleimon”. Cantus Arte of the Macedonian Center for Contemporary Art, the Choral Tradition Workshop “I Achieropoiitos” and the Children & Youth Choir “Filomila” of the Evosmos Music & Artistic Association.