He is also very fond of Albanians, after making a fuss with his statement five years ago in the Greek Parliament, where he said at least 13 MPs of the Greek Parliament were of Albanian descent.
"We are a neighbor (with Albanians), the wife can be divorced and removed from the house, and the boy can be removed, but the neighbor you cannot," he said in a speech that remains one of the strongest in terms of Albanians in the Greek Parliament.