Disabilities union lambasts Fidias over offensive remarks

Every apology by MEP Fidias Panayiotou “insults decades of struggle” and “institutionally insults the office of MEP,” disabilities union Kysoa said in a statement on Monday.

The criticism follows Panayiotou’s remarks in a November podcast in which he referred to people with intellectual disabilities using the term “loonies” (pelloi) while discussing Paralympic swimming classifications.

Kysoa and the European disability forum have filed a formal complaint with European Parliament president Roberta Metsola.