He also stirred controversy last year by attempting to travel across India and Japan without paying, and instead begging for cash.
Sporting three ties, a suit and shorts, Panayiotou announced his candidacy in January, confessing he had no idea about politics or the European Union but claiming to be willing to learn.
“I am 23 years old and I have never voted in my life, and I said to myself one night that if I never vote and I never take an interest, the same nerds are always going to be in power, and I said ‘enough!,’” he announced.
In April Fidias submitted his candidacy alongside his father, a priest, wearing a suit and a bow tie.
“I heard somewhere that if you are not satisfied with things around you and you want them to change, you have to be the change,” he said on the occasion. “Why did I choose to be independent? Because I can’t fit into molds. Because I want you to know that I have no party interests to serve.”
He added that his goal was not to get elected, but to motivate young people to get involved in politics.