‘I had a glimpse of a more cool democracy’ In interview: Internet sensation Fidias Panayiotou

PART 1: Fidias Panayiotou was elected to the European Parliament thanks to his huge social network following. In Part One of this two-part interview he tells Justin Stares how he bypassed the traditional party system; how he asks his followers to tell him what political decisions to make; and how he will be “optimising for fun” in the Strasbourg assembly.