The approach of the European elections has seen a flurry of electioneering by political leaders in Crete as elsewhere. As well as the leaders of the three main parties, the island has been visited by several government ministers, including the minister for Education Kyriakos Pierrakakis, who visited the University of Crete and the Hellenic Mediterranean University in Heraklion last week, and Minister of State Akis Skertsos.