"[5] Dritsas was a Piraeus mayoral candidate in the 1998, 2002, 2006, and 2014 elections, heading the political alliance called "Port of Anguish".

[4] Following Syriza's win at the January 2015 general election, Dritsas was appointed Alternate Minister for Shipping and the Aegean.

"[7] Following Syriza's win in the September 2015 snap legislative election, Dritsas was appointed Minister of Shipping and Island Policy in the new government.

In March 2021, Dritsas, speaking to a Piraeus local radio station, expressed his support for Koufodinas' hunger strike, stating the following:What the (New Democracy) government is doing [by refusing Koufodinas' demand] will revive the discourse on the armed [struggle] and so-called terrorism, even though I believe no one was ever terrorized by the actions of those organizations.

[10] The New Democracy governing party condemned Dritsas' statement as "vulgar" and "insulting to the memory of the organization's victims"[11] The center-left Movement for Change (KINAL) party denounced in parliament the comments made by Dritsas as "unacceptable, ahistorical and provocative," stating that "terrorism is the enemy of democracy.