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PASOK and DIMAR Cooperation in Greek Elections
PASOK and Democratic Left (DIMAR) announced that they will cooperate in the Greek elections under the name Democratic Coalition at a joint press conference of Fofi Gennimata (PASOK) and Thanassis Theoharopoulos (DIMAR) on Sunday.
As they announced, the parties will keep their...
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DIMAR Deputy Founta Turns Independent
Democratic Left (DIMAR) deputy Niki Founta on Tuesday sent a letter to the Parliament President notifying him of her decision to resign from DIMAR parliamentary group and become an independent deputy.
“The deputy’s political stance and beliefs have been significantly...
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SYRIZA, ANEL, DIMAR Reject Greek PM Proposals
In an announcement released on Sunday evening, main opposition SYRIZA rejected Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’ public call for consensus and his proposal to broaden the government’s composition until the next national elections, to take place by the end...
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DIMAR leader: Recourse to Early Election will Work as Redemption for the People
Democratic Left (DIMAR) wants the country to be taken to early elections because the people will be able to choose which policies they prefer, party leader Fotis Kouvelis on Wednesday told SKAI TV and estimated that the recourse to...
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DIMAR Leader: Party MPs Voting for President are not Apostates
Any Democratic Left (DIMAR) MP to vote for the President of the Hellenic Republic in the upcoming Parliament ballots will not be considered an apostate or a venal, party leader Fotis Kouvelis declared earlier today during an interview to Greek...
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SYRIZA and DIMAR Leaders' Meeting Sparks Collaboration Rumors
The meeting between SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras and Democratic Left (DIMAR) head Fotis Kouvelis sparked rumors that the two Greek opposition parties will collaborate in the snap general elections.
According to a report in Greek newspaper "Efimerida ton Syntakton," talks...
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DIMAR Leader: Will not Vote for President of Republic
"Democratic Left (DIMAR) deputies have pledged that they will not vote for Greece 's President of Republic in the current parliament, because the implemented policy does not offer the conditions of a consensual procedure," the party's leader Fotis Kouvelis...
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DIMAR Leader: Extension of the Memorandum Equals Continuation of Recession
In a written statement, Democratic Left (DIMAR) President Fotis Kouvelis criticized the Greek government for mishandling the Troika negotiations. The former coalition government partner warned that a possible extension of the Memorandum equals with the continuation of the recession...
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DIMAR Leader Kouvelis Meets President Papoulias
President of the Hellenic Republic Karolos Papoulias received Democratic Left (DIMAR) leader Fotis Kouvelis earlier today, for the last of a series of meetings he held with political leaders that began yesterday with Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and main...
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Kouvelis Re-elected President of DIMAR
Fotis Kouvelis was re-elected president of Democratic Left (DIMAR) at the party's congress on Sunday with 68.34% of the vote, receiving 503 out of a total of 745 votes.
Rival candidate Dimitris Loukas received 155 votes or 21.01% of votes...
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DIMAR Leader Hands in his Resignation to the Party's Central Committee
Greece 's Democratic Left (DIMAR) leader Fotis Kouvelis handed in his resignation to the party's Central Committee that convenes on Saturday under the shadow of the heavy defeat in the euroelections and asked from all the party members to...
Economy
Troubled DIMAR Loses A Lawmaker
The floundering Democratic Left (DIMAR) which is essentially rudderless while trying to decide whether to accept the resignation of its leader Fotis Kouvelis, fell to 13 Members of Parliament on June 6 when one of its lawmakers, Vasilis Economou,...
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DIMAR Rejects Kouvelis Resignation, SYRIZA Eyes Unity
Greece 's Democratic Left (DIMAR) lawmakers said they won't accept the resignation of party leader Fotis Kouvelis, even though it finished with a disastrous 1.2 percent and dead last among major Greek parties in the May 25 European Parliament...
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DIMAR's Kouvelis Quits; Independent Greeks See Changes
After his party's abysmal showing in European Parliament elections - finishing last among major parties with 1.2 percent of the vote - Democratic Left (DIMAR) leader Fotis Kouvelis has resigned under pressure from unhappy lawmakers.
DIMAR failed to elect a...
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Independent Greeks and DIMAR Seek Electoral Defeat Clues
Greece's opposition parties Independent Greeks and DIMAR are trying to determine the causes of their diminished electoral appeal, in the aftermath of Sunday's European Parliament elections.
Independent Greeks look for answers
The opposition Independent Greeks party parliamentary group is to convene on...