Democratic Left (Greece)

Δημοκρατική Αριστερά (ΔΗΜΑΡ)
Dimokratiki Aristera (DIMAR)
Democratic Left
Leader Fotis Kouvelis
Founded 27 June 2010
Headquarters Plateia Viktorias 5,
10 434 Athens
Ideology Democratic Socialism
Social democracy
Environmentalism
Reformism
Pro-Europeanism
Political position Centre-Left
Parliament
4 / 300
Peripheries [1]
7 / 725
Website
http://www.dimokratikiaristera.eu/
Politics of Greece
Political parties
Elections

Democratic Left (Greek: Δημοκρατική Αριστερά - ΔΗΜ.ΑΡ., Dimokratiki Aristera - DIMAR) is a Greek democratic socialist political party.

It emerged, in June 2010, when the members of the moderate Renewal Wing (Greek: Ανανεωτική Πτέρυγα) platform left the Coalition of the Left of Movements and Ecology, or Synaspismos, at its 6th congress.

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Principles

The fundamental principles of the Democratic Left are:[2]

Foundation

Democratic Left was founded on 27 June 2010 when the Renewal Wing platform of Synaspismos, among them MPs Fotis Kouvelis, Thanasis Leventis, Nikos Tsoukalis, and Grigoris Psarianos - left Synaspismos at its 6th congress. They were joined by more than 550 individuals.[3]

At a subsequent national conference of the Renewal Wing, 170 members were elected to national policy committee of the new party.[4]

The first conference of the Democratic Left was held on 31 March - 3 April 2011, electing Fotis Kouvelis as its leader with 97,31%. [5]

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