Democratic Left (Greece)
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Democratic Left
Δημοκρατική Αριστερά (ΔΗΜΑΡ) Dimokratiki Aristera (DIMAR) |
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| Abbreviation | DIMAR |
| Leader | Thanasis Theocharopoulos |
| Founded | 27 June 2010 |
| Split from | Synaspismós |
| Headquarters | Plateia Viktorias 5, 10 434 Athens |
| Ideology | Democratic socialism Social democracy Pro-Europeanism |
| Political position |
Centre-left to Left-wing |
| National affiliation | Democratic Coalition |
| European affiliation | None |
| International affiliation | None |
| European Parliament group | Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (No MEP's) |
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Democratic Left (Greek: Δημοκρατική Αριστερά - ΔΗΜ.ΑΡ., Dimokratiki Aristera, DIMAR) is a social-democraticpolitical party in Greece. DIMAR was a minority party supporting the Samaras cabinet from 21 June 2012 to 21 June 2013.
DIMAR was founded on 27 June 2010 when the Renewal Wing platform of the left-wing party Coalition of Left, of Movements and Ecology (Synaspismós), a component of the Coalition of the Radical Left (Syriza), among them MPs Fotis Kouvelis, Thanasis Leventis, Nikos Tsoukalis, and Grigoris Psarianos - exited Synaspismós at its 6th congress. They were joined by more than 550 individuals. At a subsequent national conference of the Renewal Wing, 170 members were elected to national policy committee of the new party.
The first conference of DIMAR was held on 31 March - 3 April 2011. It elected Fotis Kouvelis as the party's leader with 97.31% of the vote.
On 22 March 2012, six MPs from the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) joined the party, which raised the number of Democratic Left MPs to 10, the party was eligible to form a parliamentary group. The minor party Free Citizens also joined the Democratic Left on 22 March 2012.
In the May 2012 legislative election DIMAR received 386,116 votes (6.1%) and elected 19 MPs in the Greek Parliament, making it the seventh biggest party in the Hellenic Parliament. In the June 2012 legislative election, the DIMAR won 6.3% of the vote and 17 seats, making it the sixth largest party by seat count. It joined the Samaras cabinet with New Democracy (ND) and PASOK.
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