Greek Left was a Greek

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

 leftwing political party

Political party

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.

It emerged, in January 1987, from the split in the Communist Party of Greece (Interior)

Communist Party of Greece (Interior)

The Communist Party of Greece, Interior , usually abbreviated as KKE Interior was a communist political party in Greece. The party was formed after a major split of the Communist Party of Greece in 1968...

 into the Communist Party of Greece (Interior)-Renewing Left

Renewing Communist Ecological Left

Renewing Communist Ecological Left is a political party in Greece. It was formed mostly by members of the late eurocommunist-influenced KKE Interior.In the 2000 parliamentary elections AKOA supported Synaspismos...

 and the Greek Left. Its ideology was Eurocommunism

Eurocommunism

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.

In December 1988 Greek Left signed a common report with the Communist Party of Greece

Communist Party of Greece

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 (KKE) about the current political situation. This was the first step in the creation of Synaspismos, a coalition of parties, in February 1989. The common report was written by Mimis Androulakis and Giannis Dragasakis

Giannis Dragasakis

Giannis Dragasakis is a Greek politician. He studied Political and Economic Sciences. He is a member of the Greek Parliament for the Coalition of the Radical Left for the Athens B constituency.He was elected MP:...

 of the KKE and Grigoris Giannaros and Dimitrios Papadimoulis

Dimitrios Papadimoulis

Dimitrios Papadimoulis is a Greek politician and former Member of the European Parliament for Synaspismos as a member of the European United Left-Nordic Green Left. Since 2009 he serves as a MP for the Greek parliament....

 of the Greek Left. It was published in Rizospastis on 8 December 1988.

Greek Left was the main power in Synaspismos, after the KKE.

Its leader was Leonidas Kyrkos

Leonidas Kyrkos

Leonidas Kyrkos was a Greek leftist politician and member of the Hellenic Parliament and the European Parliament.-Life:...

 and its general secretary, from 1989 to 1992, was Fotis Kouvelis.

The Greek Left participated with Synaspismos in three parliamentary elections, once in the local elections and once in the elections for the European Parliament

European Parliament

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 in 1989. In 1992 it merged into Synaspismos when the latter transformed from a coalition to a single party.

External links

• The common report KKE-EAR (December 1988)