Fotis Kouvelis
Greece
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...
Greece
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...
Greece
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...
Greece
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...
Greece
Poll: SYRIZA Leads with 4.8% Over New Democracy in Voting Intention
Greek main opposition party SYRIZA leads by 4.8% over ruling New Democracy (ND) in voting intention if general elections were held now, according to a weekly opinion poll conducted by Metron Analysis, which was published in "Parapolitika" newspaper on Saturday.
According to...
Greece
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...
Greece
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...
Greece
SYRIZA Leads Over New Democracy in Poll
According to a recent poll conducted by the University of Macedonia on behalf of SKAI television in Greece, opposition party SYRIZA is leading over New Democracy by six points.
The poll was conducted on September 11-15 and shows that, in terms of voting...
Greece
Democratic Left Party Loses Three MPs
Earlier today, Democratic Left (DIMAR) party leader Fotis Kouvelis informed the President of the Greek Parliament, Evangelos Meimarakis, of his decision to expel Grigoris Psarianos from the party’s parliamentary group. DIMAR party spokesman, Andreas Papadopoulos has expressed, in a letter sent...
Greece
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...