Greek Left (, Elliniki Aristera, abbreviated EAR) was a

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. It emerged, in January 1987, from the split in the

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into the Communist Party of Greece (Interior)-Renewing Left and the Greek Left. Its ideology was

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. In December 1988 Greek Left signed a common report with the

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(KKE) about the current political situation. This was the first step in the creation of

Synaspismos The Coalition of the Left, of Movements and Ecology ( el, Συνασπισμός της Αριστεράς των Κινημάτων και της Οικολογίας, ''Synaspismós tīs Aristerás tōn Kinīmátōn kai tīs Oikologías''), com ...

, a coalition of parties, in February 1989. The common report was written by

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and

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of the KKE and Grigoris Giannaros and

Dimitrios Papadimoulis Dimitrios Papadimoulis ( el, Δημήτρης Παπαδημούλης, Dimítris Papadimoúlis; born 21 March 1955) is a Greek politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) as a member of the European United Left-Nordic Green Left. O ...

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 (; 12 October 1924 – 28 August 2011) was a Greek leftist politician and member of the Hellenic Parliament and the European Parliament. Life Leonidas Kyrkos was born in Heraklion, Crete, to Greek politician Michail Kyrkos, who ...

and its general secretary, from 1989 to 1992, was

Fotis Kouvelis Fotis-Fanourios Kouvelis ( el, Φώτης-Φανούριος Κουβέλης; born 3 September 1948) is a Greek lawyer and leftist politician. Biography Kouvelis was born in Volos. He studied law and political science at the University of Athe ...

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

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in 1989. In 1992 it merged into

when the latter transformed from a coalition to a single party.

References

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The common report KKE-EAR
(December 1988) {{Authority control Defunct socialist parties in Greece Political parties established in 1987 Political parties disestablished in 1992 1987 establishments in Greece 1992 disestablishments in Greece