Movement for the United in Action Left
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Movement for the United in Action Left ( abbreviated ΚΕΔΑ-KEDA) is a political party
in Greece
that is part of the Coalition of the Radical Left
.
KEDA was formed in the early 2000s, by a splinter group of major party officials of the Communist Party of Greece
(KKE), most prominently Yiannis Theonas (former MEP
for KKE) and Mitsos Kostopoulos (ex-president of the parliamentary group of the KKE and ex-secretary general of the General Confederation of Greek Workers). However, Kostopoulos, left KEDA in May 2007.
Political party
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in Greece
Greece
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that is part of the Coalition of the Radical Left
Coalition of the Radical Left
The Coalition of the Radical Left , commonly known by its Greek abbreviation ΣΥΡΙΖΑ , is a coalition of left political parties in Greece...
.
KEDA was formed in the early 2000s, by a splinter group of major party officials of the Communist Party of Greece
Communist Party of Greece
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(KKE), most prominently Yiannis Theonas (former MEP
Member of the European Parliament
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for KKE) and Mitsos Kostopoulos (ex-president of the parliamentary group of the KKE and ex-secretary general of the General Confederation of Greek Workers). However, Kostopoulos, left KEDA in May 2007.