Internationalist Workers' Left (Greece) - Electoral Activity

Electoral Activity

The DEA participated in the Greek legislative elections of 2004 in cooperation with Synaspismós (SYN), the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) and other parties of the Greek Left. The organization joined the alliance under the conditions described as the "Four No's", which advocate against war, racism, Liberalism, and center-leftism. These terms, set in 2004, served as a starting set of principles for a collaboration and have been updated in over the years. During the electoral campaign, the DEA defended the organization's right to use its own leaflets, posters and newspapers, as well as the alliance's. This set a precedent for elections to come, and for other Greek Left organizations that would later join the organization.

The DEA did not participate in the 2004 European Parliament elections due to the violation of the coalition's principles by SYN leadership. The latter turned once again to center-left politics, through the SYN's president's engagement in a discussion for his election as President of Greece - a move that discredited both himself as well as the center-left politics under SYN's membership.

The DEA participated again in the Greek legislative elections of 2007 with SYRIZA in the European elections of 2009, where SYRIZA received 5.04% of the vote. Meanwhile, the KOE joined the SYRIZA coalition in 2007, followed by Xekinima in 2008.