Dimitrios Papadimoulis

SYRIZA MEP and European Parliament Vice President Dimitris Papadimoulis has welcomed the efforts of the new government in Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) to find a solution to the lingering name dispute with Greece, adding that a mutually accepted settlement would serve as a "passport" for the Balkan state's EU and NATO ambitions.

A day after Akis Tsochatzopoulos expressed admiration for the ruling leftist SYRIZA party in an interview with private TV channel Alpha on Thursday night, SYRIZA MEP and European Parliament Vice President Dimitris Papadimoulis took to Twitter to put some distance between his party and the disgraced former defense minister's comments.

“There is a need to support economic growth in Greece in broader terms, and that is why we have tabled this plan for job positions and growth”, said Vice President for the European Commission, Valdis Dombrovskis addressing the European Parliament in response to a question submitted by the body’s Vice President and SYRIZA member Dimitris Papadimoulis, as well as MEP of New Democracy Geoge Kyrtso

SYRIZA MEP Dimitris Papadimoulis has reacted to Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential vote describing it as a "negative development" for democracy.

In the wake of the wikileaks IMF scandal, Vice President of the European Parliament Dimitrios Papadimoulis sent a letter to the body’s President Martin Schulz, all the EP political group leaders, except Marine Le Pen’s group, and the task force assigned with overseeing the Greek economic program calling for a clear stance against attempts to undermine the implementation of the reform

Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) deputies and MEPs as well as other opposition parties called for disciplinary action to be taken against commandos of Greece's Underwater Demolition Teams (OYK) following their nationalistic slogans during the March 25 military parade in downtown Athens.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras met on Saturday with the SYRIZA MEPs at Maximos Mansion, at 14.00 local time.

SYRIZA (Coalition of the Radical Left) is represented by six deputies in the European Parliament, namely Manolis Glezos, Sophia Sakorafa, Costas Chrisogonos, Dimitris Papadimoulis, Konstantina Kouneva and Stelios Kouloglou.

SYRIZA MEP Dimitris Papadimoulis (photo) on Saturday called for coalition members to refrain from giving too many interviews and posing in photo shoots.

Through his Twitter account Papadimoulis noted that the times demanded ?seriousness, solutions and calculable results.?

SYRIZA MEP Dimitris Papadimoulis has called on European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker to explain himself over comments favouring the current government, accusing the former Luxembourg prime minister of “political intervention” in Greece.