KEDA was formed in the early 2000s, by a splinter group of major party officials of the
Communist Party of Greece (KKE), most prominently
Giannis 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. ==References==