Kouvelis asked President Papoulias to call leaders' meeting

Democratic Left (DIMAR) leader Fotis Kouvelis on Tuesday, 4/11/2014 met with Greek President Karolos Papoulias and requested that he call…

Kouvelis noted that the political contradictions and confrontations between the political parties are acceptable in the context of the democratic operation, however, they should be left aside and a common political ground on the debt negotiations should be sought, otherwise results will be adverse for the society.

On his part, Papoulias said he was glad to hear about understanding despite the differences between the political parties, noting however, that this is necessary for national issues too. "This is my position, this is what I told prime minister (Antonis Samaras) and (SYRIZA leader Alexis) Tsipras as well, Papoulias noted.