Jose Manuel Barroso

The last party leader to meet Greek President Karolos Papulias (R) was Democratic Left chief Fotis Kouvelis (L).

Greek Coalition Government Talks Yield no Fruit

03:58 14/05/2012 ATHENS, May 14 (RIA Novosti)

The first round of talks between Greek President Karolos Papoulias and political party leaders on the formation of a coalition government following last week’s general elections ended without a deal on Sunday.

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