Popular Unity - Insubordinate Left (Greek: Λαϊκή Ενότητα - Ανυπότακτη Αριστερά (ΛΑΕ - AA), Laïkí Enótita - Anipótakti Aristera, LAE - ΑΑ) is a left-wing^[4][5] political party in Greece.

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Popular Unity Λαϊκή Ενότητα - Ανυπότακτη Αριστερά
Abbreviation	ΛΑΕ (LAE)
Leaders	Dimitris Stratoulis, Marianna Tsixli
Founded	21 August 2015 (2015-08-21)
Split from	SYRIZA
Ideology	Socialism[1][2] Euroscepticism[1][2][3]
Political position	Left-wing[4][5] to far-left[1][6]
National affiliation	MeRA25[citation needed]
Colours	Red
Slogan	'ΟΧΙ στο Ευρώ της καταστροφής! (NO to the disastrous Euro!)
Hellenic Parliament	0 / 300
European Parliament	0 / 21
Regional governors	0 / 13
Regional councillors	0 / 611
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Website
laiki-enotita.gr
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Popular Unity was founded on 21 August 2015 by twenty five parliamentarians formerly affiliated to the Coalition of the Radical Left (Syriza),^[4] as a reaction to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' handling of the Greek bailout agreement of 2015.

Popular Unity was founded on 21 August 2015 by 25 parliamentarians formerly affiliated to the Coalition of the Radical Left (Syriza),^[4] as a reaction to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' handling of the Greek bailout agreement of 2015. At foundation Popular Unity was the third largest party in the Greek parliament.^[7] It was led by the former Minister of Energy in the Tsipras cabinet, Panagiotis Lafazanis.^[8] Dimitris Stratoulis (former Alternate Minister of Social Security) and Costas Isychos (former Alternate Minister of National Defence), who were sacked in July 2015,^[9] also joined the new party.

The name of the party is inspired by Popular Unity, the Chilean political alliance led by Salvador Allende.^[13]

The party favours Greek withdrawal from the eurozone and reinstating the drachma as Greece's national currency.^[4] According to founding member Stathis Kouvelakis, a former member of Syriza's Central Committee, the new party supports socialist internationalism, pacifism, Greece's exit from NATO, and breaking military agreements with Israel.^[7]

Popular Unity had 26 members of the Hellenic Parliament prior to the September 2015 election, all of whom defected from Syriza. In alphabetical order, they were:^[14]