Party of the European Left

Party of the European Left

Partei der Europäischen Linken Parti de la Gauche Européenne Partito della Sinistra Europea Partido de la Izquierda Europea



President	Lothar Bisky

Founded	May 8, 2004
Headquarters	rue Parnasse / Parnassusstraat 30 1050 Brussels, Belgium

Political Ideology	communism, socialism
International Affiliation	none
European Parliament Group	European United Left - Nordic Green Left
Colours	Red

Website	www.european-left.org

See also	Politics of the EU Political parties Elections

The European Left party is a political party at European level and an association of socialist and communist political parties in the European Union and other European countries. It was formed in January 2004 for the purposes of running in the 2004 European Parliament elections. It was founded on May 8, 2004 in Rome.

Its first congress took place on October 8, 2005 in Athens. The second congress was held 23-25 November 2007 in Prague.^[1]

Several of the member and observer parties participate also in the more radical European Anticapitalist Left.

[edit] Member Parties

Austria	Communist Party of Austria
Belgium	Communist Party (Wallonia)
Catalonia	United Alternative Left of Catalonia
Czech Republic	Party of Democratic Socialism
Estonia	Estonian Left Party
France	French Communist Party
Germany	The Left^[2]
Greece	Synaspismos
Hungary	Hungarian Communist Workers' Party
Italy	Communist Refoundation Party
Luxembourg	The Left
Portugal	Left Bloc
Moldova	Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova
Romania	Socialist Alliance Party
San Marino	Sammarinese Communist Refoundation
Spain	United Left
Spain	Communist Party of Spain
Switzerland	Swiss Party of Labour
Turkey	Freedom and Solidarity Party^[3]

Belgium	Left Alternative (Une Autre Gauche)^[4]
Cyprus	Progressive Party of Working People
Czech Republic	Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia
Denmark	Red-Green Alliance
Finland	Communist Party of Finland
Germany	German Communist Party
Greece	AKOA^[5]
Italy	Party of Italian Communists
Poland	Young Socialists
Slovakia	Communist Party of Slovakia

^ Press release of the EL Executive Board meeting in Tallinn, May 2007
^ The Left Party.PDS was a founding party of PEL. Labour and Social Justice – The Electoral Alternative had been approved as a full member by the Executive Board of the PEL by May 2007. After the unification of the two parties in The Left (Die Linke) in June 2007, the new party became full member of the PEL
^ Approved as a full member by the Executive Board of the PEL since May 2007. The decision was confirmed by PEL's 2nd congress.
^ Approved as an observer by the EL Council Meeting of Chairmen and EL EB, in Lisbon 19-21 October 2007
^ Approved in observer status by the PEL's First Congress in October 2005

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