Party of the European Left
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| Party of the European Left | |
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| Partei der Europäischen Linken Parti de la Gauche Européenne Partito della Sinistra Europea Partido de la Izquierda Europea |
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| President | Lothar Bisky |
| Founded | May 8, 2004 |
| Headquarters | rue Parnasse / Parnassusstraat 30 1050 Brussels, Belgium |
| Political ideology | Communism, Democratic 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 |
The Party of the European Left, commonly abbreviated to just the European Left, is a political party at European level and an association of democratic 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.
Before the European Left was founded, most of its members already held annual meetings together as part of the New European Left Forum (NELF)[2], which still exists.
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[edit] Member Parties
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[edit] Observer Parties
As well as those of member and observer parties, individuals may also hold membership of the party.[8]
[edit] Candidate Parties
The following parties have applied to be members of European Left but are not yet approved nor by its Executive Board neither by a conference.
 Hungary |
Workers' Party |
 Belarus |
Party of Communists of Belarus |
[edit] Ex-members
| Hungary |
Hungarian Communist Workers' Party[9] |
[edit] References/Footnotes
- ^ Press release of the EL Executive Board meeting in Tallinn, May 2007
- ^ "Some remarks concerning the creation of the Party of the European Left". Official European Left site. http://www.european-left.org/english/about_the_el/introduction/. Retrieved on 2009-07-01.
- ^ 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
- ^ Approved in observer status by the PEL's Second Congress in November 2007
- ^ EL statute, article six
- ^ The Hungarian Communist Workers' Party was a founding party of PEL. Its Central Committee decided on April 25, 2009 to signout from PEL on May 1 making use of article 6 of PEL's statute. "Resolution of the Central Committee of the Hungarian Communist Workers’ Party". Central Committee of the Hungarian Communist Workers’ Party. 2009-04-25. http://inter.kke.gr/News/2009news/2009-04-hungarian.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- http://www.european-left.org - Official Website
- http://www.sinistraeuropea.it - Italian Website
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