Party of the European Left

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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.

Member Parties

Austria	Kommunistische Partei Österreichs
Catalonia	Esquerra Unida i Alternativa
Czech Republic	Strana Demokratického Socialismu
Estonia	Eesti Vasakpartei
France	Parti communiste français
Germany	Die Linke^[2]
Greece	Συνασπισμός της Αριστεράς των Κινημάτων και της Οικολογίας (Synaspismόs tīs Aristerás tōn Kinīmátōn kai tīs Oikologías)
Hungary	Magyar Kommunista Munkáspárt
Italy	Partito della Rifondazione Comunista
Luxembourg	Déi Lénk
Portugal	Bloco de Esquerda
Moldova	Partidul Comuniştilor din Republica Moldova
Romania	Partidul Alianţa Socialistă
San Marino	Rifondazione Comunista Sammarinese
Spain	Izquierda Unida
Spain	Partido Comunista de España
Switzerland	Partei der Arbeit der Schweiz
Turkey	Özgürlük ve Dayanışma Partisi^[3]
Wallonia	Parti communiste

Belgium	Une Autre Gauche^[4]
Cyprus	Ανορθωτικό Κόμμα Εργαζόμενου Λαού (Anorthotikó Kómma Ergazómenu Lau)
Czech Republic	Komunistická strana Čech a Moravy
Denmark	Enhedslisten - De Rød-Grønne
Finland	Suomen kommunistinen puolue
Germany	Deutsche Kommunistische Partei
Greece	Ανανεωτική Κομμουνιστική Οικολογική Αριστερά^[5] (Ananeoitiki Kommunistiki Ekologiki Aristerá)
Italy	Partito dei Comunisti Italiani
Poland	Młodzi Socjaliści
Slovakia	Komunistická strana Slovenska

^ Press release of the EL Executive Board meeting in Tallinn, May 2007
^ The Left Party.PDS is a founding party of PEL. Arbeit und soziale Gerechtigkeit – Die Wahlalternative - WASG has been approved as a full member by the Executive Board of the PEL since May 2007. After the unification of the two parties in 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 1st Congress in October 2005

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Political organisations at European Union level

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