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 Partido da Esquerda Europeia Κόμμα Ευρωπαϊκής Αριστεράς Avrupa Sol Partisi Il-Partit Ewropew tax-Xellug
Abbreviation	PEL
President	Walter Baier
Martin Schirdewan	Leader in the EP
Founded	8–9 May 2004
Headquarters	Square de Meeûs 25, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
Think tank	Transform Europe
Women's wing	EL-Fem
Political orientation	Reformism Socialism Social Democracy
European Parliament group	The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL
Website
www.european-left.org

The Party of the European Left (PEL), or European Left (EL), is a political party in Europe comprised of several small socialist and communist parties mostly within the European Union. The party is reformist and seeks to reform Europe and the EU through participating in national and European parliament elections rather than through dismantling the imperialist union.

Member parties

The Party of the European Left has 26 member parties along with 10 observer parties and 9 EL partners.

Full members

Country	Party
Austria	Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ)
Belarus	Belarusian Left Party "A Just World"
Belgium	Communists of Wallonia-Brussels
Bulgaria	Bulgarian Left (BL)
Croatia	Workers' Front (RF)
Czech Republic	The Left
Denmark	Red–Green Alliance (EL)
Estonia	Estonian United Left Party
Finland	Communist Party of Finland (SKP)
France	French Communist Party (PCF)
	Republican and Socialist Left (GRS)
Germany	The Left
Greece	Syriza
Hungary	Workers' Party of Hungary 2006 – European Left
Italy	Communist Refoundation Party (PRC)
Luxembourg	The Left
Moldova	Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova (PCRM)
Portugal	Left Bloc
Romania	Romanian Socialist Party (PSR)
Slovenia	The Left
Spain	United Left (IU)
	Communist Party of Spain (PCE)
Catalonia (Spain)	United and Alternative Left (EUiA)
Switzerland	Swiss Party of Labour
Turkey	Left Party
United Kingdom	Left Unity

Observer members

Country	Party
Belgium	Demain
Cyprus	Progressive Party of Working People (AKEL)
Northern Cyprus	New Cyprus Party
	United Cyprus Party (BKP)
Czech Republic	Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM)
Finland	Left Alliance (Vas)
France	La France Insoumise (FI)
Italy	Italian Left (SI)
Slovakia	Communist Party of Slovakia (KSS)
Spain	Sortu

EL-Partners

Country	Party
Austria	Der Wandel
	The Left (LINKS)
France	Ensemble!
	République et Socialisme
Germany	Marxistische Linke
Hungary	Táncsics – Radical Left Party
Serbia	Solidarnost
United Kingdom	Democratic Left Scotland (DLS)
	Socialists for the Independence of Scotland