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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 Partido da Esquerda Europeia Κόμμα Ευρωπαϊκής Αριστεράς Avrupa Sol Partisi Il-Partit Ewropew tax-Xellug | |
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| 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 Eurocommunism (Factions) Democratic Socialism |
| 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.[1]
Member parties[edit | edit source]
The Party of the European Left has 26 member parties along with 10 observer parties and 9 EL partners.[2]
Full members[edit | edit source]
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Observer members[edit | edit source]
| Country | Party |
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 Belgium
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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[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Who we are". Party of the European Left. Archived from the original on 2024-04-02.
- ↑ "Our parties". Party of the European Left. Archived from the original on 2024-04-02.