European Left Alliance for the People and the Planet
European Left Alliance for the People and the Planet | |
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Chairperson | |
Secretary-General | Sophie Rauszer |
Founded | 28 August 2024 |
Ideology | |
Political position | Left-wing |
European Parliament group | The Left |
European Parliament | 18 / 720 |
The Left | 18 / 46 |
Website | |
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The European Left Alliance for the People and the Planet (ELA) is a European political party in the process of being founded[1] by feminist, green-leaning parties splitting away from the European Left party (EL).[2] It consists of seven parties around the movement Now the People (NTP) formed prior to the 2024 European elections. Their members tend to be newer, green-left leaning parties, and lament the dominance of traditional communist parties after the election outcome and the exit of two parties from the EL (Bloco de Esquerda from Portugal and Vasemmistoliitto from Finland).[3][4]
The first officially confirmed member of the ELA was the Danish Red-Green Alliance, Enhedslisten.[3] European parties like ELA and EL are separate from the group in the European Parliament (The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL). The parliamentary group will remain in place as a pluralist space with both EL and ELA parties in it.[5]
Members
ELA has 18 of 46 MEPs who compose the Left group in the European Parliament.[6]
EU member state | Party[6] | NTP[7] | MEPs | National MPs |
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Denmark | Enhedslisten – de rød-grønne | Yes | 1 / 14 |
9 / 179 |
Finland | Vasemmistoliitto | Yes | 3 / 15 |
11 / 200 |
France | La France insoumise | Yes | 9 / 81 |
75 / 577 |
Poland | Lewica Razem | No | – | 6 / 460 |
Portugal | Bloco de Esquerda | Yes | 1 / 21 |
5 / 230 |
Sweden | Vänsterpartiet | Yes | 2 / 21 |
24 / 349 |
Spain | Podemos | Yes | 2 / 61 |
5 / 350 |
References
- ^ "Applications not approved or pending | Applications for registration". Authority for European Political Parties andEuropean Political Foundations. Retrieved 2024-09-02.
- ^ "AGENCE EUROPE - A new European feminist and radical left party is being form..." agenceurope.eu. Retrieved 2024-09-02.
- ^ a b Neivelt, Jonas (2024-08-27). "Enhedslisten forlader European Left og går med i nyt europæisk parti". Solidaritet (in Danish). Retrieved 2024-08-30.
- ^ "Will they name names?". POLITICO. 2024-08-30. Retrieved 2024-08-30.
- ^ "Una desolante divisione della sinistra in Europa". il manifesto (in Italian). 2024-09-02. Retrieved 2024-09-03.
- ^ a b "Brat summer ends in sausage fest". POLITICO. 2024-09-03. Retrieved 2024-09-03.
- ^ "Now The People !". Now The People ! (in French). Retrieved 2024-09-02.