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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; Il-Partit Ewropew tax-Xellug;
President	Lothar Bisky
Founded	May 8, 2004
Headquarters	rue Parnasse / Parnassusstraat 30; 1050 Brussels, Belgium
Ideology	Eurocommunism,; Democratic socialism
International affiliation	None
European Parliament Group	European United Left - Nordic Green Left
Official colours	Red
Website
	http://www.european-left.org/
	Politics of the European Union; Political parties; Elections

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.

[edit] Member Parties

Austria	Communist Party of Austria
Belgium	Communist Party (Wallonia)
Belgium	Communist Party (Flanders)
Belarus	Belarusian United Left Party "Fair World"^[3]
Czech Republic	Party of Democratic Socialism
Estonia	Estonian United Left Party
Finland	Communist Party of Finland^[4]
Finland	Left Alliance^[3]
France	French Communist Party
Germany	The Left^[5]
Greece	Synaspismos
Hungary	Workers' Party^[3]
Italy	Communist Refoundation Party
Luxembourg	The Left
Portugal	Left Bloc
Moldova	Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova
Romania	Socialist Alliance Party
San Marino	Sammarinese Communist Refoundation
Spain	United Left
Spain	Communist Party of Spain
Spain	United Alternative Left of Catalonia
Switzerland	Swiss Party of Labour
Turkey	Freedom and Solidarity Party^[6]

Lothar Bisky, President of the EL

[edit] Observer Parties

Belgium	Another Left^[7]
Cyprus	Progressive Party of Working People
Czech Republic	Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia
Denmark	Red-Green Alliance
Germany	German Communist Party
Greece	AKOA^[8]
Italy	Party of Italian Communists
Northern Cyprus	New Cyprus Party
Poland	Young Socialists^[9]
Slovakia	Communist Party of Slovakia

As well as those of member and observer parties, individuals may also hold membership of the party.^[10]

[edit] Ex-members

Hungary

Hungarian Communist Workers' Party^[11]

[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 2009-07-01.
^ ^a ^b ^c Approved as a full member by the Executive Board of the PEL in Geneva in October 2009. The decision has to be ratified by PEL's 3nd congress in 2010. "The EL Executive Board settles the agenda for 2010". Party of the European Left. 2009-10-25. http://newsportal.european-left.org/nc/english/newshome/news_archive/news_archive/zurueck/latest-news-home-4/artikel/the-el-executive-board-settles-the-agenda-for-2010/. Retrieved 2009-12-06.
^ The Communist Party of Finland changed its status from observer to full member party in October 2009
^ 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 in May 2007. The decision was ratified 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. Retrieved 2009-12-06.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

http://www.european-left.org - Official Website
http://www.sinistraeuropea.it - Italian Website

[0] Press release of the EL Executive Board meeting in Tallinn, May 2007

[1] "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 2009-07-01.

[PB09-2] Approved as a full member by the Executive Board of the PEL in Geneva in October 2009. The decision has to be ratified by PEL's 3nd congress in 2010. "The EL Executive Board settles the agenda for 2010". Party of the European Left. 2009-10-25. http://newsportal.european-left.org/nc/english/newshome/news_archive/news_archive/zurueck/latest-news-home-4/artikel/the-el-executive-board-settles-the-agenda-for-2010/. Retrieved 2009-12-06.

[3] The Communist Party of Finland changed its status from observer to full member party in October 2009

[4] 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

[PB07-5] Approved as a full member by the Executive Board of the PEL in May 2007. The decision was ratified by PEL's 2nd congress.

[6] Approved as an observer by the EL Council Meeting of Chairmen and EL EB, in Lisbon 19-21 October 2007

[7] Approved in observer status by the PEL's First Congress in October 2005

[8] Approved in observer status by the PEL's Second Congress in November 2007

[9] EL statute, article six

[10] 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. Retrieved 2009-12-06.

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