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European Left Alliance for the People and the Planet

The European Left Alliance for the People and the Planet (ELA) is a European political alliance founded by feminist, green-leaning parties splitting away from the European Left party (EL).[2] It currently seeks to register as a European political party.[3]

European Left Alliance for the People and the Planet
AbbreviationELA
Chairperson
Secretary-GeneralSophie Rauszer
Founded28 August 2024; 17 days ago (2024-08-28)
Split fromEuropean Left
Ideology
Political positionLeft-wing[1]
European Parliament groupThe Left
European Parliament
18 / 720
European Council
0 / 27
European Commission
0 / 27
Website
leftalliance.eu

The ELA consists of seven parties around the movement Now the People (NTP) formed in 2018. 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 three parties from the EL (Bloco de Esquerda from Portugal, Vasemmistoliitto from Finland and La France Insoumise from France).[4][5]

History

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Foundation

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The first officially confirmed member of the ELA was the Danish Red-Green Alliance, Enhedslisten.[4] European parties like ELA and EL can receive EU funding. The existing EL received €1,900,000 in 2024. The parties are separate from the groups in the European Parliament. Both EL and ELA belong to the parliamentary group The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL.[6][7]

Some Die Linke subdivisions submitted a motion to express its loyalty towards PEL claiming that the "fragmentation of the European left at a time of the rise of the extreme right is a mistake."[8]

Members

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ELA has 18 of 46 MEPs who compose the Left group in the European Parliament.[9]

EU member state Party[9] EL[6][10] NTP[11] MEPs National MPs
  Denmark Enhedslisten – de rød-grønne Member until 2024 Yes
  Finland Vasemmistoliitto Member until 2022, observer until 2024. Yes
  France La France insoumise Member until 2018, observer until 2024 Yes
  Poland Lewica Razem Never No –
  Portugal Bloco de Esquerda Member until 2024 Yes
  Spain Podemos Never Yes
  Sweden Vänsterpartiet Never Yes

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Soler, Paula; Sánchez Alonso, Aïda (9 September 2024). "New European Left Alliance eyes expansion into centre-east". Euronews. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
  2. ^ "AGENCE EUROPE - A new European feminist and radical left party is being form..." agenceurope.eu. Retrieved 2024-09-02.
  3. ^ "Applications not approved or pending | Applications for registration". Authority for European Political Parties and European Political Foundations. Retrieved 2024-09-02.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Will they name names?". POLITICO. 2024-08-30. Retrieved 2024-08-30.
  6. ^ a b "Una desolante divisione della sinistra in Europa". il manifesto (in Italian). 2024-09-02. Retrieved 2024-09-03.
  7. ^ redazione (2024-09-03). "In Europa una desolante divisione della sinistra • Diritti Globali". Diritti Globali (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-09-08.
  8. ^ Uwe Sattler (2024-09-06). "„Die Zersplitterung der europäischen Linken ist ein Fehler"". die-zukunft.eu (in German). Retrieved 2024-09-12.
  9. ^ a b "Brat summer ends in sausage fest". POLITICO. 2024-09-03. Retrieved 2024-09-03.
  10. ^ Mayer, Leo (2024-09-05). "www.kommunisten.de – Eine desolate Spaltung der Linken in Europa". www.kommunisten.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-09-08.
  11. ^ "Now The People !". Now The People ! (in French). Retrieved 2024-09-02.
 

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