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European Left Alliance for the People and the Planet

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European Left Alliance for the People and the Planet
AbbreviationELA
Secretary-GeneralAdrien Le Louarn
Co-chairs
TreasurerZofia Malisz
Founded28 August 2024; 9 months ago (2024-08-28)
Registered27 September 2024 (2024-09-27)
Split fromEuropean Left
Membership (26 January 2025)0
Ideology
Political positionLeft-wing[2]
European Parliament groupThe Left in the European Parliament
Colours  Green
  Purple
  Red
European Parliament
18 / 720
European Commission
0 / 27
European Council
0 / 27
European
Lower Houses
125 / 6,229
European
Upper Houses
0 / 1,459
Website
leftalliance.eu

The European Left Alliance for the People and the Planet (ELA) is a European political party formed as a split from the Party of the European Left (PEL).[3][4]

The ELA consists of seven national-level political parties connected to Now the People (NTP), itself formed in 2018. Their members tend to be newer, green-left leaning parties.[5][6]

History

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Foundation

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The first officially confirmed member of the ELA was the Red-Green Alliance of Denmark.[5] Other founder members were Portugal's Left Bloc, La France Insoumise, the Swedish Left Party, Finland's Left Alliance, Poland's Partia Razem and Spain's Podemos.[7]

In the European Parliament, MEPs of both PEL and the ELA belong to the parliamentary group of The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL.[8][9]

Factions of Germany's Die Linke 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."[10]

On 27 September 2024, the Authority for European Political Parties and European Political Foundations formally registered the ELA as a European political party.[11]

Members

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ELA has 18 of the 46 MEPs who compose the Left group in the European Parliament.[12]

Full members

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EU member state Party[12] EL[8][13] NTP[14] MEPs National MPs
 Denmark Red–Green Alliance Member until 2024 Yes
1 / 14
9 / 179
 Finland Left Alliance Member until 2022, observer until 2024 Yes
3 / 15
11 / 200
 France La France Insoumise Member until 2018, observer until 2024 Yes
9 / 81
70 / 577
 Poland Partia Razem N/A No –
5 / 460
 Portugal Left Bloc Member until 2024 Yes
1 / 21
1 / 230
 Spain Podemos N/A Yes
2 / 61
4 / 350
 Sweden Left Party N/A Yes
2 / 21
24 / 349

Observer members

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Country Party[12] MEPs National MPs
 Spain EH Bildu
1 / 61
6 / 350
 Norway Socialist Left Party Not in the EU
13 / 169

Political representation in European institutions

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Organisation Institution Number of seats
 European Union European Parliament
18 / 720 (3%)
[15]
European Commission
0 / 27 (0%)
[16]
European Council
(Heads of Government)
0 / 27 (0%)
[17]
Council of the European Union
(Participation in Government)
European Committee of the Regions
0 / 329 (0%)
[18]
 Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "European Left Alliance for the People and the Planet (ELA)". leftalliance.eu. Retrieved 2025-03-18. We defend an alternative to capitalism.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "AGENCE EUROPE - A new European feminist and radical left party is being form..." agenceurope.eu. Retrieved 2024-09-02.
  4. ^ "Registered Parties". Authority for European Political Parties and European Political Foundations. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Will they name names?". POLITICO. 2024-08-30. Retrieved 2024-08-30.
  7. ^ "New European Left Alliance eyes expansion into centre-east". 9 September 2024.
  8. ^ a b "Una desolante divisione della sinistra in Europa". il manifesto (in Italian). 2024-09-02. Retrieved 2024-09-03.
  9. ^ redazione (2024-09-03). "In Europa una desolante divisione della sinistra • Diritti Globali". Diritti Globali (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-09-08.
  10. ^ Uwe Sattler (2024-09-06). ""Die Zersplitterung der europäischen Linken ist ein Fehler"". die-zukunft.eu (in German). Retrieved 2024-09-12.
  11. ^ "European Left Alliance for the People and the Planet". Authority for European Political Parties and European Political Foundations. 2024-09-27. Retrieved 2024-09-30.
  12. ^ a b c "Brat summer ends in sausage fest". POLITICO. 2024-09-03. Retrieved 2024-09-03.
  13. ^ Mayer, Leo (2024-09-05). "www.kommunisten.de – Eine desolate Spaltung der Linken in Europa". www.kommunisten.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-09-08.
  14. ^ "Now The People !". Now The People ! (in French). Retrieved 2024-09-02.
  15. ^ "European Left Alliance for the People and the Planet". Authority for European Political Parties and European Political Foundations. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  16. ^ "College of Commissioners". Retrieved 7 February 2025.
  17. ^ "Members of the European Council". Retrieved 7 February 2025.
  18. ^ "European Committee of the Regions Members Page". Retrieved 6 February 2025.
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