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The Party of the European Left

The Party of the European Left unites democratic parties of the alternative and progressive Left on the European continent that "strive for the consistent transformation of today's social relationships into a peaceful and socially just society on the basis of the diversity of our situations, our histories and our common values".

Founded on the 9th May 2004 in Rome, the Party of the European Left (EL) consisted of 26 member and 7 observer parties from all over Europe. Sixteen political parties created the Party of the European Left. Bringing together the socialists and communists could strengthen the sometimes disparate leftist GUE/NGL group in the European Parliament.

For the time being though, communist, former communist, socialist, Trotzkyist, pacifist and feminist members of the European Parliament (MEPs) work together in the GUE/NGL, the fourth-largest parliamentary group in the EP. MEPs from the ten old EU countries and observers from new members Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Latvia and Slovakia have brought their number to 57.

GUE (Gauche Unitaire Européen) was first established by parties from France, Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain in 1994 and augmented a year later by the Nordic Green Left (NGL) -- Danish, Finnish and Swedish parties.