European Left Alliance for the People and the Planet

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European Left Alliance for the People and the Planet
AbbreviationELA
Chairperson
Secretary-General Sophie Rauszer
Founded28 August 2024;48 days ago (2024-08-28)
Registered27 September 2024 (2024-09-27)
Split from European Left
Ideology
Political position Left-wing [1]
European Parliament group The Left
European Parliament
18 / 720
European Council
0 / 27
European Commission
0 / 27
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). [2] [3]

Contents

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, and lament the dominance of traditional communist parties after the outcome of the 2024 European elections and the exit of three parties from the PEL (Left Bloc from Portugal, Left Alliance from Finland and France Unbowed from France). [4] [5]

History

Foundation

The first officially confirmed member of the ELA was the Red-Green Alliance of Denmark. [4] Other founder members were Portugal's Left Bloc, La France Insoumise, the Swedish Left Party, Finland's Left Alliance, Poland's Left Together and Spain's Podemos. [6]

In the European Parliament, MEPs of both PEL and the ELA belong to the parlamentary group of The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL. [7] [8]

Factions of Germany's The Left 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." [9]

On 27 September 2024, the Authority for European Political Parties and European Political Foundations formally registered the ELA as a European political party. [10]

Members

ELA has 18 of 46 MEPs who compose the Left group in the European Parliament. [11]

EU member stateParty [11] EL [7] [12] NTP [13] MEPsNational MPs
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Red–Green Alliance Member until 2024Yes
1 / 14
9 / 179
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Left Alliance Member until 2022, observer until 2024Yes
3 / 15
11 / 200
Flag of France.svg  France La France insoumise Member until 2018, observer until 2024Yes
9 / 81
75 / 577
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Left Together N/ANo
8 / 460
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Left Bloc Member until 2024Yes
1 / 21
5 / 230
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Podemos N/AYes
2 / 61
4 / 350
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Left Party N/AYes
2 / 21
24 / 349

Political representation in European institutions

OrganisationInstitutionNumber of seats
Flag of Europe.svg  European Union European Parliament
18 / 720
European Commission
0 / 27
European Council
(Heads of Government)
0 / 27
Council of the European Union
(Participation in Government)
Flag of the Council of Europe.svg  Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly

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