New Left (Croatia)

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New Left
Nova ljevica
Leader Ivana Kekin
Founder Dragan Markovina
Founded18 December 2016 (2016-12-18)
Headquarters Zagreb [1]
Membership (2022)119 [2]
Ideology Social democracy
Democratic socialism
Political position Centre-left to left-wing
National affiliation Green–Left Coalition (since 2017)
Sabor
0 / 151
European Parliament
0 / 12
Zagreb Assembly [3]
3 / 51
Website
novaljevica.hr

New Left (Croatian : Nova ljevica, NL) is a social-democratic [4] and democratic socialist [4] political party in Croatia. [5] It also promotes anti-fascism, environmentalism, and progressivism on social issues.

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History

The party was established in December 2016, thanks to the efforts of left-wing intellectuals and civil activists including Dragan Markovina, Zoran Pusić, Vesna Teršelič, Nadežda Čačinovič and Nikola Devčić.

In March 2017, the New Left of Croatia announced their coalition with the left-wing political party Workers' Front for the local elections in Split and Zagreb. [6] They later formed a coalition, for the Zagreb Assembly elections, with Možemo!, Zagreb is OURS (Zagreb je NAŠ!), Sustainable Development of Croatia - ORaH (Održivi razvoj Hrvatske or ORaH) and For the City (Za grad or ZG). [7] The same parties formed the Green–Left Coalition for the 2020 parliamentary elections.

Electoral performance

Parliament of Croatia

YearPopular vote
(coalition)
 % of popular voteOverall seats wonSeat changeCoalitionGovernment
2020 116,4806.99%
1 / 151
Increase2.svg 1 Green–Left opposition

Zagreb City Assembly

YearPopular vote
(coalition)
 % of popular voteOverall seats wonSeat changeCoalitionGovernment
2017 24,7067.64%
1 / 51
Increase2.svg 1 Green–Left opposition
2021 130,85040.83%
3 / 47
Increase2.svg 2 Green–Left government

European Parliament

YearPopular vote
(coalition)
% of popular voteOverall seats wonSeat changeCoalitionAffiliation
2019 19,3131.79%
0 / 12
New Green–Left EL/GUE-NGL

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