Party of the European Left
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The Party of the European Left (PEL), or European Left (EL), is a European political party that operates as an association of democratic socialist and communist political parties in the European Union and other European countries. It was formed in January 2004 for the purposes of running in the 2004 European Parliament elections. The PEL was founded on 8–9 May 2004 in Rome. The elected MEPs from member parties of the PEL sit in The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL group in the European Parliament, though not all PEL members are also members of GUE/NGL.
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Abbreviation | PEL |
President | Walter Baier (AT) |
Leader in the EP | Martin Schirdewan (DE) |
Founded | 8–9 May 2004 (2004-05-08 – 2004-05-09); 20 years ago |
Headquarters | Square de Meeûs 25, 1000 Brussels, Belgium |
Think tank | Transform Europe |
Women's wing | EL-Fem |
Ideology | |
Political position | Left-wing to far-left |
European Parliament group | The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL |
Colours | Dark red |
European Parliament | 28 / 705 |
European Council | 0 / 28 |
European Lower Houses | 344 / 9,874 |
European Upper Houses | 27 / 2,714 |
Website | |
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Several member and observer parties participate also in the more radical European Anti-Capitalist Left. Before the PEL was founded, most of its members already held annual meetings together, as part of the New European Left Forum (NELF).[2] The current president is the Austrian politician Walter Baier.