European United Left - Nordic Green Left

The European United Left - Nordic Green Left is a Communist and socialist political grouping within the European Parliament.

It has several classes of members: Member Parties are those who are full members of the group. Parties with Observer Status are from states who are due to join the EU. Associate Member Parties are from European countries not in the EU. Parties with MEPs as Associate Members are those who do not want to be full members of the group. This group consists mainly of French Trotskyist groups.

It is made up of the following national political parties:

• Socialistisk Folkeparti (Socialist People's Party) (Denmark)
• Vasemmistoliitto (Left Alliance) (Finland)
• Parti Communiste Francais (French Communist Party) (France)
• Partei des Demokratischen Sozialismus (Party of Democratic Socialism) (Germany)
• Kommunistiko Komma Elladas (Communist Party of Greece) (Greece)
• Synaspismos (Coalition of the Left and Progress) (Greece)
• DIKKI (Democratic Social Party) (Greece)
• Rifondazione Comunista (Communist Refoundation) (Italy)
• Partito dei Comunisti Italiani (Italian Communist Party) (Italy)
• Socialistische Partij (Socialist Party) (Netherlands)
• Partido Comunista Português (Portuguese Communist Party) (Portugal)
• Izquierda Unida (United Left) (Spain)
• Vänsterpartiet (Sweden)

Table of contents

1 Parties with Observer Status 2 Associate Member Parties 3 Parties with MEPs as Associate Members 4 External Link

Parties with Observer Status

• Komunistickà Strana Slovenska (Communist Party of Slovakia) (Slovakia)
• Komunistická strana Cech a Moravy (Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia) (Czech Republic)
• Progressive Party of Working People (Cyprus)
• Latvian Socialist Party (Latvia)

Associate Member Parties

• Sosialistisk Venstreparti (Socialist Left Party) (Norway)
• Déi Lénk (Luxembourg)
• Parti Suisse du Travail (Swiss Workers' Party) Switzerland

Parties with MEPs as Associate Members

• Lutte Ouvrière (Workers' Fight) (France)
• Ligue Communiste Revolutionnaire (Revolutionary Communist League) (France)
• Folkebevaegelsen (Denmark)

See also Political parties of the world, European Left.

External Link

EUL-NGL web site