European Left Alliance for the People and the Planet

European Left Alliance for the People and the Planet
AbbreviationELA
Secretary-GeneralAdrien Le Louarn
Co-chairs
TreasurerZofia Malisz
Founded28 August 2024 (2024-08-28)
Registered27 September 2024 (2024-09-27)
Split fromEuropean Left
Membership (26 January 2025)0
Ideology
Political positionLeft-wing[2]
European Parliament groupThe Left in the European Parliament
Colours  Green
  Purple
  Red
European Parliament
18 / 720
European Commission
0 / 27
European Council
0 / 27
European
Lower Houses
125 / 6,229
European
Upper Houses
0 / 1,458
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).[3][4]

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.[5][6]

History

Foundation

The first officially confirmed member of the ELA was the Red-Green Alliance of Denmark.[5] Other founder members were Portugal's Left Bloc, La France Insoumise, the Swedish Left Party, Finland's Left Alliance, Poland's Partia Razem and Spain's Podemos.[7]

In the European Parliament, MEPs of both PEL and the ELA belong to the parliamentary group of The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL.[8][9]

Factions of Germany's Die Linke 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."[10]

On 27 September 2024, the Authority for European Political Parties and European Political Foundations formally registered the ELA as a European political party.[11]

First Congress

The European Left Alliance's first Congress took place in Porto on 13-14 June 2025.[12] During the Congress, two political parties joined the ELA as observers: the Basque Euskal Herria Bildu (EH Bildu) and the Norwegian Socialist Left Party. In addition to the seven founding members of ELA and to these two observers, several left-wing political parties attended the Congress, including Die Linke from Germany, Sinistra Italiana, Dei Lenk from Luxembourg, Mozemo from Croatia, Demos from Romania, Budoucnost from Czechia and DEM Party from Turkey. The Congress decided to initiate the creation of a European political foundation, as well as a European Citizens' Initiative to "address the situation in Gaza".[13]

Members

ELA has 18 of the 46 MEPs who compose the Left group in the European Parliament.[14]

Full members

EU member state Party[14] EL[8][15] NTP[16] MEPs National MPs
 Denmark Red–Green Alliance Member until 2024 Yes
1 / 14
9 / 179
 Finland Left Alliance Member until 2022, observer until 2024 Yes
3 / 15
11 / 200
 France La France Insoumise Member until 2018, observer until 2024 Yes
9 / 81
70 / 577
 Poland Partia Razem N/A No –
5 / 460
 Portugal Left Bloc Member until 2024 Yes
1 / 21
1 / 230
 Spain Podemos N/A Yes
2 / 61
4 / 350
 Sweden Left Party N/A Yes
2 / 21
24 / 349

Observer members

Country Party[14] MEPs National MPs
 Spain EH Bildu
1 / 61
6 / 350
 Norway Socialist Left Party Not in the EU
13 / 169

Political representation in European institutions

Organisation Institution Number of seats
 European Union European Parliament
18 / 720 (3%)
[17]
European Commission
0 / 27 (0%)
[18]
European Council
(Heads of Government)
0 / 27 (0%)
[19]
Council of the European Union
(Participation in Government)
European Committee of the Regions
0 / 329 (0%)
[20]
Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly

See also

References

  1. ^ "European Left Alliance for the People and the Planet (ELA)". leftalliance.eu. Retrieved 2025-03-18. We defend an alternative to capitalism.
  2. ^ a b c Soler, Paula; Sánchez Alonso, Aïda (9 September 2024). "New European Left Alliance eyes expansion into centre-east". Euronews. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
  3. ^ "AGENCE EUROPE - A new European feminist and radical left party is being form..." agenceurope.eu. Retrieved 2024-09-02.
  4. ^ "Registered Parties". Authority for European Political Parties and European Political Foundations. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
  5. ^ a b Neivelt, Jonas (2024-08-27). "Enhedslisten forlader European Left og går med i nyt europæisk parti". Solidaritet (in Danish). Retrieved 2024-08-30.
  6. ^ "Will they name names?". POLITICO. 2024-08-30. Retrieved 2024-08-30.
  7. ^ "New European Left Alliance eyes expansion into centre-east". 9 September 2024.
  8. ^ a b "Una desolante divisione della sinistra in Europa". il manifesto (in Italian). 2024-09-02. Retrieved 2024-09-03.
  9. ^ redazione (2024-09-03). "In Europa una desolante divisione della sinistra • Diritti Globali". Diritti Globali (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-09-08.
  10. ^ Uwe Sattler (2024-09-06). ""Die Zersplitterung der europäischen Linken ist ein Fehler"". die-zukunft.eu (in German). Retrieved 2024-09-12.
  11. ^ "European Left Alliance for the People and the Planet". Authority for European Political Parties and European Political Foundations. 2024-09-27. Retrieved 2024-09-30.
  12. ^ "First Congress of the European Left Alliance: For a stronger left against the far-right". Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  13. ^ "European Left Alliance launches in Porto in a bid to counter the far right surge across Europe". 14 June 2025.
  14. ^ a b c "Brat summer ends in sausage fest". POLITICO. 2024-09-03. Retrieved 2024-09-03.
  15. ^ Mayer, Leo (2024-09-05). "www.kommunisten.de – Eine desolate Spaltung der Linken in Europa". www.kommunisten.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-09-08.
  16. ^ "Now The People !". Now The People ! (in French). Retrieved 2024-09-02.
  17. ^ "European Left Alliance for the People and the Planet". Authority for European Political Parties and European Political Foundations. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  18. ^ "College of Commissioners". Retrieved 7 February 2025.
  19. ^ "Members of the European Council". Retrieved 7 February 2025.
  20. ^ "European Committee of the Regions Members Page". Retrieved 6 February 2025.
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