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The Left
The Left may refer to: *Left-wing politics in general or to the following political parties: ** The Left (Bulgaria) or ''Levitsata!'' ** The Left (Czech Republic) or ''Levice'' ** ''Die Linke'', also known as The Left ** The Left (Italy) or ''La Sinistra'' ** The Left (Luxembourg) or ''Déi Lénk'' ** The Left (North Macedonia) or ''Levica'' ** The Left (Poland) or ''Lewica'' ** The Left (Slovenia) or ''Levica'' ** The Left (Spain) or ''La Izquierda'' ** The Left (Switzerland) or ''Die Linke'', also known as the Alternative Left (''Alternative Linke'') ** The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL * The Left (band), American hip hop group See also * La Gauche (other) * Left Party (other) * Left Alliance (other) The Left Alliance is the name of a number of left wing political parties: * Alliance of the Left in Spain. * Democratic Left Alliance (Poland) in Poland. * Left Alliance (Finland) * RISE – Scotland's Left Alliance * Left Alliance - UK, a gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Left (Luxembourg)
The Left ( ; ; ) is a democratic socialist political party in Luxembourg. On the political spectrum, it is considered a left-wing to far-left political party. The Left is associated with The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL group in the European Parliament but does not have any members. The party participates in the Party of the European Left. The Left wishes to transition Luxembourg from a constitutional monarchy into a republic. The Left was founded by the New Left and the Communist Party of Luxembourg (KPL) as an electoral party. It had members from both parties and independents. In the 1999 Luxembourg general election, the Left won 3.3% of the votes and one seat in the parliament; André Hoffmann was elected from the southern constituency. In 2000, after anticipated elections in the city of Esch sur Alzette, Hoffmann became deputy mayor and Aloyse Bisdorff (KPL) succeeded him in parliament. In accordance with the Left's statutes, Bisdorff resigned fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Left-wing Politics
Left-wing politics describes the range of Ideology#Political ideologies, political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy either as a whole or of certain social hierarchies. Left-wing politics typically involve a concern for those in society whom its adherents perceive as disadvantaged relative to others as well as a belief that there are unjustified inequalities that need to be reduced or abolished, through radical means that change the nature of the society they are implemented in. According to emeritus professor of economics Barry Clark, supporters of left-wing politics "claim that human development flourishes when individuals engage in cooperative, mutually respectful relations that can thrive only when excessive differences in status, power, and wealth are eliminated." Within the left–right political spectrum, ''Left'' and ''right-wing politics, Right'' were coined during the French Revolu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Left (Bulgaria)
The Left! () was a Bulgarian centre-left to left-wing political coalition established on 12 February 2023. The members of the coalition are Alternative for Bulgarian Revival, Movement 21, Agrarian Union "Aleksandar Stamboliyski", Bulgarian Progressive Line, 's Normal State and BSP splinter faction led by . Stand Up.BG, led by Maya Manolova, was part of the coalition until April 2024. Ideology Stand Up.BG leader Maya Manolova believed that the political crisis could be overcome with a united and strong left. According to Manolova, The Left positions itself as an alternative to the right "pole of war" (represented by GERB–SDS and PP–DB) and opposes sending weapons to Ukraine, supporting the views of President Rumen Radev. The new coalition prioritizes incomes, prices, countering monopolies and corruption. The union insists upon an increase in the minimum wage and that there are no Bulgarians below the poverty line. According to members of the coalition, it was created ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Left (Czech Republic)
The Left (, ) is a democratic socialist Democratic socialism is a left-wing economic and political philosophy that supports political democracy and some form of a socially owned economy, with a particular emphasis on economic democracy, workplace democracy, and workers' self-mana ... political party in the Czech Republic. The party was founded in 2020 as the result of the merger of the Party of Democratic Socialism and The Real Left initiative. Ideology The party is critical of the emphasis on economic growth in policy making, arguing that it "takes place regardless of human health, does not serve the development of education and cultural maturity of people, and disrupts the harmony between humans and nature." They state that their long-term political goals are "incompatible with maintaining a capitalist system based on profit maximization", which they seek to overcome using measures "that do not renounce the values of democracy, human rights and individual freedom". ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Die Linke
Die Linke (; ), also known as the Left Party ( ), is a democratic socialist political party in Germany. The party was founded in 2007 as the result of the merger of the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) and Labour and Social Justice – The Electoral Alternative. Through the PDS, the party is the direct descendant of the Marxist–Leninist ruling party of former East Germany, the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED). Since October 2024, The Left's co- chairpersons have been Ines Schwerdtner and Jan van Aken. The party holds 64 seats out of 630 in the German federal parliament (the Bundestag), having won 8.8% of votes cast in the 2025 German federal election. Its parliamentary group is the second-smallest of seven in the Bundestag, and is headed by parliamentary co-leaders Heidi Reichinnek and Sören Pellmann. The Left is represented in seven of Germany's sixteen state legislatures, including four of the five eastern states. As of 2025, the party participates in gove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Left (Italy)
The Left () was a left-wing coalition of political parties in Italy which took part in the 2019 European Parliament election. Its main members were Italian Left and the Communist Refoundation Party. History The alliance is the direct heir of The Other Europe (AET), a left-wing coalition representing the anti-austerity movement which took part to the 2014 European election, obtaining 4.0% of the vote and electing three MEPs. After the election, they joined the European United Left–Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL) Group. The list main member parties, Left Ecology Freedom (SEL) and the Communist Refoundation Party (PRC), elected one MEP each. In the 2018 general election, the evolution of SEL, Italian Left (SI), led by Nicola Fratoianni, joined Free and Equal (LeU) while the PRC, led by Maurizio Acerbo, ran within Power to the People (PaP). However, SI and PRC broke from their respective alliances in late 2018. Fratoianni accused his LeU former allies of being too close to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Left (North Macedonia)
The Left () is a far-left, nationalist and eurosceptic political party in North Macedonia. Led by Dimitar Apasiev, a professor of Law at the Goce Delčev University of Štip, the party is anti-NATO and promotes anti-clericalism, anti-fascism, anti-imperialism, and socialism. They have a youth wing called Red Youth (Macedonian: Црвена Младина). Foundation and ideology The Left was founded on November 2015. It says that it was formed by three principal movements: the Communist Party of Macedonia, the movement Solidarity, and the Movement for Social Justice "Lenka", which its parliamentary leader Dimitar Apasiev belongs to. The party was founded during the Macedonian political crisis and before the so-called Colorful Revolution. It defines itself as a party advocating labour rights and social justice, while opposing "inter-ethnic barriers" and ethnic nationalism. Its party statute lists a "movement towards socialism", socialist patriotism, anti-imperialism, and sec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Left (Poland)
The Left () is a political alliance in Poland. Initially founded to contest the 2019 Polish parliamentary election, 2019 parliamentary election, the alliance now consists of the New Left (Poland), New Left and other smaller parties. It also originally consisted of Democratic Left Alliance (Poland), Democratic Left Alliance and Spring (political party), Spring until its merging to create the New Left, including the Polish Socialist Party that left the coalition in 2021. It is also supported by several minor left-wing parties, including Your Movement, ''Yes for Łódź'', ''Urban Movement'', and the Polish Communist Party (2002), Polish Communist Party. The Left is a Big tent, catch-all coalition of the Polish left, and it is positioned on the Centre-left politics, centre-left. It is mainly orientated towards the principles of social democracy, but it also advocates Progressivism, progressive, Social liberalism, social-liberal and Secularism, secular policies, including LGBT rights ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Left (Slovenia)
The Left () is an Eco-socialism, eco-socialist and Democratic socialism, democratic socialist List of political parties in Slovenia, political party in Slovenia. The party was established on 24 June 2017 by the merger of the :sl:Stranka za trajnostni razvoj Slovenije, Party for Sustainable Development of Slovenia (TRS) and Initiative for Democratic Socialism (IDS). The party is a successor of the left-wing electoral alliance, the United Left (Slovenia), United Left. History Foundation United Left was an electoral alliance between the :sl:Demokratična stranka dela, Democratic Labour Party (DSD), :sl:Stranka za trajnostni razvoj Slovenije, Party for Sustainable Development of Slovenia (TRS), and Initiative for Democratic Socialism (IDS). The alliance was also founded by a "fourth group" of non-party civic groups and movements, and autonomous individuals. It was intended to provide an alternative to the traditional political establishment which came under intense public scrutiny f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Left (Spain)
The Left () was a Spanish electoral alliance formed to contest the 2009 European Parliament election in Spain made up from both national and regional left wing parties. Composition Electoral performance European Parliament References Defunct political party alliances in Spain United Left (Spain) {{Spain-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Left (Switzerland)
The Alternative Left (; ) or The Left (; ), is a political party of the left in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland that existed at the national level from 2010 to 2018. This party sought to unite the political forces and movements farther to the left on Switzerland's political spectrum than the centre-left Social Democratic Party of Switzerland, Social Democratic Party and the Green Party of Switzerland, Green Party. Their sole current National Council of Switzerland member was until 2011 Josef Zisyadis, who was elected in 2007 for the Swiss Labour Party. He was still a member of the SLP, but in official publications he was only a member of the Alternative Left. History After an opening party congress on 21 November 2009, in Schaffhausen, the party was officially founded six months later at the congress of Lausanne on 29 May 2010. In that congress the party presented a program of nine important political points. The third congress took place in Zurich on 5 March 2011, where party ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Left In The European Parliament – GUE/NGL
The Left in the European Parliament (The Left) is a left-wing political group of the European Parliament established in 1995. Prior to January 2021 it was named the European United Left/Nordic Green Left (, GUE/NGL). The group is mainly composed of democratic socialist parties, as well as some communist parties and the Italian Five Star Movement. History Formation In 1995, the enlargement of the European Union led to the creation of the Nordic Green Left (NGL) group of parties. The NGL merged with the Confederal Group of the European United Left (GUE) on 6 January 1995, forming the Confederal Group of the European United Left/Nordic Green Left. The NGL suffix was added to the name of the expanded group at the insistence of Swedish and Finnish MEPs. The group initially consisted of MEPs from the Finnish Left Alliance, the Swedish Left Party, the Danish Socialist People's Party, the United Left of Spain (including the Spanish Communist Party), the Synaspismos of Greece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
