The Heads of State and Governments of the EU met in the Council today to refine their project of an "international agreement for an economic union." Far from allowing an exit from the crisis, this agreement marks an aggravated submission to financial logics which lead to chaos. MORE
When European leaders meet today to decide austerity plans they want to impose to Greece first, and then to all Europe with the international agreement « Merkozy », Belgian workers – from the private and public sectors – organise a general strike... more
Because of the decisions of the European summit of the 9th december 2011, because of the generalised austerity and the authoritarian supervision of member countries, the EU is entering a new stage of crisis. European peoples have already enough... more
The meeting of the EL Executive Board took place, in the Rosa Luxembourg Foundation in Berlin, in parallel with the Middle East, Latin America, EL Initiative and LGBT working group meetings.
After the welcome speech by the co-president of Die Linke... more
Since the 2nd January, thousands of Hungarians have mobilised in many demonstrations against the coming into effect of the “Orban Constitution” and demonstrations are continuing to be organised against this retrograde and undemocratic law.
The... more
The European Left (EL) congratulates the people of Tunisia on their first year of Freedom from dictatorship. The courage of the protesters in Tunisia in last winter made the previously unthinkable possible: on the 14th of January 2011 the dictator... more
The European Left calls for an immediate stop of violence in Syria and supports an effective process of peaceful negotiations for democracy and social justice for all Syrians regardless of religion and ethnicity. more
The Turkish Prime Minister, Mr Erdogan, launched a huge and systematic operation of arrests and repression against Kurdish people, in 17 cities including Istanbul, Diyarbakir and even in the city of Van, which has to be rebuilt because of a big... more
The Party of the European Left (EL) condemns the deliberate nowadays tendency to roll back the democratic principles and values in Europe. The EL condemns the lack of appropriate response from the official structures of the European Union and the... more
The Italian parliament has adopted yesterday a 20 billons euros austerity plan, which is a set of reactionary measures that will affect violently the Italian people. How freezing wages of workers, making them retire later and increasing indirect... more
Less “Merkozy”, more social and democratic Europe!
Resolution of the Council of chairpersons of the Party of the European Left (EL) on tackling the European Economic and Financial Crisis
The European summit of the 8-9 December 2011 marks a very... more
Today, called by the main trade unions, a day of actions against austerity is organised in more than 170 French cities. Trade unions denounce rightly the two austerity plans imposed by the French government which combine social and welfare cuts,... more
The European summit of today just confirmed again the loyalty of the EU towards the interests of the markets and its will to make the European people pay for the crisis of the banking and financial system.Instead of calling for investment in social... more
The EL denounces the insulting and historically wrong amalgamation, used by multiple European governments, which – in order to discredit them – put communist ideas on the same level with fascist, racist and chauvinist ideas.
In Romania, for... more
