Violence against women is still a major public health and human rights problem throughout the world. One out of three women in the world, and one out of four in Europe are exposed to violence. Every year, about 5,000 women are murdered by family... more

Besides the economic, financial and social crisis, there is another crisis we are living – the ecological one. The EL highlights that the ecological crisis already has a dramatic impact today which can and most probably will assume a catastrophic... more

We want to warn against the consequences of the privatization and the liberalisation of services not only in the European Union but globally. Declaration of the 6th meeting of the trade unionists of the Party of the European Left, Berlin 21 November... more

Non-binding agreements to worldwide climate protection in Copenhagen will mutate into a disaster for international climate policy. Europe must not get involved in foolish gambling of international climate policy. The planet needs legally binding... more

In the name of the Party of the European Left I would like to express our solidarity and support to the students in Austria. As we see it, your protests do not only have an impact outside the academic world, but also far outside the borders of... more

Hosted by the Swiss Labour Party, the Executive Board of the Party of the European Left (EL) met in the Rousseau’s City of Geneva for its regular working meeting this weekend. more

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The News Portal of the EL is finally coming to grips to its purpose following a turbulent begining with technical problems. The News Portal is now ready to improve and increase its contents. We are building a pool of... more