The European Left party is a political party at European level and an association of communist and socialist political parties in the European Union It was formed in January 2004 for the purposes of running in the 2004 European Parliament elections. It was founded on May 8, 2004 in Rome.

Member Parties

Austria	Communist Party of Austria
Czech Republic	Party of Democratic Socialism
Estonia	Estonian Social Democratic Labour Party
France	Parti Communiste Français
Germany	Party of Democratic Socialism
Greece	Synaspismos
Hungary	Hungarian Workers Party
Italy	Rifondazione Comunista
Romania	Socialist Alliance Party
San Marino	Rifondazione Comunista Sammarinese
Spain	Izquierda Unida
	Communist Party of Spain
	United Alternative Left of Catalonia
Switzerland	Swiss Workers' Party

Observer Parties

Cyprus	Progressive Party of Working People
Czech Republic	Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia
Italy	Party of the Italian Communists
Luxembourg	The Left
Portugal	Leftwing Block
Slovakia	Communist Party of Slovakia

See also: European United Left - Nordic Green Left

External links

• http://www.european-left.org - Official Website
• http://www.sinistraeuropea.it - Italian Website
• Article on founding meeting (http://www.madhattersimc.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2734)
• PDS press release (in German) (http://www.pds-online.de/partei/international/dokumente/view_html?zid=59&bs=1&n=8)

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