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).
European Left Alliance for the People and the Planet | |
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| Abbreviation | ELA |
| Secretary-General | Adrien Le Louarn |
| Co-chairs |
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| Treasurer | Zofia Malisz |
| Founded | 28 August 2024 |
| Registered | 27 September 2024 |
| Split from | European Left |
| Think tank | For the People |
| Membership | 0 |
| Ideology |
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| Political position | Left-wing |
| European Parliament group | The 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 ELA consists of eight national-level political parties connected to Now the People (NTP), itself formed in 2018. Their members tend to be newer, green-left leaning parties.
History
Foundation
The first officially confirmed member of the ELA was the Red-Green Alliance of Denmark. 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.
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.
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."
On 27 September 2024, the Authority for European Political Parties and European Political Foundations formally registered the ELA as a European political party.
First Congress
The European Left Alliance's first Congress took place in Porto on 13–14 June 2025. During the Congress, two political parties joined the ELA as associate members: 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 associate members, several left-wing political parties attended the Congress, including Die Linke from Germany, Sinistra Italiana from Italy, 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".
Political foundation
In August 2025, the European Left Alliance established its affiliated European political foundation, For the People, which was registered by the Authority for European Political Parties and European Political Foundations on 30 September 2025. The co-directors of the foundation are the Finnish MEP Li Andersson and the French MP Clémence Guetté.
Expansion
In December 2025, Sinistra Italiana joined the European Left Alliance as a full member. This decision follows on from Sinistra Italiana's membership of Now the People (NTP) and its participation in ELA's first Congress in June 2025.
Members
20 of the 46 MEPs who compose the Left group in the European Parliament are members of political parties which participate in ELA as full members, in addition to one MEP from a political party that is an associate members of ELA (EH Bildu).
Full members
| EU member state | Party | EL | NTP | MEPs | National MPs |
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| 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 | 71 / 577 |
| Italy | Sinistra Italiana | N/A | Yes | 2 / 76 | 4 / 400 |
| Poland | Partia Razem | N/A | No | – | 4 / 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 |
Associate members
| Country | Party | MEPs | National MPs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | EH Bildu | 1 / 61 | 6 / 350 |
| Norway | Socialist Left Party | Not in the EU | 9 / 169 |
Political representation in European institutions
| Organisation | Institution | Number of seats |
|---|---|---|
| European Union | European Parliament | 18 / 720 (3%) |
| European Commission | 0 / 27 (0%) | |
| European Council (Heads of Government) | 0 / 27 (0%) | |
| Council of the European Union (Participation in Government) | ||
| European Committee of the Regions | 0 / 329 (0%) | |
| Council of Europe | Parliamentary Assembly |
See also
- Central-Eastern European Green Left Alliance
- Nordic Green Left Alliance
- European political party
- Authority for European Political Parties and European Political Foundations
- European political foundation
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