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List of left and far-left parties in Europe

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This is a list of European political parties that have been classified as centre-left or far-left on the political spectrum. The categorisation of some parties may vary in different sources.

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CountryPartyIdeology
Belgium Onward
Belgium Socialist Party (PS)
CroatiaWorkers' Front (RF)
CyprusProgressive Party of Working People (AKEL)
Czech RepublicCommunist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM)
Czech RepublicSocial Democracy (SOCDEM)
DenmarkSocialist People's Party (SF)
DenmarkRed-Green Alliance (Enhl., Ø)
EstoniaEstonian United Left Party (EÜVP)
FinlandLeft Alliance (VAS)
FranceFrench Communist Party (PCF)

Formerly:

FranceLa France insoumise (FI)
FranceNew Anticapitalist Party (NPA)
FranceWorkers' Struggle (LO)
GermanyThe Left

Factions

GreeceCommunist Party of Greece (KKE)
HungaryHungarian Workers' Party[citation needed]
IcelandLeft-Green Movement (VG) [citation needed]
IrelandSinn Féin (SF)
Ireland People Before Profit Alliance (PBP)
Ireland Solidarity
ItalyCommunist Refoundation Party (PRC)
LatviaSocialist Party of Latvia (LSP) [citation needed]
NetherlandsSocialist Party (SP)
NetherlandsGreenLeft (GL)
NorwaySocialist Left Party (SV) [citation needed]
Norway Labour Party
PortugalLeft Bloc (BE)
PortugalPortuguese Communist Party (PCP)
PortugalPortuguese Workers' Communist Party (PCTP/MRPP)
PortugalSocialist Alternative Movement (MAS)
ScotlandScottish Socialist Party (SSP)
SlovakiaCommunist Party of Slovakia (KSS)
SlovakiaDirection – Slovak Social Democracy
Slovenia The Left
SpainCommunist Party of Spain (PCE)
SwedenLeft Party (V)
Sweden Swedish Social Democratic Party (SAP)
TurkeyWorkers' Party of Turkey (TİP)
UkraineCommunist Party of Ukraine (CPU)
United Kingdom Labour Party (LAB)
United Kingdom Green Party of England and Wales (GRN)
United Kingdom Communist Party of Britain (CPB)
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See also

Literature

  • Backes, Uwe; Moreau, Patrick (2008). Communist and Post-Communist Parties in Europe. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. ISBN 9783525369128.
  • Daiber, Birgit; Hildebrandt, Cornelia; Striethorst, Anna (Eds.) (2012). From Revolution to Coalition – Radical Left Parties in Europe (PDF). Berlin: Rosa-Luxemburg-Foundation.
  • Dunphy, Richard (2004). Contesting capitalism? Left parties and European integration. Manchester University Press. ISBN 9780719068041.
  • Hloušek, Vít; Kopeček, Lubomír (2010). Origin, Ideology and Transformation of Political Parties: East-Central and Western Europe Compared. Farnham, Surrey and Burlington, VT: Ashgate. ISBN 9780754678403.
  • March, Luke (2008). Contemporary Far Left Parties in Europe (PDF). Berlin: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. ISBN 978-3-86872-000-6.
  • March, Luke; Mudde, Cas (2005). "What's Left of the Radical Left? The European Radical Left After 1989: Decline and Mutation". Comparative European Politics. 3 (3). Palgrave Macmillan: 23–49. doi:10.1057/palgrave.cep.6110052. S2CID 55197396.

Notes

  1. The social-democratic nature of SMER is disputed.[61]

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