European Left party splits as new group eyes new central and eastern countries

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The Party of the European Left (PEL) is fragmenting and splitting into two, with one of the strands looking to create a left, green and feminist party comprising more members from central and eastern European countries, its leaders told Euronews.

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00:00The party of the European left is splitting, with one faction aiming to form a left, green

00:07and feminist party, with more members from Central and Eastern Europe.

00:12Seven left-wing European parties, including La France Insoumise, Spanish Podemos, Nordic

00:18Parties and Poland's Razem, have applied to create the European Left Alliance.

00:23Co-chair Catarina Martins says this formalises a project in development since 2018.

00:44They aim to attract parties from Eastern and Central European countries, in an attempt

00:51to draw those uncomfortable with the existing small communist parties in the European left.

01:22Most of European Labour Authority members have never been part of the European left

01:27party, but the new party is trying to appeal to some of those who are like prominent German

01:33Die Linke.

01:52I mean, it's a zero-sum game, and I don't want to enter into this game, these are here

02:01and these are there, because after all, we want to cooperate with these parties, we want

02:07to cooperate also with the new party when it is existing.

02:13The birth of ELA won't change the dynamics inside the European Parliament, where both

02:19parties will co-exist under the group of the left and said they are willing to cooperate.

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