European United Left–Nordic Green
Left
European United Left–Nordic Green
Left
European Parliament group
EUL/NGL logo
Name
European United Left–Nordic
Green Left
English abbr. EUL/NGL[1]
French abbr. GUE/NGL[2][3]
Formal name Confederal Group of the
European United Left/Nordic
Green Left[2][4][5]
Ideology
Democratic socialism,
Communism,
Eco-socialism
European
parties
Party of the European Left
Associated
organizations
Nordic Green Left Alliance
From
6 January 1995[6]
To
n/a
Preceded by
Confederal Group of the
European United Left
Succeeded by n/a
Chaired by
Alonso José Puerta,[5]
Francis Wurtz
MEP(s)
42 (July 20, 1999),
41 (July 20, 2004)
Website
http://www.guengl.eu
European United Left–Nordic Green Left
is a democratic socialist, eco-socialist and
communist political group with seats in the
European Parliament since 1995.
Position
The group
is opposed to
the present
European political structure, but "deeply
committed to the construction of Europe", as
specified in the group’s constituent declara-
tion.[7] That declaration sets out three aims
for the construction of another Europe: the
total change of institutions to make them
"fully democratic"; a new model of develop-
ment and ecology aimed at creating a "social
space" and breaking with neoliberalism; and
a policy of co-development and equitable
cooperation.
The group is ambiguous between reform-
ism and revolution, leaving it up to each
party to decide on the manner they deem
best suited to achieve these aims. As such, it
has simultaneously positioned itself as "in-
siders" within the European institutions, en-
abling it to influence the decisions made by
co-decision, and as "outsiders" by its willing-
ness to seek "another Union" which would
abolish the Maastricht Treaty.
Organisation
The GUE-NGL is a confederal group: it is
composed of MEPs from national parties.
Those national parties must share common
political objectives with the group, as spe-
cified in the group’s constituent declaration.
Nevertheless, those national parties, not the
group, retain cont