| Left Party Parti de Gauche |
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| Leader | Jean-Luc Mélenchon |
| Founded | December 2008 |
| Ideology | Democratic socialism, Left-Republicanism |
| European affiliation | Party of the European Left |
| European Parliament Group | European United Left-Nordic Green Left |
| Official colours | Red |
| Seats in the National Assembly |  |
| Seats in the Senate |  |
| Seats in the European Parliament |  |
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| http://www.lepartidegauche.fr/ | |
| Politics of France Political parties Elections Constitution of France Parliament; Government; President |
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The Left Party (Parti de gauche, PG) is a French democratic socialist political party. It seeks to emulate the German political party Die Linke led by Oskar Lafontaine.
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History
It was founded in November 2008 by former Socialist Senator Jean-Luc Mélenchon and deputy Marc Dolez and others dissidents of the party.
They had left the PS five days earlier, in protest of the result of the Reims Congress vote on motions, where the leftist motion they supported won only 19%.
They were joined after by other members from the left of the Socialist Party.
Elected officials
- Deputies: Marc Dolez, Jacques Desallangre, Martine Billard (GDR Group)
- Senators: Marie-Agnès Labarre, François Autain (CRC-SPG Group)
- MEPs: Jean-Luc Mélenchon
Around ninety local elected officials (municipal, regional and general councillors), including two municipal councillors in Paris, have also joined the party.
Action
The party has met with trade unions such as the CGT, SUD, CGT-FO, and CFTC.
In the 2009 European Parliament election, the party will run as part of the Left Front with the French Communist Party and the Convention for a Progressive Alternative.
Popular support and electoral record
The PG has not yet ran independently in an election, so its base of support is hard to pin-point.
European Parliament
| Election year | Number of votes | % of overall vote | # of seats won |
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| 2009 | 1,115,021 | 6.47%[1] | 1[2] |
References
- ^ Results of the Left Front which includes the larger French Communist Party
- ^ Of the 5 Left MEPs, 1 is a member of the PG
External links
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