Nordic Green Left Alliance
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| Abbreviation |
|
| General Secretary |  Mia Haglund |
| Founded | 6 January 1995[1] |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| European affiliation | ELA, NTP!, EGP |
| European Parliament group | The Left, Greens-EFA |
| Colours | Green Crimson |
| Nordic Council | 11 / 87 |
| Website | |
| nordicgreenleft | |
The Nordic Green Left Alliance (Swedish: Nordisk grön vänster, Finnish: Pohjoismaiden vihreän vasemmiston liitto, Danish: Nordisk Grønne Venstre Alliance Norwegian: Nordisk Grønt Venstre Allianse, Icelandic: Norræna vinstri-græna bandalagið; NGLA) is a left-wing party group in the Nordic Council, founded in Reykjavík, Iceland, on 1 February 2004. Initially founded by five parties representing Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland, in 2009 two other parties from Greenland and the Faroe Islands joined the NGLA.[2]
History
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In the 1950s to 1970s, the Danish Socialist People's Party (F), the Norwegian Socialist Left Party (SV) and the Swedish Left Party – the Communists (VPK) were formed. These parties traced back to the old communist parties and were similar to eurocommunist parties in Western Europe.[3] Similarly, the Finnish People's Democratic League and the Icelandic People's Alliance became eurocommunist.
After the 1995 enlargement of the European Union, European United Left/Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL) was formed.[1] Since 2002, the People's Movement against the EU (which was backed by the Red–Green Alliance) left the Europe of Democracies and Diversities and joined GUE/NGL.[4] Their ally, the June Movement, was only a member for a few months through Jens Okking.[5] Margrete Auken (F) did not join GUE/NGL opting for Greens-EFA instead.[6] In 2009, the Faroe Republic and the Greenlandic Inuit Ataqatigiit were accepted as members.[2]
Members
[edit]The member organisations of NGLA are:[7]
| Country | National party | Nordic Council | National MPs | European MPs | European affiliation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # of seats | Last election | # of seats | Last election | # of seats | Last election | ||||
 DenmarkFolketing |
Green Left (Socialistisk Folkeparti) |
1 / 16
|
15 / 175
|
2022 | 15 / 179
|
2022 | 3 / 15
|
2024 | G/EFA (EGP) |
| Red-Green Alliance (Enhedslisten – De Rød-Grønne) |
1 / 16
|
9 / 175
|
9 / 179
|
1 / 15
|
Left (NTP–ELA) | ||||
| The Alternative (Alternativet) |
1 / 16
|
6 / 175
|
6 / 179
|
0 / 15
|
None | ||||
 Faroe IslandsLøgting |
Republic (Tjóðveldi) |
1 / 2
|
6 / 33
|
2022 | 0 / 179 0 / 2
|
2022 | Not in EU | ||
| Finland Eduskunta |
Left Alliance (Vasemmistoliitto/Vänsterförbundet) |
1 / 18
|
11 / 200
|
2023 | 3 / 15
|
2024 | Left (NTP–ELA) | ||
 GreenlandInatsisartut |
Community of the People (Inuit Ataqatigiit) |
1 / 2
|
12 / 31
|
2021 | 1 / 179 1 / 2
|
2022 | Not in EU | ||
 IcelandAlthing |
Left-Green Movement (Vinstrihreyfingin-grænt framboð) |
1 / 7
|
0 / 63
|
2024 | Not in EU | ||||
 NorwayStorting |
Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) |
2 / 20
|
13 / 169
|
2021 | Not in EU | ||||
| Red Party (Rødt) |
1 / 20
|
8 / 169
| |||||||
 SwedenRiksdag |
Left Party (Vänsterpartiet) |
1 / 20
|
24 / 349
|
2022 | 2 / 21
|
2024 | Left (NTP–ELA) | ||
Most of the member parties of NGLA have not joined the Party of the European Left (the Finnish Left Alliance and the Danish Red-Green Alliance being a recent exception), but NGLA participates in EL events as an observer.
In the European Parliament, the MEP of the Swedish Left Party, the Danish Red-Green Alliance and the Finnish Left Alliance are part of The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL parliamentary group, whilst the Danish Socialist People's Party MEP is a member of the Greens–European Free Alliance group. The Irish Sinn Féin, the Basque EH Bildu, the Dutch Party for the Animals and the German Party Human Environment Animal Welfare have also joined the NGL.
Elected representatives of Member Parties
[edit]European institutions
[edit]| Organisation | Institution | Number of seats |
|---|---|---|
 European Union |
European Parliament | 9 / 720
|
| European Commission | 0 / 27
| |
| European Council (Heads of Government) |
0 / 27
| |
| Council of the European Union (Participation in Government) |
1 / 27
| |
| Committee of the Regions | ||
 Council of Europe |
Parliamentary Assembly | 3 / 306
|
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Le Groupe de La Gauche au Parlement européen - GUE-GVN (LG)". Europe-politique.eu. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
- ^ a b "Hele Nordatlanten med i den venstregrønne alliance" [The whole North Atlantic now part of the Left-Green Alliance]. Nordic Council (in Danish). 12 May 2009. Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
- ^ Einhorn, Eric S.; Logue, John (2023). "Continuity and Change in the Scandinavian Party Systems". Parties and Party Systems in Liberal Democracies. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781000928549.
- ^ "Ole KRARUP". European Parliament.
- ^ "Jens Dyhr OKKING". European Parliament.
- ^ "Margrete AUKEN". European Parliament.
- ^ "Nordic Green Left". Nordic Council. Retrieved 3 January 2023.