{"id":4616,"date":"2021-04-29T14:54:44","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T11:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/?p=4616"},"modified":"2021-04-29T14:54:50","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T11:54:50","slug":"the-annihilation-of-the-parties-of-left-ideology-in-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/?p=4616","title":{"rendered":"The Annihilation of The Parties of Left Ideology in Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The European Left, both as a party and as an ideology, has been following a general decline in EU societies in recent years. The fall of left-wing forces in Europe is mirrored in the seats it holds in the European Parliament. In the 2014 European elections it held 53 seats out of a total of 751 seats. In the corresponding elections in 2019 he won only 39 seats out of a total of 705 seats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Supporters of Left-wing ideology in Europe rallied until January 2021 under the title \u201cEuropean United Left\/Nordic Green Left-GUE\/NGL\u201d. From January 2021 it changed to a title and became \u201cParty of the European Left\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

by Thanos S. Chonthrogiannis<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Logo of the Party of the European Left<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Under the title \u201cParty of the European Left\u201d, the various parties that follow the Left ideology try to match the different components and priorities on which they base their political discourse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, we see Left-wing parties from the EU member countries that some of them are in the wider socialist area, others follow communist traditions, emphasizing euro-skepticism with a common characteristic of all left-wing populism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The results of the May 2019 European elections give an interesting puzzle for the Left in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • France, Melanson’s Insubordinate France holds 6 seats out of a total of 79 seats held by France in the European Parliament.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
    • Germany, the Die Linke party, which represents the Left, remains weak because of the forces coming from the Former East Germany. Die Linke consists of the former Left wing of the Social Democratic party and the Communist Party of the former East Germany.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
      • In the Netherlands, the Socialist Party disappeared.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
        • In the Czech Republic, the Bohemia-Moravia Communist Party reduced its seats to one seat.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
          • In Ireland, there are three independent MEPs and one Sinn Fein representative.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
            • In Italy, the Left, represented by the Communist Refoundation and the Independent Barbara Spinelli, literally disappeared.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
              • Only in Greece and Cyprus does the Left have a strong presence and we refer to the Communist Party of Greece and the ACPL of Cyprus which hold two seats in the European Parliament respectively.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
                • In Spain, the Left (Podeos) is represented by three Members of the European Parliament (2 United Left & 1 The Basque Country. The Spanish Left holds a total of 6 seats in the European Parliament out of a total of 59 seats corresponding to Spain.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
                  • In Portugal, the Left is represented by 4 MEPs out of a total of 21 in that member country (2 the Left Bloc & 2 of the Communist Party of Portugal).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
                    • In Belgium, a Member of the European Parliament belonging to the Belgian Labour Party.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
                      • In Denmark, a seat belonging to the Red-Green Alliance.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
                        • In Sweden, one seat from the Left Party.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
                          • In Finland, a seat belonging to the Left Alliance.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                            The general fall of the Left in Europe is largely due to the highly dogmatic, anti-European positions adopted and set as the core of their policies, following the global financial crisis of 2008, and during the entry into financial support programmes such as Greece, Cyprus, Portugal, Ireland equally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                            These dogmatic positions necessarily “stuck” them to the anti-European label, enabling the hard wing of the Right and the Far Right to appear on the political scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                            This was largely not forgiven by most societies in the EU member countries. At the same time, EU societies have never forgiven the representatives of left-wing ideology for their lukewarm positions on the great problem of migration in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                            The fact that they did not respond to the influx of more than 1000000 refugees into the heart of the EU has turned part of these societies into supporting and politically promoting the far right in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                            In addition, a component of the worldview of the Left-Wing parties has defined as its opponent 1% of the population, i.e., the wealthy capitalists and the top executives of large corporations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                            In this component, a senior employee with a salary of \u20ac7000 a month is not a class enemy of the worker and can live together in a fair productive model. At the same time, however, the Left-Wing parties consider that the institution of private enterprises which acquire a large size during their business life are links to a mechanism for exploiting the worker in them and should be limited by a strict regulatory framework and heavy taxation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                            But the Left-Wing escapes that good-paying jobs are only provided to large companies where the number of their employees exceeds two hundred and fifty. Since a government or strong opposition of the parties of the Left respectively stands hostile to all these large enterprises essentially condemns to unemployment much of the middle class working in these enterprises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                            In addition to its Left, meritocracy and relative job security exist only in the economies of large enterprises that are also competitive on the international market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                            That is why political parties interested in the productive middle class include multinational companies in their design. The fact that the Left, because it does not include these large enterprises, is one of the reasons why it is falling in percentages in EU societies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                            Today, the efforts of the Left-wing parties in the political field find an embankment in the competition between the centre-right and the Liberals, but also the competition between the Socialists and the Greens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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