Euronews reports a split in the European left group in the new European Parliament, this is followed up by some further reporting. I have not yet finished my reading, but this does not seem particularly strategic or even political. The left beyond the Social Democrats was pretty spit anyway between an independent presence, the European Left, and with some left parties supporting/belonging to the European Free Alliance. Or is it just European Parliament shenanigans. Here are my notes and links. …
- Left lost in labyrinth of alliances – and splits from euractiv
- European Left party splits as new group eyes new central and eastern countries from Yahoo
- The European Left after the Elections from the Rosa Luxemburg Stifung, a very comprehensive catalogue of the EP results for the Left.