This is a list of European political parties that have been classified as centre-left or far-left on the political spectrum. The categorisation of some parties may vary in different sources.
Country PartyIdeologyBelgiumOnward Social DemocracyBelgiumSocialist Party (PS) Social Democracy Croatia Workers' Front (RF) Democratic socialism Anti-fascism Anti-capitalism Socialist feminism Direct democracy Cyprus Progressive Party of Working People (AKEL) CommunismHarry Anastasiou, The Broken Olive Branch: Nationalism versus Europeanization, Syracuse University Press, 2008, , p. 163 Marxism–Leninism Helena Smith, Cyprus gets ready for a communist 'takeover', The Guardian, 2008 Reunification of Cyprus Czech Republic Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM) Communism Marxism Euroscepticism Czech Republic Social Democracy (SOCDEM) Social Democracy Pro-Europeanism Denmark Socialist People's Party (SF) Green politics Socialism Popular socialism Democratic socialism Eco-socialism Feminism Denmark Red-Green Alliance (Enhl., Ø) Socialism Eco-socialism Anti-capitalism Euroscepticism Estonia Estonian United Left Party (EÜVP) Democratic socialism Eco-socialism Russian minority politics Russophilia Finland Left Alliance (VAS) Democratic socialismhttp://www.vasemmisto.fi/images/ohjelmat/Left_Alliance_Party_Program_2007.pdf Eco-socialism France French Communist Party (PCF) Communism Soft Euroscepticism
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Left-wing nationalism France La France insoumise (FI) Alter-globalisation Democratic socialism Eco-socialism Environmentalism Left-wing populism Soft Euroscepticism Souverainism Left-wing nationalism France New Anticapitalist Party (NPA) Anti-capitalism Democratic socialism Eco-socialism Alter-globalisation Progressivism Feminism Euroscepticism France Workers' Struggle (LO) Trotskyism Feminism Anti-capitalism Germany The Left Democratic socialism Left-wing populism Anti-capitalismDie Linke party wins German votes by standing out from crowd. The Guardian. Author - Kate Connolly. Published 17 September 2009. Retrieved 14 February 2017. AntimilitarismAntimilitarism: Political and Gender Dynamics of Peace Movements. p. 130. Author - Cynthia Cockburn. Published by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN in 2012. Retrieved via Google books on 14 February 2017.
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Left-wing nationalism Greece Communist Party of Greece (KKE) Communism Marxism–Leninism Hungary Hungarian Workers' Party Marxism–Leninism Euroscepticism Iceland Left-Green Movement (VG) Democratic socialism Eco-socialism FeminismThe Reykjavík Grapevine Election Guide 2013 , The Reykjavík Grapevine, April 5, 2013 Pacifism Euroscepticism Ireland Sinn Féin (SF) Irish republicanism Left-wing nationalism Democratic socialismIrelandPeople Before Profit Alliance (PBP) Socialism Trotskyism Euroscepticism IrelandSolidarity Socialism Eco-socialism Left-wing populism Feminism Italy Communist Refoundation Party (PRC) CommunismSince 2018 Lega Nord has filed electoral lists as Lega, including its sister party Lega per Salvini Premier and former members of Us with Salvini. Latvia Socialist Party of Latvia (LSP) Communism Marxism–Leninism Netherlands Socialist Party (SP) Democratic socialism Social democracy Left-wing populism Soft Euroscepticism Netherlands GreenLeft (GL) Green politics Social democracy Pro-Europeanism Norway Socialist Left Party (SV) Democratic socialism Eco-socialism Euroscepticism FeminismNorwayLabour Party Social Democracy Pro-Europeanism Portugal Left Bloc (BE) Anti-capitalism Multi-tendency Eco-socialism Feminism Euroscepticism Left-wing populism Portugal Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) Communism Marxism–Leninism Portugal Portuguese Workers' Communist Party (PCTP/MRPP) Communism Marxism-Leninism Maoism Anti-revisionism Portugal Socialist Alternative Movement (MAS) Socialism Trotskyism Scotland Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) Democratic socialism Anti-capitalism"About Us". Scottish independence Scottish republicanism"For A Modern Democratic Republic". Slovakia Communist Party of Slovakia (KSS) Communism Marxism–Leninism Slovakia Direction – Slovak Social Democracy Left-wing nationalism Left-wing populism Social democracy Social conservatism Anti-immigration Pro-EuropeanismSloveniaThe Left Democratic socialism Eco-socialism soft Euroscepticism Spain Communist Party of Spain (PCE) Communism Marxism-Leninism Internationalism Republicanism Federalism Feminism Laïcité Sweden Left Party (V) SocialismSwedish Left Party Surges in Polls with Focus on Climate Action & Fighting Privatization. Democracy Now!. Published 3 July 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2017. Feminism Euroscepticism SwedenSwedish Social Democratic Party (SAP) Social Democracy Turkey Workers' Party of Turkey (TİP) Communism Marxism–Leninism Left-wing populism Ukraine Communist Party of Ukraine (CPU) Communism Marxism–Leninism Soviet nationalism Left-wing populism RussophiliaCitation error. See inline comment how to fix. Social conservatismUnited KingdomLabour Party (LAB) Social democracy Democratic socialism United KingdomGreen Party of England and Wales (GRN) Green politics Eco-socialism Progressivism Pro-Europeanism British republicanismUnited KingdomCommunist Party of Britain (CPB) Communism Marxism–Leninism Anti-austerity Euroscepticism Socialism Trade unionism Political reformism
See also List of communist parties represented in European Parliament List of socialist parties with national parliamentary representation List of social democratic and democratic socialist parties that have governed
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