by Jean-Luc Melenchon and Oskar Lafontaine (for other language versions please scroll to the end of the text)

With the current leaders of the European Union, we are heading for disaster.

For years now they have been conceding more and more power... more

The wars deployed by the western governments in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya had as unique real cause the control of natural resources. In the case of Libya the same pattern has been repeated through war and destruction.

From the western powers... more

In Athens, the interim cabinet of the new Prime Minister, Lucas Papademos, was sworn in after a long dispute on Friday. For the first time since the end of the military dictatorship self-confessed right- extremists and anti-Semites belong to the... more

Today, pending the announcement of the new prime minister, we decided to send, as Neolaia Synaspismou (the Youth of Synaspismos) and with the participation of students, precarious employees and unemployed people, a message of resistance ... more

On the 15th October the “Indignados” movement demonstrated in the streets of Europe and the rest of the world; thousands of people gathered in 951 cities and 82 countries protesting against the thievery of the banks, the cutting of the public... more

In a way to counterbalance lobbying by the finance sector a new European organization was recently created - Finance Watch is backed by more than 40 organisations, namely trade unions, NGO’s, consumer groups, and also individual members as... more

The inequality and discrimination against HIV carriers and AIDS patients is aggravated by the financial crisis. This was the common idea shared by the majority of speakers present at the Conference "breaking the barriers, bridging the gaps:... more

On the day that the Greek Parliament approved a new package of austerity measures in exchange of a new bailout from the EU and the IMF to overcome the country's debt, the GUE/NGL Group discussed, in the European Parliament, how to pass from a... more

Greece is holding during the next 48 hours a general strike and rallies against the Midterm Fiscal Program. People will massively fight once again, against the efforts of the Government to impose a program that is unfair and destroys every notion of... more

The International Criminal Court has just issued an arrest warrant for the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, his son and his military intelligence minister, naming crimes against humanity. ICC's decision corresponds to the 100th day of NATO operations... more

The economic governance package was today approved in the European Parliament by a majority of MEPs in spite of the disagreement and advises of EL and GUE/NGL deputies on these anti social and undemocratic measures that will only serve to increase... more

Coordinate our strengths - Democratic alternatives are necessary and possible - conclusions of the European Conference on 31 May 2011 in the European Parliament (Brussels) - in partnership with the GUE/NGL Parliamentary group

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The statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat) published yesterday the first preliminary estimation for 2010 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita expressed in Purchasing Power showing that Greece in Portugal, together with Malta... more

The elections of last April led Finland to a historic situation. The big percentage of the nationalists "True Finns” brought to an end the “bipartisanship times” in power. The governmental coalition, built after True Finns option to stay in... more

On Friday, June 10th, the European Left met in Barcelona, for the public services seminar. Intended to address to the current situation provoked by the recent capitalist attacks across Europe and aggravated by the pact for the euro and the Lisbon... more

Rallies of the “indignados” - the indignant ones” - were held on Sunday in about 60 cities and gathered more than half million people to protest on high unemployment, austere economic prospects and the handling of the financial crisis in their... more

In the quartet of referendums in Italy on Sunday and Monday voters said "Yes" with a result of 95 per cent. Italians voted for public water and against the increase of price of tariffs and have rejected nuclear power and immunity to... more

"The serious problems of liberalized food production in the EU" has been well illustrated with e.coli epidemic bacteria spreading in Europe and particularly in Germany, Die Linke MEP Sabine Wills said this week at the European Parliament... more

The victory of general Ollanta Humala in the presidential elections of Peru represents a conquer over imperialistic and strategic  economical policies of the United States."We have long waited for a government that really cares about... more

Portugal's Prime Minister Jose Socrates has suffered a severe defeat in parliamentary elections on Sunday, 5th of June after six years in power. The Socialists were beaten by the right the Social Democratic Party head (PSD, center right) Pedro... more

"Yes to divorce" that is what 53.2% of the Maltese answered via referendum to the question: "Are you prepared to offer the possibility of divorce for married couples who are separated for four years when there is no reasonable... more

Peaceful protestors have been surrounded in Plaza de Cataluña, in Barcelona, by intervention police officers in the early hours of today under the pretext of cleaning the square due to the Champions League soccer match celebration.

The police... more