EL News - According to the Eurobarometer poll in November 2008, 88% of people in Luxembourg considered that the economic situation of the country was better than in the EU. However, this perception varies widely between managers/“white collars” and... more

Miguel Portas has been MEP since 2004 and is once more head of the electoral list of the Portuguese Left Bloc (BE) for next Sunday's election. He made this interview by phone from Madeira Island during a dinner break (?) amid the electoral... more

EL News - What measures would you propose to counter job losses in Europe? In which sectors should we focus our efforts to create new jobs?Pierre Eyben - Historically, the workers movement has always achieved reductions of working time in change of... more

The Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ) is a member of the EL more

Nuria Lozano Montoya is candidate to the European Parliament and a member of Catalonia's United and Alternative Left (EUiA, Member of the EL). The EUiA joins the ICV (Green Initiative for Catalonia) and Izquierda Unida (IU), also a member of the EL,... more