Oskar Lafontaine, Germany’s former finance minister who has been leading Die Linke for the past years, is to retreat from the national political stage.

He announced it in an enthusiastic speech in his home state of Saarland, and that is where he... more

“It's better to have Turkey inside the EU than to leave it standing before the door," Spanish foreign minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said in an interview with German paper Die Welt on last Sunday.

Because of its strategic geography and common... more

17% of EU citizens still have limited resources and cannot afford the basic needs.  This means that more than 80 million Europeans live at risk of poverty, even if the European Union is one of the richest areas in the world.

Poverty is often... more

The party of European Left expresses deep sorrow and full solidarity with Haitians.

Up to hundred thousand Haitian have been killed by the earthquake, and millions of people are wounded and become homeless.   

This is a time to... more

Two MEP’s from the Party of European Left  have just returned from the largest delegation of parliamentarians ever to visit the overwhelmed Gaza strip, witnessing the consequences of last year’s attack and the slow pace of reconstruction since... more