EP-Linksfraktion THE LEFT
Female MEPs and parliamentary staff support the women’s strike tomorrow, on International Women’s Day.
They are joining women from around the world to demand an end to systematic bias, misogyny and discrimination and calling for equal rights and recognition in all spheres of life, reflecting the weight and contribution women have in society.
The strikes will take various forms. In Brussels a GUE/NGL contingency will join the Women’s March gathering at 15.00 in front of Gare Central.
In the Spanish state the strike has become a coordinated …
weiterlesen "Women strike globally for equality and justice"
weiterlesen "Women strike globally for equality and justice"
Joint Statement by Gabi Zimmer and Neoklis Sylikiotis, members of the European Parliament’s Employment Committee.
“We would like to express our solidarity with the workers of Limassol port in Cyprus who announced a two-hour work stoppage for Monday in protest over health and safety hazards in their workplace. Their safety concerns are fully justified. The workers demand improvement of safety levels at the port.
Unfortunately, accidents both big and small at the port are very common, but they are usually not made known to the public. Last week, …
weiterlesen "Solidarity with the port workers of Cyprus"
weiterlesen "Solidarity with the port workers of Cyprus"
A group of left-wing MEPs and members of national parliaments who participated in the European Parliamentary Week 2018 have issued the following declaration that demands a new set of economic, social and environmental policies for people and workers. It calls for a Pact for Employment and Growth and for greater territorial, social and economic cohesion. A reversal of the EU elite’s neoliberal agenda which has destroyed the welfare state, workers’ rights and led to more privatisation is also highly necessary.
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weiterlesen "Stop the EU elite’s destruction of our welfare state and workers’ rights!"
weiterlesen "Stop the EU elite’s destruction of our welfare state and workers’ rights!"
Colombia will be holding two significant elections in the upcoming months: the legislative vote on 11th March for the Senate and House of Representatives, and the presidential election in May. These will be the first votes since the signing of the peace agreement between the Colombian government and FARC, the latter having since become a political party and given up its arms.
However, FARC-affiliated candidates have endured all kinds of harassment and provocation since the start of the electoral campaign. Two of their former …
weiterlesen "Political participation must be upheld in upcoming Colombian votes"
weiterlesen "Political participation must be upheld in upcoming Colombian votes"
The EU Foreign Affairs Council decided this week to strengthen sanctions against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Restrictive measures against seven personalities that hold positions of senior responsibility, most of them through popular mandate, will thus be imposed.
GUE/NGL rejects this decision, as it does not serve the path towards a much-needed normalization and stabilization of the country, especially when dialogue between the Government and the opposition is taking place in the Dominican Republic.
Such EU policy to …
weiterlesen "EU feeds confrontation in Venezuela with fresh sanctions move"
weiterlesen "EU feeds confrontation in Venezuela with fresh sanctions move"
The GUE/NGL group denounces the attacks against Afrika newspaper, Sener Levent and its staff in the occupied areas of the Republic of Cyprus organised by extreme nationalist forces. We express our solidarity with the newspaper and its staff, as well as with the Turkish Cypriot progressive forces that oppose these attacks.
It is with deep concern that we learned of a hate campaign being orchestrated against Afrika newspaper and its editor, Sener Levent by Turkish President Erdoğan. The inciter Mr Erdoğan …
weiterlesen "Solidarity with ‘Afrika’, editor Sener Levent and Turkish Cypriot progressive forces"
weiterlesen "Solidarity with ‘Afrika’, editor Sener Levent and Turkish Cypriot progressive forces"
Gestern (10.01.2018) fand in Brüssel eine Konferenz der Linksfraktion GUE/NGL zum UN-Atomwaffenverbotsvertrag statt, organisiert von João Pimenta Lopes (MdEP, Partido Comunista Português), Merja Kyllönen (MdEP, Vasemmistoliitto) und Sabine Lösing (MdEP, DIE LINKE.).
Sabine Lösing, friedenspolitische Sprecherin der Delegation DIE LINKE. im Europaparlament, sprach dabei über die Wichtigkeit des Vertrags als Schritt hin zu einer friedlichen Welt. Der Atomwaffenverbotsvertrag wurde am 7. Juli 2017 durch 122 Länder in der Generalversammlung der …
weiterlesen "Atomwaffen verbieten. Konsequent Abrüsten."
weiterlesen "Atomwaffen verbieten. Konsequent Abrüsten."
UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons - A GUE/NGL conference
"Ich fürchte, die Atomkriegs-Uhr steht nunmehr auf zwei Minuten vor zwölf. Zwei Jahre nach dem Ende des Kalten Krieges stellen noch immer tausende Nuklearwaffen eine weltweite Bedrohung dar. Meiner Ansicht nach, kann dieser Gefahr nur durch ein aufrichtiges und unumstößliches Streben nach Frieden begegnet werden. Wir müssen Atomwaffen verbieten und noch bestehende Arsenale konsequent und dauerhaft abrüsten. Doch leider wird nukleare Bewaffnung …
weiterlesen "Veranstaltung der EP-Linksfraktion zum Atomwaffenverbotsvertrag"
weiterlesen "Veranstaltung der EP-Linksfraktion zum Atomwaffenverbotsvertrag"