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| native_name = La Sinistra| name = The Left160px)| logo_size = | leader1_title = Leaders| leader1_name = Nicola FratoianniMaurizio Acerbo| foundation = March 2019| dissolution = June 2019| headquarters = Left-wing politics>Left-wingCLARE SPEAK>URL=HTTPS://WWW.THELOCAL.IT/20190430/EUROPEAN-ELECTIONS-WHO-CAN-I-VOTE-FOR-IN-ITALY-AND-WHAT-ARE-THE-BIG-ISSUESWORK=THE LOCAL ITALY, 30 April 2019, Democratic socialismHTTP://WWW.PARTIES-AND-ELECTIONS.EU/ITALY.HTMLWEBSITE=PARTIES AND ELECTIONS IN EUROPELAST=NORDSIECKARCHIVEURL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20190327123459/HTTP://PARTIES-AND-ELECTIONS.EU/ITALY.HTML ACCESSDATE=2 APRIL 2019, live, Eco-socialism| national = | international = Party of the European Left}} (PRC)DiEM25 (èViva)European United Left–Nordic Green Left>GUE/NGLChamber of Deputies (Italy)>Chamber of Deputies| seats1 = Senate of the Republic (Italy)>Senate| seats2 = | seats3_title = European Parliament| seats3 = {{party colorborder=darkgray}} Red| country = Italy| predecessor = }}The Left () was a left-wing coalition of political parties in Italy which took part in the 2019 European Parliament election.“Europee: due liste a sinistra del Pd: I Verdi e un cantiere “rosso”.WEB,www.sinistraeuropea.eu/index.php/manifesto-per-una-lista-di-sinistra-alle-elezioni-europee-il-tempo-e-ora/, Proposta per le Elezioni Europee del Partito della Sinistra Europea e delle organizzazioni italiane che ne fanno parte, Sinistra Europea - Italia, it, 23 March 2019, 2 April 2019, Its main members were Italian Left and the Communist Refoundation Party.

History

{{Update section |date=August 2020 |reason=events and sources related to the party’s dissolution are missing}}The alliance is the direct heir of The Other Europe (AET),WEB,www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2014/02/18/nasce-laltra-europa-con-tsipras-la-lista-della-societa-civile-contro-lausterita/885777/, Nasce “L’altra Europa con Tsipras”, la lista della società civile contro l’austerità, Il Fatto Quotidiano, Italian, 18 February 2014, 20 February 2014, a left-wing coalition representing the anti-austerity movement which took part to the 2014 European election, obtaining 4.0% of the vote and electing three MEPs. After the election, they joined the European United Left–Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL) Group.“Barbara Spinelli lascia “L’Altra Europa con Tsipras” e conserva il seggio a Bruxelles”. The list main member parties, Left Ecology Freedom (SEL) and the Communist Refoundation Party (PRC), elected one MEP each.In the 2018 general election, the evolution of SEL, Italian Left (SI), led by Nicola Fratoianni, joined Free and Equal (LeU)WEB,ilmanifesto.it/nasce-liberi-e-uguali-grasso-si-presenta-bene, Liberi e Uguali, Grasso si presenta bene, Il manifesto, Italian, 3 December 2017, 4 March 2018, while the PRC, led by Maurizio Acerbo, ran within Power to the People (PaP).WEB,poterealpopolo.org/in-risposta-a-luciana-castellina-e-il-suo-articolo-lerrore-di-strategia-della-lista-potere-al-popolo, Viola Carofalo, National Spokesman of “Potere al Popolo, Potere al Popolo, 10 February 2018, 4 March 2018, However, SI and PRC broke from their respective alliances in late 2018. Fratoianni accused his LeU former allies of being too close to the Democratic Party (PD) while PRC left the PaP alliance after losing an internal vote over its statutory form.“Potere al popolo si scinde sullo statuto. Rifondazione se ne va”.In February 2019, Acerbo launched the proposal of a joint list composed of SI, the PRC and other minor left-wing parties to participate in the upcoming 2019 European Parliament election.“Acerbo: “Basta rifugiarsi nel Pd, ora Sinistra italiana stia con noi”. The name and the symbol of were chosen through an online vote in April.“Europee, vince “La Sinistra”: scelto online il nome degli eredi della lista Tsipras”.“La sinistra” ora in cerca di donne per le europee”.

Composition

The coalition was formed by the following parties:{|class=“wikitable” style="font-size:95%”!colspan=2|Party!Main ideology!LeaderItalian Left}}“||Italian Left (SI)|Democratic socialism|Nicola FratoianniCommunist Refoundation Party}}“||Communist Refoundation Party (PRC)|Communism|Maurizio Acerbo|ÈViva|Eco-socialism|Francesco LaforgiaThe Other Europe}}“||The Other Europe (AET)|Democratic socialism|Massimo TorelliParty of the South (Italy)>Party of the South (PdS)Regionalism (politics)>Regionalism|Natale CuccureseSocialist Convergence (Italy)>Socialist Convergence (CS)|Socialism|Manuel Santoro

Electoral results

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!width=13%|Election year!width=16%|Votes!width=6%|% !width=1%|Seats!width=8%|+/–!width=18%|Leader!2019|469,943|1.750hex={{party color|The Left (Italy)}}}}–}}Nicola Fratoianni}}

References

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