Left Party (France)

The Parti de Gauche (abbreviation: PG; German: Left Party ) is a political party in France which has formed end of November 2008. The formal foundation took place on 1 February 2009. Led is the party of Senator and MEP Jean -Luc Mélenchon, a former member of the Socialist Party, and the former Green Party politician Martine Billard.

The new party supplies currently mainly from former supporters of the Socialist Party who are disappointed with the course of that party, and from civil rights and environmental activists as well as Communists. With the Parti Communiste français (PCF ) signed a cooperation is sought in important elections. It will establish after the direct model of the German Left Party, founded in 2007 a ​​new left party collection in France.

So far, the Chairman over 5000 supporters have gathered in the party after information. On 29 November 2008, a first meeting of supporters of the party in l' Ile -des- Vannes was held.

On 8 March, the Parti de Gauche involved in the election campaign of the Front de gauche, a coalition including with the Parti Communiste Français for the upcoming European elections.