After most of the other parties in the European Parliament, the European Left (EL) has also set up its top candidates for the European elections. The rally party appointed Slovenian politician Violeta Tomic and Belgian trade unionist Nico Cue over the weekend to their leadership team for the EU-wide election in late May.
This was announced by EL Chairman Gregor Gysi today. „The social issue is the key issue of our time,“ Gysi continues. The credibility of politics depends above all on whether it is possible to redistribute wealth „in favor of poorer classes.“ At the same time, the European Left Party is turning against „an militarist EU“ and stands for sustainability in environmental policy with simultaneous social responsibility.
In 2014, Tsipras was the top candidate
The European Left Party is a member of the EU Parliament of the Confederal Group of the European United Left / Nordic Green Left (GUE-NGL). It does not set up any common top candidates. In 2014, the European Left Party independently entered into the race with today’s Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.
The conservative European People’s Party (EPP) is joining the EU election campaign with CSU politician Manfred Weber and the Social Democrats with Dutch EU Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans. In the Greens, there is again a top duo with German politician Ska Keller and Dutchman Bas Eickhout. The liberal ALDE group in parliament wants to get one in February
Appoint „top team“.
The right-wing group Europe of Nations and Freedom (ENF) rejects the concept of the top candidate on the following grounds: „It is up to the voters at national level to decide who they will represent in the European Parliament.“
