The European Commission wants to let US and Israeli arms manufacturers access EU taxpayer funds! The Left today has tabled an objection to a move to give defence companies in third countries access to the €26 BILLION InvestEU programme. Read more 👉 t.co/BGe5nN3nR2

Today we tabled a Motion of Censure against von der Leyen and this Commission. For complicity in genocide, for undemocratic trade deals, for backtracking on climate. The Parliament voted to defend VDL. We are not discouraged. Pressure is mounting. 👉 left.eu/vdl-clings-t...

The European Commission refused to suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement, as we all watched a genocide unfold in Gaza Today we vote No Confidence in Ursula von der Leyen and this European Commission ❌

The European Commission will cut funding for farmers by over 20% during this mandate, while increasing funding for weapons manufacturers. Today we vote No Confidence in Ursula von der Leyen and this European Commission ❌

Last night the Global Sumud Flotilla was attacked in international waters by the Israeli occupation. Left MEPs Rima Hassan and Emma Fourreau were detained. we have no update on their whereabouts or safety. We demand immediate EU action against genocide Read our statement left.eu/gaza-flotill...

Ilaria Salis 1 : Viktor Orbán 0 This week, the JURI Committee in the European Parliament refused to bow to the threats of authoritarian leader Viktor Orbán, voting NOT to lift the parliamentary immunity of Left MEP Ilaria Salis✊

The Global Sumud Flotilla was attacked under cover of darkness last night. There is little doubt about who is behind this heinous crime. Left MEPs Emma Fourreau and Lynn Boylan are safe and accounted for. Solidarity with all crew of this humanitarian mission 🔴⚫⚪🟢

The Global Sumud Flotilla is on its way to break the blockade of Gaza. Our MEP @emma-fourreau.bsky.social is on board. The flotilla will be observed by experts and lawmakers on an independent legal observer ship, including Left MEP @lnbdublin.bsky.social The tide is rising for Palestine.

So, what now Kaja Kallas? Do you still trust your 'very good partners'?

Results! On foot of a complaint submitted by The Left MEP Valentina Palmisano, the European Ombudsman has opened an official inquiry into the Commission’s failure to act against Italy's ILVA steelworks! Read more: www.ombudsman.europa.eu/en/opening-s...

Es injustificable que el Fondo Social Europeo + se vaya a gasto en defensa en lugar de al apoyo al empleo o la educación, mientras la desigualdad de la riqueza sigue creciendo. Desde @left.eu vemos con gran preocupación lo que vamos conociendo del nuevo presupuesto de la UE left.eu/mff-social-f...

The Left stands with Francesca Albanese. "This decision is an attack on the UN Special Rapporteur for telling the truth about Israel’s genocide in Gaza" - Lynn Boylan MEP It's time to fight back against US sanctions. left.eu/francesca-al...

Israel's defence minister has ordered the creation of a concentration camp for 600,000 people in Gaza "Israel is reopening the worst pages of European colonial history. That this plan for a concentration camp doesn't shake Europe's support for Israel is unacceptable" - @botengam.bsky.social

BREAKING: Marine Le Pen, AfD, and far right in the European Parliament siphoned off over €4m in public money. "Stealing public money, attacking civil society, and pointing fingers, that’s the moral compass of the modern right in the 21st century” - @schirdewan.bsky.social

While Jeff Bezos held a lavish wedding in Venice, Amazon refused to send a high-level representative to testify in the European Parliament. This is an insult to its workers and our democratic institutions. We demand an end to Amazon's contracts with the European institutions.

'Daddy' Rutte is right 🤯 we will all pay 'BIG' for new weapons spending. Following the NATO chief's embarrassing sucking up to Trump, the only way they will be able to afford an increase to 5% of GDP will be by taking it from YOUR healthcare and social services.

To mark #WorldRefugeeDay2025, The Left presents a fictional but frighteningly plausible “Deportation Machine Regulation” This parody reveals the deeply racist, colonial, & authoritarian logic behind current EU migration plans. Join us in saying: Not in our name. Read more🔗 left.eu/issues/depor...

Welcome home Rima Hassan 💪

The detention of the Freedom Flotilla is part of the Netanyahu regime's strategy to commit genocide and hide it from the world. The Left condemns this illegal interception in the strongest terms and we demand that humanitarian aid is allowed into Gaza. We are proud of you Rima Hassan ✊

🚨BREAKING: The Gaza Freedom Flotilla, including Left MEP Rima Hassan, are conducting a rescue at sea at this moment. All struggles for justice and equality are bound together. No one is illegal ✊

The ILVA plant in Taranto has driven up cancer rates for years. We've joined forces with steelworkers and local communities to get the EU to act against what the UN describes as a "human sacrifice zone" 😷 Today, with Left MEP Valentina Palmisano, we're taking it to the European Ombudsman 💪

Full support to Left MEP Rima Hassan and all the activists aboard the Gaza Freedom Flotilla today. Break the siege. Stop the genocide ✊

Amid rising global tensions, climate breakdown & economic power struggles, the EU must rethink its foundations. Left MEP Pasquale Tridico opened our event “Europe at Crossroads: A Progressive Economic Agenda in Uncertain Times”.

Orbán is dismantling democracy in Hungary, from banning Pride and attacking minorities to exiting the ICC. In #Eplenary, Left MEP @kostarvanitis.bsky.social: "Orbán's government is pushing the ‘transparency’ law to stigmatize, & silence dissent, dismantling what’s left of democracy.”

Militant action by MEPs and activists outside the European Parliament today to demand EU action to stop the genocide in Gaza. MEP Rima Hassan makes it clear: the EU's vague pledge to review the EU-Israel Association Agreement isn’t enough. Suspend the Agreement. Stop the genocide. NOW.

Gaza is being massacred We held a die-in demonstration today together with activists and civil society outside the European Parliament. A 'review' of trade relations is too little too late. Arms Embargo now. Suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement now!

The European Commission published its proposal on “safe third countries” and again this proposal simply plays the fascists’ game. Left MEP @estrellagalan.bsky.social :"This proposal is a lethal blow to the right to asylum." Read more 🔗 left.eu/safe-for-who...

While you were living under lockdown and your public health services were crying out for vaccines, von der Leyen thought herself above the law. Today an EU court ruled against the President. Enough. The Left demands a permanent Ethics Body to keep the powerful in check.

When you've been found guilty by the European General Court and you want to change the subject 👀

🚨BREAKING: Corruption at the very top - von der Leyen loses attempt to hide text messages with Pfizer CEO. The EU's General Court found this morning that the Commission President 'failed to explain' why deleted text messages over covid vaccines were kept from the public eye.

In several EU member states, conversion "therapy" remains legal. LGBTQ+ people are not sick, & they do not need to be fixed. This is simply a violation of fundamental human rights. Sign the European citizens Initiative to ban this practice all over EU 🔗 left.eu/the-left-cal...

Addressing the #EPlenary on the Iberian blackout, Left MEP @estrellagalan.bsky.social lays out what we need: “The solution is a 100% public, green, and secure energy system — one that ends the privileges of the energy oligopoly.”

Last week the humanitarian aid ship 'Conscience' was attacked by a barrage of drone strikes off the coast of Malta. "We have a right to sail to our brothers and sisters in Palestine!" - said Zohar Chamberlain Regev of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition in the European Parliament today.

Watch @uni-europa.bsky.social expose the stark reality: “The hospital cleaners received work clothes that still had blood stains on them.” This is what happens when EU procurement rules prioritise the lowest bid over dignity and safety. Essential workers deserve better. Change the rules — now.

Israel's security cabinet has voted to seize the entirety of Gaza 'indefinitely'. With the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people, drone attacks on humanitarian ships in the Mediterranean, and now the complete annexation of Gaza. What will it take for the EU to act? left.eu/israel-appro...

On her way to meet the #Conscience crew, MEP Carola Rackete strongly condemns the shocking attack on a humanitarian ship bringing aid to Gaza. A thread (1/7)

Tonight, a drones attacked a ship carrying aid to Gaza —as an entire population starves. Over 116,000 tons of food aid is ready to enter Gaza—enough to feed 1 mio. people for 4 months. But Israel’s blockade keeps borders shut. Let the aid in. End the genocide. Ceasefire now.

JOIN TOMORROW: European Student Forum for Palestine Amid growing repression of pro-Palestinian movements, we come together for dialogue, action, and solidarity. 🗓️ 14:30–17:30h 🌍 Online 🔗 left.eu/events/repre...

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On Sunday, 21 year old Lorenz was shot in the back four times by police. Claims he threatened them were disproven by video from the public prosecutor’s office. Across Europe, racist policing has taken—and continues to take—lives.

Today in 1974, Portugal’s Carnation Revolution toppled Europe’s longest dictatorship—in just 24 hours. Putting an end to thirteen years of colonial war in Africa. A rare coup not to seize power, but to restore democracy.

80 years since the Italian Resistance rose against fascism and ended Nazi occupation. Liberation Day marks the fall of fascism in Italy—a powerful reminder of what organized people can achieve. The fight against fascism matters—then and now.

Even a 4 year old can tell the difference — yet the Israeli army massacred 15 Palestinian medics, covered it up and got caught. Despite the genocide, EU-Israel trade flows. But the people are rising: doctors on hunger strike, students resisting, and the Left standing with Gaza.

Today marks 110 years of the Armenian Genocide. 1.5 Million Armenians were systematically killed. 110 years later, denial still persists. True remembrance means demanding truth and accountability.

These medics returning from Gaza are on hunger strike. Left MEPs met a delegation of doctors, surgeons, paramedics and activists who reported the horrors they experienced working in Gaza: "It was hell". The EU must end its complicity in this ongoing genocide.

76 days left of Trump’s tariff pause. Yesterday, IMF warned that the tariff war is shaking global markets — the Left’s been saying it for years. While billionaires hoard wealth, workers pay the price. Time to tax the Zuckerbergs, Bezoses & Musks of the world. Tax. The. Rich.

"Trump’s tariffs are undoubtedly a turning point for the EU. They are designed to assert the dominance of the United States and serve an imperialist project that we fundamentally reject." The Left Co-Chair @manonaubryfr.bsky.social on the spiraling trade war between the US and the EU today.

🚨Urgent Press Conference 🚨 Trump has declared Trade War on us all. And while American oligarchs get tax cuts, it's tariffs for everyone else. The Left will host a press conference today to present a more ambitious EU response targeting billionaires, not working people. 📺 left.eu/events/press...

Today, Left co-presidents @manonaubryfr.bsky.social and @schirdewan.bsky.social & vice-president @kostarvanitis.bsky.social welcomed Syriza's president Sokratis Famellos and MP Rena Dourou. As the far right threatens democracy & civil liberties, unity in the #Left is more crucial than ever.

On #InternationalRomaDay, Left MEP @estrellagalan.bsky.social called out deep-rooted anti-Roma racism in Europe : "More than 10 million Roma people continue to suffer structural discrimination in Europe." Silence & inaction are no longer acceptable. Read more 🔗 left.eu/opre-roma-in...