Nordic Green Left Alliance

Nordic Green Left Alliance

Founded	February 1, 2004
Ideology	Democratic socialism, Eco-socialism, Environmentalism, Euroscepticism
Political position	Left-wing
Colours	Red, Green
Website
www.nordic-green-left-alliance.org

The Nordic Green Left Alliance (NGLA) is an alliance of Nordic left-wing parties, founded in Reykjavík, Iceland on February 1, 2004.

Members

The member organizations of NGLA are:

Country	National party	National MPs				European MPs
Country	National party	# of seats	Last election	# of seats	Last election	# of seats	Last election
Denmark	Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti)	8 / 175	2015	6 / 179	2011	1 / 13	2014
Faroe Islands	Republic (Tjóðveldi)	7 / 33	2015	1 / 179 1 / 2	2015
Finland	Left Alliance (Vasemmistoliitto/Vänsterförbundet)	12 / 200			2015	1 / 13	2014
Greenland	Community of the People (Inuit Ataqatigiit)	11 / 31	2014	1 / 179 1 / 2	2015
Iceland	Left-Green Movement (Vinstrihreyfingin-grænt framboð)	7 / 63			2013
Norway	Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti)	7 / 169			2013
Sweden	Left Party (Vänsterpartiet)	21 / 349			2014	1 / 20	2014

Most of the member parties of NGLA have not joined the Party of the European Left (the Finnish Left Alliance being a recent exception), but NGLA participates in EL events as an observer. In the European Parliament, the MEPs of the Swedish Left Party and of the Finnish Left Alliance are part of the European United Left–Nordic Green Left parliamentary group, whilst the Danish Socialist People's Party MEP is member of the Greens-EFA group.

Elected representatives of Member Parties

European institutions

Organisation	Institution	Number of seats
European Union	European Commission	0 / 27
European Union	European Council (Heads of Government)	0 / 27
European Union	Council of the European Union (Participation in Government)	2 / 27
European Union	European Parliament	3 / 751

Organisation	Institution	Number of seats
	Parliamentary Assembly	3 / 318

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Nordic Green Left Alliance