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    Volume No 2, May - August 2009 EUROPEAN LEFT ANALYSING THE RESULTS OF THE EUROPEAN ELECTIONS The Executive Board of the European Left met in an extraordinary ses sion on Friday, 12 June, mainly to analyse the results of the European elections and discuss ways of cooperation in the new political setting. Several member and observer parties of the European Left came out ahead with great success, such as the Portuguese Bloco de Esquerda (3 seats), the French Communist Party as part of Front de Gauche (5 seats), the Cypriot party AKEL (2 seats), the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (4 seats), and Germany's DIE LINKE (8 seats). Also SYRIZA (Greece) and Izquierda Unida-ICV-EUiA (Spain) gathered seats in the next EP's GUE/NGL group. "However, the results of the left parties in the European elections as a whole are not a success" remarked Lothar Bisky, EL chairman, in his opening speech. "The new GUE/NGL group will count up to nine mem bers less than in 2004-2009. The first overview of the results shows: The split of the Left leads to losses in the elections.” Referring to the defeat of the Italian Left also in the press conference, Lothar Bisky underlined the necessity to continue the way of a close cooperation of the Left. The common electoral platform was a fruitful beginning and an impor- tant step for the development of the EL policies. In order to achieve the aims described in the platform, the European Left is striving for a broad left wing group in the European Parliament and will be open to coop eration with all those who share the ideas of a social, ecologically sus- tainable, more democratic and peaceful Europe. The final results of the European Parliament elections held throughout Greece were as follows: PASOK, 36.65 percent (1,878,696 votes) New Democracy (ND)32.29% (1,655,461 votes) Communist Party(KKE) 8.35% (428,209 votes) Popular Orthodox Rally (LA.OS) 7.15% (366,562 votes) Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) 4.70% (240,865 votes) Ecologists -Greens 3.49% (178,952 votes) SYRIZA elects one representative in the European Parliament (Nikos Chountis) INEOLAIA SYNASPISMOU ET BL aC TEL: +302103809319 FAX: +302103809314 WAIL: NEOLAIASYN@YAHOO.GR Semnstmt eat SO SSE LER Seton radical Left Youth Organization, born and Sa aE coe Cee See ee ecco ken oe See CTC ome youth movements. It was found in 1994 in eer cece iat eer nity porno NR recast Reto Cec Renter Nc SCRE oO reeIeaTeC Mes ee Tere NCO Seamer rae eyes} Cetra ence re Sac eC Ce the western-European Marxist tradition and is also influenced by both traditional Pat Reonen ocem Outre int VOCs eee Peer ee Came et ete Sree Tonite ee erttaro See UT Ms ec eee OR cm ee ani my eT see rer rec eee Sot eRe etd Ce Pesce oe Cem me Cte Rr smn aces eer ic, economic, social and political field for Se ey anaes itsteraee rt = les and for the fight for social transfor- mations. Our strategic aim is to build a world of socialism with democracy, free- CeO rer es eeeome at ea conta tenel astainability According to our statutes, one can become Pen etat TRC eee Cn Ratan and enter our mother Party (Synaspismos Ree ee ee tere The Ordinary Congress of Neolaia Pee eam eee elects the C zation. The Central Council elects the ntral Council of the Organi- Weceom the acerca tess Pe esta terse tesa eT Synaspismou is Dimitris Tzanakopoulos MOVEMENT NEWS STUDENTS’ ELECTIONS Last May the students’ elections took part in the background of Decembers' great youth revolt. The “Left Unity’, after two years of its foundation, proved that itis @ competitive and radical pole in the Greek universities. After the last years’ big rise, the electoral fall was small, but the number of the student as sociations that the “Left Unity” participated was the largest for the radical left in the last decade. The “Left Unity’ will continue its struggle against the neo- liberal transformation of the Greek and European universities. IMMIGRANTS After the European elections of June 2009, the goverment has adopted some of the basic topics of the policy of LAOS (far extreme party which in- creased its electoral power at these elections). These topics are: immigrants expulsions, evacuations of immigrants’ camps and massive and most of the times, violent arrests. Neolaia Synaspismou, against the rise of racism and xenophobia, fights for the rights of immigrants. Claiming for the legalization of the immigrants, we participate and organize supportive and solidarity 12th Alternative Camping of Neolaia Synaspismou Over 1.200 young people have attended the 12th Alternative SummerCamp of Neolaia Synaspismou in Santa Maria, Paros. From the 24th of July until the 2nd of August comrades from all over Greece have met and discussed on the future of Radical Left in Greece and Europe, on all the necessary actions against neoliberalism and the privatization policy of the Greek government and on the neoliberal attack against social rights. This camping had the big- gest attendance of all years and we feel confident that in the forthcoming year Neolaia Synaspismou will play an important role in the contruction of more powerful social movements in Greece and Europe, EL SUMMER UNIVERSITY Neolaia Synaspismou participated in the 4th European Left Party Summer University which was held in Valencia, Spain from 23 to 26 of July. The four days gave the opportunity to dozens of comrades from across Europe to discuss the problems the peoples of Europe face in the middle of the economic crisis, rights issues, migration, labor, in the light of the conclu- sions of the recent European elections. Within this framework, we spotted the necessity of discussing for the left in Latin America and its efforts towards so- cialism of the 21st century. Moreover, Neolaia Synaspismou held meetings with youth organizations of the European Left parties, exchanging experi ences on the actions and policies, but also on the need for common steps of our organizations at European level in the context of our internationalist soli- darity and common struggle against neoliberalism. The organization was rep resented by the members of CC and the International Relations Giorgos Karat- sioubanis and Zisis Zannas. = re Neem OR UNCC EH DORN CC et Reet eet ent eae OUR ee sama ters ose tee Rec ploitation al a q Palestine and Israel. In August it was Tee eae omg Nem ene none es ings w esentatives of PLO , Pe amen) eee age ata ee) Pee ea ae Youth student's organizations Nr sls DRE eee] a eee eRe ee eee rei tog ee RMR SOn LN OC Ze etme cree nem Deen ee ROR RSC ona tinian state and to real peace in th plore Tae Pease eeda i ceo erect eR see Cee cony eer eRe eer Umeee ues Ove ECU a Tea tT rer Peon OUR ACLUAY UTS October 4, 2009: Solidarity message to the 2nd meeting about the 5 [A oR TRA Men Ep ea ea teed Cuban heroes, Havana, 12-15 May 2009 GT AT or CS Dear comrades, Pe eC econo Unfortunately, the heavy political agenda in our country does not allow us to be [AUER ReMelate tare MO MES reterd present in the conference and declare our solidarity to the five Cuban heroes, the mart for the five illegally detained by U.S. authorities in violation of every moral and intemna- tional legitimacy. This practice by the USS. has as ts sole aim to terrorize the heroic Cuban people, who for half a century now resist imperialism. The Five Cuban pris- s ‘oners have been the epicenter of hatred that feeds the US. imperialism in the last [MONSCE Mle es Meu 50 years against Cuba. US. authorities do not respect basic human rights such 2s MCS CMR eu ag Rte the right to defense, to a fair trial, the communication with the families of prison- [ie Se Rn etcon Tg ers and the Cuban authorities. This behavior reveals the discomfort of the US. support to five anticuban organizations and their activities against the people of Cuba. With the occasion of the 50 years from the Cuban revolution, the need for an updated strengthening of internationalist solidarity with the call for the imme- diate release ofthe Five, standing next to the Cuban people, breaking the barbaric and inhuman blockade of Cuba, highlighting the Cuban 50 year revolution for a new occasion for the battles of the Left on the path to socialism with freedom and democracy in Latin America, in Europe and worldwide. We follow with big interest the social processes in your wider region, and we are behind all efforts to extend democracy, prosperity and progress for the workers and young people, promoting ppeace and reconciliation of the people. The hope is breathing in the struggles to ‘overthrow capitalism and the birth of the new world of socialism, We wish success ‘on your conference! Venceremos! The reborn of the left is under target! 1oKUpOS We could only characterize the resolution adopted by the European Parlia om Bouvah ment as unacceptable and historically inaccurate. This actually equates so- grOUe qy@ves

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