The Left The Left in the European Parliament

Current members

45 (since July 2024: 46 → 45)

Cohesion

85.0%, on average, this share votes alike; by half-year 85.9 → 84.6%

On the majority side

56.6%, how often the group majority voted like the plenary. Always voting for would give 95.6%.

Co-chair

Manon Aubry since 16 Jul 2024

Co-chair

Martin Schirdewan since 16 Jul 2024

Group bureau

Vice-chairs

Hanna Gedin, Irene Montero, Konstantinos Arvanitis, Marc Botenga

Treasurer

Arash Saeidi

Other members of the bureau

Anja Hazekamp, Catarina Martins, Estrella Galán, Giorgos Georgiou, Ilaria Salis, João Oliveira, Jonas Sjöstedt, Li Andersson, Luke Ming Flanagan, Lynn Boylan, Marina Mesure, Özlem Demirel, Pasquale Tridico, Per Clausen, Pernando Barrena Arza

Internal vote distribution

All votes cast by the bloc's members across all final votes.

• For 13,367 · 55.5%
• Against 7,222 · 30.0%
• Abstention 3,510 · 14.6%
• 24,099 votes cast

Delegations against the group majority

Share of final votes in which the majority of the group’s MEPs from that country voted differently from the group majority (delegation from 3, group from 10 voting members, both with a clear majority, group at the time of the vote).

This figure implies no judgement: it may reflect a matter of conscience, the line of a national party or an arrangement within the group.

Most divided votes

The group was split in 92 of 651 final votes (14.1%) and in 356 of 6,411 roll-call votes overall (5.6%). The list shows the final votes with the narrowest group majority.

1. EU–Morocco Euro-Mediterranean Aviation Agreement: accession to the EU of Croatia (Protocol): 8 Jul 2026 · largest position: For, 36.6% · For 15 · Against 12 · Abstention 14. Deviating: M5S (IT) 8 abstentions · VAS (FI) 2 of 3 abstentions
2. Establishing an EU talent pool: 10 Mar 2026 · tie between Against and Abstention, 36.8% each · For 10 · Against 14 · Abstention 14
3. Implementation report on the Recovery and Resilience Facility: 18 Jun 2025 · tie between Against and Abstention, 38.1% each · For 10 · Against 16 · Abstention 16
4. Amendment of the EIB’s Statute: 14 Nov 2024 · largest position: Abstention, 39.0% · For 15 · Against 10 · Abstention 16. Deviating: M5S (IT) 8 for
5. The democratic backsliding and threats to political pluralism in Georgia: 9 Oct 2024 · largest position: For, 39.0% · For 16 · Against 14 · Abstention 11. Deviating: M5S (IT) 8 against
6. The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine: 17 Jul 2024 · largest position: For, 39.1% · For 18 · Against 15 · Abstention 13. Deviating: M5S (IT) 8 against · SYRIZA (GR) 4 abstentions
7. 2023 and 2024 reports on Kosovo: 7 May 2025 · largest position: Abstention, 40.0% · For 11 · Against 10 · Abstention 14. Deviating: LFI (FR) 6 of 7 against · VAS (FI) 3 for
8. Russia’s unacceptable provocative actions and drone incursions into Romania, the Baltic states and Finland: 18 Jun 2026 · tie between Against and Abstention, 40.5% each · For 7 · Against 15 · Abstention 15
9. Further deterioration of the political situation in Georgia: 13 Feb 2025 · tie between Against and Abstention, 40.6% each · For 6 · Against 13 · Abstention 13
10. The human cost of Russia’s war against Ukraine and the urgent need to end Russian aggression: the situation of illegally detained civilians and prisoners of war, and the continued bombing of civilians: 9 Jul 2025 · tie between For and Against, 41.5% each · For 17 · Against 17 · Abstention 7

Split means: the largest position has less than 60% of the group’s votes cast; counted from 10 voting members, with the group at the time of the vote. Deviating: delegations (party within the group, from 3 voting members) whose majority voted differently from the group majority.

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Source: European Parliament open data (CC BY 4.0), prepared by OpenRCV.