EU removes risk assessments for ‘new genomic technique’ crops The European Parliament today supported a proposal to remove safeguards from newer genetically manipulated crops, known as ‘New Genomic Techniques’ or NGTs, in a win for agri-business and chemical lobbies. Previously, EU law authorised GMO crops on a case by case basis after a risk assessment. […]
The return regulation dictated by the heirs of Nazism has been approved by the unholy coalition of the EPP and the far right, with the complicity of the liberals “The era of deportation has begun,” said a fascist official before taking families and children to detention camps. It sounds familiar but actually it is not […]
The European Parliament adopted the AI Act in plenary. While the final text contains some positive elements, including a ban on AI systems used to create non-consensual sexualised content, the overall agreement weakens the AI Act by delaying key obligations, expanding exemptions for companies, and broadening the use of sensitive personal data. Left MEP Leila […]
Even Iran gets better deal than the EU in trade talks with Trump The European Parliament today finalised its appeasement of Donald Trump’s erratic trade policy by voting in favour of the EU-US trade ‘deal’. In reality, the political agreement commits to tariffs on EU exports to the US, while US companies are allowed to […]
On 12 June 2026, indifference and inhumanity became enshrined in law across the European Union. The EU’s pact on Migration and asylum falsely promises a historic change in EU migration policies. In reality, the Pact reinforces current failed policies and practices by focusing on deterrence, containment of people fleeing third countries, strengthening external borders, detention, […]
Gaza Flotilla and Let Cuba Breathe demonstrate the way forward against fascism and militarism The Left in the European Parliament brought together activists, researchers and organisers today to plot out the way forward for internationalism in the context of rising militarism and the growing crisis of democracy. The gathering heard directly from activists from the […]
CHICAGO, IL — Noisy Creek announced today the expansion of event discovery platform EverOut to Chicago, alongside advertising launch partners Goose Island Beer Company and 16” on Center. First launched in 2019 by The Stranger in Seattle and the Portland Mercury, EverOut currently boasts over 700,000 users in both cities. The platform combines curated expert […]
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After the latest round of negotiations with the European Commission and the Council, The Left condemns and rejects this return regulation, which violates the fundamental rights and values that the European Union claims to defend. Deportation of people, including families with children, to third countries they have never been to. Creation of so-called “Return hubs”. […]
The European Commission invited the Taliban to discussions on deportation policies at the very moment the Return Regulation remains blocked by the EPP. The Left has opposed this inhumane regulation from the beginning, but also the only political group openly condemning this meeting. The European Parliament yesterday held a debate on the “Situation of women […]
The European Parliament has just adopted the Directive establishing minimum standards on the rights, support, and protection of victims of crime. Although necessary, once again it is not ambitious enough. The Left voted in favour of this highly important directive to strengthen the protection of victims, particularly women, children, persons with disabilities, and victims of […]
Literally Unplayable: The Left backs stricter regulation of game developers who remotely kill games or shut down active servers Following a massively successful online petition that gathered over one million signatures across the European Union, the Stop Killing Games project reached the European Parliament today with a debate on the chamber floor. The debate can […]
More SAFE, less safety Following a vote in the European Parliament today, Canada will become the first non-EU country to participate in SAFE, a €150 billion loan instrument for joint procurement of weapons. Yet SAFE will not make Europeans safer, and this decision further reduces the strategic autonomy of the European Union by allowing access […]
Safeguards dropped in overnight negotiations over EU-US trade ‘deal’ A deal was reached in Strasbourg in the early hours of this morning that will see the European Union accept Donald Trump’s tariffs on exports to the US with little to show in return. The Left sees this agreement as an act of political surrender to […]
You can’t eat ‘competitiveness’ The European Parliament’s plenary agenda is dominated this week by discussions about the cost of living crisis that has engulfed the continent, from the impact of the war on Iran to the price of fertilisers. Yet the right-wing in the European Parliament is struggling to provide solutions. During this plenary week, […]
CHICAGO, IL — Noisy Creek announced today that Malik Jackson will be the new publisher of the Chicago Reader starting June 1. Jackson most recently served as executive director and publisher of South Side Media Works, which operates community newspapers South Side Weekly and the Hyde Park Herald. Founded in 1971 in a tight Kenwood […]
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Sanctions against state-sponsored settlers the ‘bare minimum’ – The Left After years of pressure from the public and political parties of The Left, the European Union is finally set to sanction more Israeli settlers who have terrorised Palestinian communities for decades. While the move is welcome, the agreed sanctions are a pitiful fraction of what […]
Sea-Watch 5, sailing under German flag, has been shot at by the EU-funded so-called Libyan coastguard. Following a rescue operation in which the NGO Sea-Watch saved 90 people, the Libyan coast guard reportedly opened fire on the vessel Sea-Watch 5 while survivors were still on board. It is a violent assault on civilian lives, on […]
For the first time in a very long time, the INTA Committee in the European Parliament discussed the EU-Israel agreement and its suspension thanks to continued pressure from The Left. More than 70,360 Palestinians killed, including 18,400 children. More than 500 humanitarian workers killed. More than 269 journalists killed. 1.9 million Palestinians displaced. 2.1 million […]
European Commission announces Anti-Poverty Strategy without any funding Today the European Commission announced a new social package, including the long-awaited Anti-Poverty Strategy and measures on disability rights. While the Commission shifts priorities to so-called ‘competitiveness’ and defence, social spending will see little to no increase in EU support. Instead of concrete legislative…
The implementation of the provisional EU–Mercosur agreement on May 1st is an absolute disgrace and an unprecedented denial of democracy. France, Ireland, Austria, the Netherlands, and Poland are opposed to it. Poland has even announced it will refer the matter to the European Court of Justice, in line with the position of the European Parliament, […]
Dozens of boats assaulted off the coast of Greece in act of state-sponsored piracy by IDF Last night, the Israeli military attacked the Global Sumud Flotilla in Greece’s search and rescue zone as the flotilla attempted to carry humanitarian aid to the coast of Gaza, over a thousand kilometers from where the attack took place. […]
The European Parliament has adopted The Left report led by Left MEP Kostas Arvanitis: The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law Report – Annual Report 2025. For the first time, The Left group had the rapporteurship of the European Commission’s 2025 annual report on the rule of law in the European Parliament, which gave us an […]
Chemical Omnibus legislation allows carcinogens and PFAS to remain in cosmetic products In the latest episode of the EU’s damaging deregulation drive, the Omnibus VI on certain requirements and procedures for chemical products, the Parliament today supported measures that will allow companies to continue to make cosmetic products even when they are aware the ingredients […]
95+ groups across 25 countries have responded to the jet fuel crisis with a "Red Line for Airports" manifesto proposing ten measures to reduce air traffic.
Low tariffs for developing countries who play ball on Fortress Europe policies In a vote today, the European Parliament backed a disgraceful proposal to punish developing countries with higher tariffs if they are deemed to be ‘uncooperative’ with Europe’s draconian migration laws, conveniently just as the EU plans new Deportation Regulation. Since 2022, the EU […]
The Left demands immediate action from the European Commission after the adoption of the report “Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU”. In 2024, the Council blocked the inclusion of a consent-based definition of rape in the combatting violence against women directive. This political failure left millions without equal protection. Two years later, we […]
MFF prioritises military spending over the needs of working people A report outlining the European Parliament’s position on the EU’s budget for the 2028-2034 today caved to the Commission’s demands to funnel EU funds away from social and environmental causes and into militarisation. Although the report defends a standalone European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) and […]
The Left puts forward an alternative vision for taking down the right In an event today in the European Parliament The Left brought together civil society, grassroots organisers, and political leaders for a conversation about one of the defining political struggles of our time: how to confront the rise of authoritarian populism and defend democratic […]
The Left’s playbook for a better world of work presented to the European Parliament In the age of Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and the broligarchy, corporate powers are eroding workers rights at an alarming pace, with the help of the European right. Today in an urgent hearing in the European Parliament, The Left put forward […]
The Left builds its own internet counter-culture in the age of the manosphere In an event hosted by The Left in the European Parliament today, social media gurus, influencers and online visionaries met to brainstorm on the way forward for Leftist online culture and strategy. With significantly less means than increasingly powerful fascist online movements, […]