New Left (Croatia)

New Left
Nova ljevica
LeaderIvana Kekin
FounderDragan Markovina
Founded18 December 2016 (2016-12-18)
Merged intoWe Can!
HeadquartersZagreb[1]
Membership (2022)119[2]
IdeologySocial democracy
Democratic socialism
Political positionCentre-left to left-wing
National affiliationGreen–Left Coalition (2017–2024)
Sabor
0 / 151
European Parliament
0 / 12
Zagreb Assembly[3]
3 / 51
Website
novaljevica.hr

New Left (Croatian: Nova ljevica, NL) was a social-democratic[4] and democratic socialist[4] political party in Croatia.[5] It also promotes anti-fascism, environmentalism, and progressivism on social issues.

History

The party was established in December 2016, thanks to the efforts of left-wing intellectuals and civil activists including Dragan Markovina, Zoran Pusić, Vesna Teršelič, Nadežda Čačinovič and Nikola Devčić.

In March 2017, the New Left of Croatia announced their coalition with the left-wing political party Workers' Front for the local elections in Split and Zagreb.[6] They later formed a coalition, for the Zagreb Assembly elections, with We can! (Možemo), Zagreb is OURS (Zagreb je NAŠ!), Sustainable Development of Croatia - ORaH (Održivi razvoj Hrvatske or ORaH) and For the City (Za grad or ZG).[7] The same parties formed the Green–Left Coalition for the 2020 parliamentary elections.

The party leader and representative Ivana Kekin sat in the Unified European Left Group in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).[8]

As of 2024, New Left is in the process of merging into Možemo, which is expected to be finalized by 2025. The decision to merge and shut down New Left came to the dismay, critique and departure of a number of the party's members.[9]

Election results

Parliament of Croatia

Year Popular vote
(coalition) 		% of popular vote Seats won
(NL only) 		Seat change Coalition Government
2020 116,480 6.99%
1 / 151
 New Green–Left Opposition
2024 193,051 9.10%
0 / 151
 Decrease 1 Možemo! Extra-parliamentary

Zagreb City Assembly

Year Popular vote
(coalition) 		% of popular vote Overall seats won Seat change Coalition Government
2017 24,706 7.64%
1 / 51
 Increase 1 Green–Left Opposition
2021 130,850 40.83%
3 / 47
 Increase 2 Green–Left Government

European Parliament

Year Popular vote
(coalition) 		% of popular vote Overall seats won Seat change Coalition Affiliation
2019 19,313 1.79%
0 / 12
 New Green–Left EL/GUE-NGL

See also

References

  1. ^ "Statut". Nova ljevica. Retrieved 2017-02-05.
  2. ^ "Izvješće o obavljenoj financijskoj reviziji - Nova ljevica za 2022" (PDF). State Audit Office (in Croatian). 16 October 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Politicke stranke u gradskoj skupstini-Skupstina grada zagreba;". skupstina.zagreb.hr.
  4. ^ a b Nordsieck, Wolfram (2020). "Croatia". Parties and Elections in Europe.
  5. ^ "Utemeljena Nova ljevica – stranka koja će konačno promijeniti političku situaciju u zemlji" (in Croatian). 19 December 2016.
  6. ^ "Radnička fronta i Nova ljevica zajedno na izborima u Zagrebu" (in Croatian).
  7. ^ Lokalni izbori, 2017, zgizbori.hr, arhiva izbora
  8. ^ "Ms Ivana KEKIN (Croatia, UEL)". pace.coe.int. PACE. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  9. ^ Opačić, Tamara (6 January 2023). "Slijevanje ljevice" [The confluence of the left]. Portal Novosti. Retrieved 24 April 2024.


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