New Left (Croatia)

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

New Left
Nova ljevica
LeaderIvana Kekin
FounderDragan Markovina
Founded18 December 2016 (2016-12-18)
HeadquartersZagreb[1]
Membership (2021)144[2]
IdeologySocial democracy
Democratic socialism
Political positionCentre-left to left-wing
National affiliationGreen–Left Coalition (since 2017)
Sabor
1 / 151
European Parliament
0 / 12
Zagreb Assembly[3]
3 / 51
Website
novaljevica.hr

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 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.

Electoral performance

Parliament of Croatia
Year Popular vote
(coalition)		  % of popular vote Overall seats won Seat change Coalition Government
2020 116,480 6.99%
1 / 151
 Increase 1 Green–Left opposition

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). 25 July 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. "Politicke stranke u gradskoj skupstini-Skupstina grada zagreba;". skupstina.zagreb.hr.
  4. 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


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