"Left parties"

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6 December 2025

Jean-Luc Melenchon, founder of the French left-wing La France Insoumise (LFI) party, arrives with Mathilde Panot at his hearing by the commission of inquiry into the links between representatives of political movements and organizations propagating Islamist ideology, at the National Assembly, in Paris, France, on December 6, 2025.

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#13051252

3 December 2025

Marine Tondelier, the National Secretary of the French left-wing party The Ecologistes, looks on as she waits prior to her hearing before the Commission of Inquiry into "the links between representatives of political movements and organisations and networks supporting terrorist activity or propagating Islamist ideology" at the National Assembly in Paris, France, on December 2, 2025.

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#13051253

3 December 2025

Marine Tondelier, the National Secretary of the French left-wing party The Ecologistes, looks on as she waits prior to her hearing before the Commission of Inquiry into "the links between representatives of political movements and organisations and networks supporting terrorist activity or propagating Islamist ideology" at the National Assembly in Paris, France, on December 2, 2025.

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#13051254

3 December 2025

Marine Tondelier, the National Secretary of the French left-wing party The Ecologistes, looks on as she waits prior to her hearing before the Commission of Inquiry into "the links between representatives of political movements and organisations and networks supporting terrorist activity or propagating Islamist ideology" at the National Assembly in Paris, France, on December 2, 2025.

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#13051255

3 December 2025

Marine Tondelier, the National Secretary of the French left-wing party The Ecologistes, looks on as she waits prior to her hearing before the Commission of Inquiry into "the links between representatives of political movements and organisations and networks supporting terrorist activity or propagating Islamist ideology" at the National Assembly in Paris, France, on December 2, 2025.

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#13051256

3 December 2025

Marine Tondelier, the National Secretary of the French left-wing party The Ecologistes, looks on as she waits prior to her hearing before the Commission of Inquiry into "the links between representatives of political movements and organisations and networks supporting terrorist activity or propagating Islamist ideology" at the National Assembly in Paris, France, on December 2, 2025.

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#13051257

3 December 2025

Marine Tondelier, the National Secretary of the French left-wing party The Ecologistes, looks on as she waits prior to her hearing before the Commission of Inquiry into "the links between representatives of political movements and organisations and networks supporting terrorist activity or propagating Islamist ideology" at the National Assembly in Paris, France, on December 2, 2025.

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#13031715

27 November 2025

Former Nepali Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal (Left), Madhav Kumar Nepal (Center), and former Home Minister Bamdev Aryal attend a party unification program in Kathmandu, Nepal, on November 27, 2025. Pro-unification factions from four more parties merge with the Nepali Communist Party, which forms on November 5. The latest round of merger between the communist parties of Nepal includes the Janata Samajwadi Party's pro-unification faction led by Federal Council Chairman Rajendra Shrestha, the Janajagaran Party Nepal, the rebel group of the CPN (Majority), and the rebel group of the CPN (Maoist). The unification announcement ceremony is attended by Nepali Communist Party Coordinator Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Co-coordinator Madhav Kumar Nepal, leaders Jhala Nath Khanal, Bamdev Gautam, Narayan Kaji Shrestha, Ganga Narayan Tuladhar, and others. Rajendra Shrestha and other leaders from the groups taking part in the merger are also present at the event. Ten groups, including the CPN (Maoist Center) and CPN (Unified Socialist), announce their unification to form the Nepali Communist Party on November 5. Later, two more parties, including the one led by Bhim Rawal, also join the newly-formed party. With the addition of the groups joining on Thursday, the total number of groups merging with the NCP reaches 16.

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#13031718

27 November 2025

Former Nepali Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal (Left) and Madhav Kumar Nepal (Right) attend a party unification program in Kathmandu, Nepal, on November 27, 2025. Pro-unification factions from four more parties merge with the Nepali Communist Party, which forms on November 5. The latest round of merger between the communist parties of Nepal includes the Janata Samajwadi Party's pro-unification faction led by Federal Council Chairman Rajendra Shrestha, the Janajagaran Party Nepal, the rebel group of the CPN (Majority), and the rebel group of the CPN (Maoist). The unification announcement ceremony is attended by Nepali Communist Party Coordinator Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Co-coordinator Madhav Kumar Nepal, leaders Jhala Nath Khanal, Bamdev Gautam, Narayan Kaji Shrestha, Ganga Narayan Tuladhar, and others. Rajendra Shrestha and other leaders from the groups taking part in the merger are also present at the event. Ten groups, including the CPN (Maoist Center) and CPN (Unified Socialist), announce their unification to form the Nepali Communist Party on November 5. Later, two more parties, including the one led by Bhim Rawal, also join the newly-formed party. With the addition of the groups joining on Thursday, the total number of groups merging with the NCP reaches 16.

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#13004458

19 November 2025

Line Barfod of the Red-Green Alliance, Karina Vestergard Madsen of the Red-Green Alliance, Karoline Lindgaard of the Alternative, and Sisse Marie Welling of the Green Left meet the Danish press as they arrive at the Copenhagen City Hall in Copenhagen, Denmark, on November 18, 2025, during the night of the municipal and regional elections 2025, as municipal and regional elections take place across the country.

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#13004459

19 November 2025

Line Barfod of the Red-Green Alliance, Karina Vestergard Madsen of the Red-Green Alliance, Karoline Lindgaard of the Alternative, and Sisse Marie Welling of the Green Left meet the Danish press as they arrive at the Copenhagen City Hall in Copenhagen, Denmark, on November 18, 2025, during the night of the municipal and regional elections 2025, as municipal and regional elections take place across the country.

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#12962482

8 November 2025

In Paris, France, on November 7, 2025, MP deputies of the left-wing parties Socialistes et Apparentes and Ecologiste et Social raise their hands to vote on an amendment during the debate of the PLFSS 2026 draft social security financing bill for 2026 at the National Assembly in Paris.

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#12952445

5 November 2025

Nepali communist leader Barshaman Pun addresses the merger announcement ceremony of the ten communist parties under one name, the ''Nepali Communist Party,'' in Kathmandu, Nepal, on November 5, 2025. Following the September Gen-Z uprising and the announcement of elections for March next year, ten leftist parties merge in Nepal to form the ''Nepali Communist Party.'' The new party also includes the CPN-Maoist Center and the CPN-Unified Socialist led by former Prime Ministers Pushpa Kamal Dahal, also known as Prachanda, and Madhav Kumar Nepal, along with eight others. The unification brings together the CPN-Maoist Centre, CPN (Unified Socialist), Nepal Socialist Party, Jana Samajbadi Party Nepal, Nepal Communist Party, CPN-Socialist, CPN-Maoist (Socialist), CPN-Communist, Maobadi Communist Kendra, and Deshbhakta Samajbadi Morcha under a single umbrella.

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#12952465

5 November 2025

Former Nepali Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, also known as Prachanda, and Jhalanath Khanal gesture during the merger announcement ceremony of the ten communist parties under one name, the ''Nepali Communist Party,'' in Kathmandu, Nepal, on November 5, 2025. Following the September Gen-Z uprising and the announcement of elections for March next year, ten leftist parties merge in Nepal to form the ''Nepali Communist Party.'' The new party includes the CPN-Maoist Center and the CPN-Unified Socialist led by former Prime Ministers Pushpa Kamal Dahal, also known as Prachanda, and Madhav Kumar Nepal, along with eight others. The unification brings together the CPN-Maoist Centre, CPN (Unified Socialist), Nepal Socialist Party, Jana Samajbadi Party Nepal, Nepal Communist Party, CPN-Socialist, CPN-Maoist (Socialist), CPN-Communist, Maobadi Communist Kendra, and Deshbhakta Samajbadi Morcha under a single umbrella.

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#12952605

5 November 2025

Ten leftist parties merge in Nepal to form the ''Nepali Communist Party.'' The new party includes the CPN-Maoist Center and the CPN-Unified Socialist led by former Prime Ministers Pushpa Kamal Dahal, also known as Prachanda, and Madhav Kumar Nepal, along with eight others, on November 5, 2025. The unification brings together the CPN-Maoist Centre, CPN (Unified Socialist), Nepal Socialist Party, Jana Samajbadi Party Nepal, Nepal Communist Party, CPN-Socialist, CPN-Maoist (Socialist), CPN-Communist, Maobadi Communist Kendra, and Deshbhakta Samajbadi Morcha under a single umbrella.

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#12952607

5 November 2025

Ten leftist parties merge in Nepal to form the ''Nepali Communist Party.'' The new party includes the CPN-Maoist Center and the CPN-Unified Socialist led by former Prime Ministers Pushpa Kamal Dahal, also known as Prachanda, and Madhav Kumar Nepal, along with eight others, on November 5, 2025. The unification brings together the CPN-Maoist Centre, CPN (Unified Socialist), Nepal Socialist Party, Jana Samajbadi Party Nepal, Nepal Communist Party, CPN-Socialist, CPN-Maoist (Socialist), CPN-Communist, Maobadi Communist Kendra, and Deshbhakta Samajbadi Morcha under a single umbrella.

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