🧵Since 2012, Kurdish activists have been holding a vigil in front of the Council of Europe calling for release of the Kurdish revolutionary leader of PKK (The Kurdistan Workers' Party) Abdullah Öcalan. With my colleagues of @left.eu I attended the vigil in Strasbourg.

The Returns Regulation has been approved by the coalition of the EPP and the far-right, with the complicity of the liberals. A disgrace. The Left will always resist these racist and xenophobic policies.

🧵The European Parliament is a strange place. We debate Cuba but not Israeli crimes. High Representative Kallas is very selective with her concerns about human rights violations. She can't see those in Qatar, Saudi Arabia, or the US, but when Cuba, Venezuela or Iran want to own

These are the people the European Union is honouring for their 'commitment to European ideals' today. The European Order of Merit should go to real working heroes 🛠️ Not tax evaders, austerity chiefs, and cardinals.

Ten years ago the Sicilian Mafia attempted to murder Giuseppe Antoci. Today he fights back as an MEP for The Left. Fighting the scourge of the mafia, organised crime, and political corruption, is the fight of The Left ✊

Nu rullas årtionden av misslyckad privatisering av Storbritanniens järnväg tillbaka. Steg för steg samlas tågtrafiken i statliga ”Great British Railways”. Ansvar för spår och trafik i en enda organisation. Något att lära av för en ny rödgrön svensk regering. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Great Western Railway to be nationalised in December

Train operator will become 11th national service returned to public ownership since Labour was elected in 2024

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Les IA comme Claude Mythos d’Anthropic posent des enjeux majeurs de cybersécurité et de souveraineté. Face aux modèles US🇺🇸 et chinois🇨🇳, l’UE🇪🇺 doit bâtir ses propres capacités stratégiques souveraines en matière de recherche avancée des vulnérabilités et de cyber-sécurité.

Starter ugen med et spændende møde med danske organisationer om, hvad der skal til for at EUs landbrugsstøtte både kan skabe liv og beskæftigelse samt understøtte den grønne omstilling.

Working class pride ❤️

🚨 The Global Sumud Flotilla has been attacked by Israeli forces inside Greece's Search and Rescue Zone - 1,000km from Gaza. The EU and Member States must take action against State-sponsored piracy now!

Aujourd’hui avec Marina Mesure à Strasbourg où nous avons déposé une gerbe de fleurs pour commémorer celles et ceux tués au travail. La France est le pays en Europe où l’on meurt le plus au travail. Ce n’est pas la fatalité, c’est un choix politique.

Workers' lives mean nothing to businesses and I wonder how much the Commission cares. We will continue to stand up for workers and their right to work in safe workplace and be healthy!

Startede dagen med en spændende snak om, hvad vi kan lære af de danske erfaringer med diskussionen om indførsel af en formueskat. Herefter deltog jeg i en aktion for kravet om, at EUs regler for dyrevelfærd også skal gælde for produkter, som importeres til EU.

Doch anstatt Maßnahmen zu ergreifen, die den Energiepreisschock begrenzen und die Menschen in ihrem Alltag unterstützen, bleibt die Kommission - mal wieder @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu untätig. #Inflation2026

A Comissão Europeia propôs fim dos programas na saúde no orçamento europeu. O Parlamento Europeu votou mais orçamento para a saúde. E o Conselho Europeu? Países exigem reforço da saúde, mas, nada se sabe do governo português. O mesmo que ia resolver os problemas do SNS em 60 dias

The person in this video is sanctioned. Israel is not. @franceskalbs.bsky.social

EU leaders just decided yet again that they will take no action against the ethnic cleansing of Palestine and Lebanon. They chose to undermine our democracy, all to defend Benjamin Netanyahu's regime. The Left leads the way - suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement now!

Toute la presse dans le monde parle de l’initiative citoyenne européenne la plus rapide de l’histoire contre l’accord UE-Israël, qui vient d’obtenir 1M de signatures ! Toute ? Non ! Car la France est peuplée d’irréductibles journalistes qui refusent encore et toujours d’informer leurs publics.

Eurooppalainen kansalaisaloite EU:n ja Israelin välisen vapaakauppasopimuksen jäädyttämiseksi on saavuttanut miljoona allekirjoitusta vain 3 kuukaudessa! Tämä on historiallinen saavutus ja osoittaa miten moni haluaa Euroopalta vahvoja toimia kansanmurhaa, apartheidia & ihmisoikeusloukkauksia vastaan

Orbanin tappio on todella iloinen uutinen koko Euroopan kannalta. Se osoittaa, että autoritaarinen oikeisto on mahdollista voittaa. Myös EU:n toimintakyvyn sekä esim. Ukrainan tukiratkaisujen kannalta tämä tulos on hyvin tärkeä. 1/3

Do you see this voting list? It shows that The Left is the only political group in the European Parliament to actively oppose the ridiculous EU-US Trade 'Deal' The US gets 0% tariffs, in return the EU pays 15% tariffs and is forced to buy €1tn+ in US oil, gas and weapons

In her address to the European Parliament this morning, Ursula von der Leyen once again failed to condemn US and Israeli massacres of civilians from Tehran to Beirut. Not one mention of the bombing of Minab school which killed over 150 people, most of them schoolchildren.

Ursula von der Leyen@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 5mo ago

There is hope that this moment can open a path towards a free Iran. The Iranian people deserve freedom, dignity, and the right to decide their own future. But allow me to make one important point. Seeing the world as it is in no way diminishes our determination to fight for the world we want.

Today the European Parliament adopted the wrong answer to the housing crisis: 💰tax cuts for property developers 🏚️evictions for the poorly housed Our MEPs carried out an action just before the vote: the right makes profits for the rich, The Left builds houses.

Next week the European Parliament will propose these measures to tackle the housing crisis in Europe: 💰Tax breaks for the rich 🏚️evictions for the poor The Housing Committee's report is a lobbyist's dream, and a nightmare for working people.

Como rehén de la extrema derecha, el PP europeo sitúa la expulsión de seres humanos sin derechos ni garantías en el centro de las políticas migratorias de la UE, sin respetar el principio de no devolución. Y para que no se sepa, hurta el debate parlamentario. @left.eu left.eu/from-washing...

From Washington to Brussels: Trump-ICE militia

The Left in the European Parliament 
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"Who could believe Trump and war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu care about Iranian lives?" - Left MEP @botengam.bsky.social Read our statement on the EU's support for violent regime change in Iran here: t.co/a02KjXZawx

🚨 Israel's Parliament is proceeding with a law to introduce the death penalty for Palestinians. We will raise it in the European Parliament today. Join us for this urgent press conference at 11:30 CET with Left MEP @lnbdublin.bsky.social t.co/9HNFWoxKkd

“The nationalist ideology of the ruling class in Moscow attacks diversity, freedom of expression, openness, and democracy. Nothing frightens dictators more than democracy.” - Left Co-Chair Martin Schirdewan speaking in the European Parliament today

Another pathetic act by the European Commission to bend the knee to Trump and his plans to build beachfront property on the graveyard of a genocide. The Left abhors the Commission's involvement in the so-called 'Board of Peace' and the new colonial regime for Gaza.

‼️ Hoy la Unión Europea traiciona sus principios. 🇪🇺 Malas noticias desde Estrasburgo, el Parlamento Europeo aprueba dos normas que pisotean el derecho al asilo @left.eu