The Other Europe

The Other Europe

L'Altra Europa
The Other Europe L'Altra Europa
Chairman	Massimo Torelli
Founded	5 March 2014
Dissolved	14 September 2019
Ideology	Democratic socialism; Eco-socialism
Political position	Left-wing
European affiliation	Party of the European Left (observer)
European Parliament group	GUE/NGL
Colours	Red
Website
	listatsipras.eu
	Politics of Italy; Political parties; Elections;

The Other Europe (Italian: L'Altra Europa), whose full name was The Other Europe with Tsipras (L'Altra Europa con Tsipras, AET),^[3] was a left-wing political organisation in Italy. It took part in the 2014 European Parliament election in support of Alexis Tsipras, the candidate of the Party of the European Left for President of the European Commission.^[4]

History

In the 2014 EP election the list obtained 4.0% of the vote, just above the 4% threshold, and 3 elects to the European Parliament: Eleonora Forenza (Communist Refoundation Party), Curzio Maltese (independent, later Left Ecology Freedom) and Barbara Spinelli (independent). After the election, they joined the European United Left–Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL) Group. In May 2015 Spinelli left AET, becoming an independent MEP within GUE/NGL.^[5]

In July 2015 two senators, Fabrizio Bocchino and Francesco Campanella, elected in the 2013 general election with the Five Star Movement and later founding members of the short-lived Italy Work in Progress party, launched a sub-group named "The Other Europe with Tsipras" within the Mixed Group of the Senate. In March 2016 the sub-group was folded into Italian Left, which had been launched primarily by Left Ecology Freedom and dissidents of the Democratic Party.

Composition

AET was founded on 5 March 2014 in Rome by some Italian intellectuals, Andrea Camilleri, Paolo Flores d'Arcais, Luciano Gallino, Marco Revelli, Barbara Spinelli and Guido Viale.^[6] The alliance was then composed of the following parties:^[7]^[8]^[9]

	Main ideology	Leader
Left Ecology Freedom (SEL)	Democratic socialism	Nichi Vendola
Communist Refoundation Party (PRC)	Communism	Paolo Ferrero
Greens of South Tyrol	Green politics	Giorgio Zanvettor
Civil Action (AC)	Anti-corruption policies	Antonio Ingroia
Italian Pirate Party (PPIT)	Pirate policies	Luca Cappelletti
Independence Republic of Sardinia (IRS)	Sardinian nationalism	Gavino Sale

Leadership

Chairman

Massimo Torelli (05/03/2014–present)

Advisory Committee

Current members:

Marco Revelli (01/02/2014–present)
Argyris Panagopoulos, in name of Alexis Tsipras (08/02/2014–present)
Massimo Torelli (01/02/2014–present)

Former members:

Andrea Camilleri (01/02/2014–11/03/2014)
Paolo Flores d'Arcais (01/02/2014–11/03/2014)
Luciano Gallino (01/02/2014–08/11/2015)
Barbara Spinelli (01/02/2014–15/05/2015)
Guido Viale (01/02/2014–18/03/2015)

Electoral results

European Parliament

Election year	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Leader
European Parliament
2014	1,108,457 (6th)	4.03	3 / 73	–	several

Regional Councils

Region	Election year	Votes	%	Seats	+/−
Piedmont	2014	19,467 (11th)	1.0	0 / 50	–
Trentino	2018	2,101 (18th)	0.8	0 / 35	–
Veneto	2015	44,676 (15th)	0.8	0 / 51	–
Liguria	2015	3,937 (12th)	0.7	0 / 31	–
Marche	2015	20,266 (8th)	3.8	0 / 31	–
Umbria	2015	5,561 (11th)	1.6	0 / 20	–
Apulia	2015	14,513 (11th)	0.9	0 / 51	–
Calabria	2014	10,062 (13th)	1.3	0 / 30	–

References

^ L’Altra Europa con Tsipras chiude una fase per un nuovo progetto
^ L’Altra Europa: troppi fallimenti, tiriamo le conseguenze. Ma una sinistra serve
^ ""L'altra Europa con Tsipras", ecco il nome della lista" (in Italian). Europa. 2014-02-18. Archived from the original on 2014-02-27. Retrieved 2014-02-20.
^ "Nasce "L'altra Europa con Tsipras", la lista della società civile contro l'austerità" (in Italian). Il Fatto Quotidiano. 2014-02-18. Retrieved 2014-02-20.
^ Barbara Spinelli lascia "L'Altra Europa con Tsipras" e conserva il seggio a Bruxelles
^ "A sinistra, una lista per Tsipras" (in Italian). il manifesto. 2014-01-17. Retrieved 2014-02-20.
^ "Verso la lista Tsipras: resoconto della riunione con le associazioni" (in Italian). listatsipras.eu. 2014-02-16. Archived from the original on 2014-03-15. Retrieved 2014-02-20.
^ "Tutti i candidati de "L'Altra Europa con Tsipras"" (in Italian). esserecomunisti.it. 2014-03-06. Archived from the original on 2014-03-14. Retrieved 2014-03-31.
^ "Il Partito Pirata aderisce a L'Altra Europa". Frontiere digitali (in Italian). 2014-04-10. Retrieved 2014-12-27.

External links

Official website

[1] L’Altra Europa con Tsipras chiude una fase per un nuovo progetto

[2] L’Altra Europa: troppi fallimenti, tiriamo le conseguenze. Ma una sinistra serve

[europaquotidiano-3] ""L'altra Europa con Tsipras", ecco il nome della lista" (in Italian). Europa. 2014-02-18. Archived from the original on 2014-02-27. Retrieved 2014-02-20.

[ilfattoquotidiano-4] "Nasce "L'altra Europa con Tsipras", la lista della società civile contro l'austerità" (in Italian). Il Fatto Quotidiano. 2014-02-18. Retrieved 2014-02-20.

[5] Barbara Spinelli lascia "L'Altra Europa con Tsipras" e conserva il seggio a Bruxelles

[ilmanifesto-6] "A sinistra, una lista per Tsipras" (in Italian). il manifesto. 2014-01-17. Retrieved 2014-02-20.

[listatsipras-7] "Verso la lista Tsipras: resoconto della riunione con le associazioni" (in Italian). listatsipras.eu. 2014-02-16. Archived from the original on 2014-03-15. Retrieved 2014-02-20.

[esserecomunisti-8] "Tutti i candidati de "L'Altra Europa con Tsipras"" (in Italian). esserecomunisti.it. 2014-03-06. Archived from the original on 2014-03-14. Retrieved 2014-03-31.

[9] "Il Partito Pirata aderisce a L'Altra Europa". Frontiere digitali (in Italian). 2014-04-10. Retrieved 2014-12-27.

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