Political groups
The Left in the European Parliament (GUE/NGL)
45 seats on 22 October 2026. How the group voted in the European Parliament in 2026.
Details
On the winning side
In 2026, the position of the The Left was the winning side in 195 of 359 votes (54%). By plenary session, newest first:
Same position as
Share of the 2026 votes in which the The Left and each other group took the same position.
Cohesion
86%average cohesion in 2026
Cohesion is the share of the group's voting members who followed the group position, the option chosen by most of them. 364 votes; the group split evenly, with no position, in 5.
MEPs by country
45 MEPs from 13 countries.
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- ItalyDario Tamburrano, Mario Furore, Gaetano Pedulla', Ilaria Salis, Mimmo Lucano, Pasquale Tridico, Valentina Palmisano, Giuseppe Antoci, Carolina Morace, Danilo Della Valle
- FranceYounous Omarjee, Leila Chaibi, Manon Aubry, Damien Carême, Marina Mesure, Anthony Smith, Arash Saeidi, Rima Hassan, Emma Fourreau
- GermanyMartin Schirdewan, Özlem Demirel, Robert Gabel, Martin Günther
- SpainPernando Barrena Arza, Irene Montero, Isabel Serra Sánchez, Estrella Galán
- FinlandMerja Kyllönen, Jussi Saramo, Li Andersson
- GreeceElena Kountoura, Konstantinos Arvanitis, Nikos Pappas
- IrelandLynn Boylan, Luke Ming Flanagan, Kathleen Funchion
- BelgiumMarc Botenga, Rudi Kennes
- PortugalCatarina Martins, João Oliveira
- SwedenJonas Sjöstedt, Hanna Gedin
- CyprusGiorgos Georgiou
- DenmarkPer Clausen
- NetherlandsAnja Hazekamp
Group of each MEP in the latest vote, 22 October 2026. Source: European Parliament open data and HowTheyVote (ODbL).
Decisive votes
Votes in which, without the votes of the The Left on the winning side, the result would have flipped. Simple-majority votes only.
- Wednesday's agenda - Request by the Verts/ALE and The Left groups - Surveillance by illegal spyware
- Activities of the European Ombudsman - annual report 2024
- Request for opinion from the Court of Justice on the compatibility with the Treaties of the proposed EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement (EMPA) and Interim Trade Agreement (ITA)
Votes lost
Votes in which the position of the The Left was the losing side.
- Cohesion policy in the EU's eastern border regions: strengthening territorial resilience and cross‑border cooperation
- Revised heat and fuel benchmark values for 2026-2030
- Revised heat and fuel benchmark values for 2026-2030: Proposal for rejection (amendment 6= 7=)
- Simplification of certain requirements and procedures for chemical products
- Simplification of certain requirements and procedures for chemical products: Proposal for rejection (amendment 119)
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- Reduction of methane emissions in the energy sector: postponement of certain obligations
- Reduction of methane emissions in the energy sector: postponement of certain obligations: Proposal for rejection (amendment 1= 2=)
- General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2027 - all sections
- Objection pursuant to Rule 114(3): Certification methodologies for carbon farming activities
- Combating VAT fraud - the effectiveness of cross-border cooperation when it comes to VAT fraud and its impact on the EU budget
- Amendments to the Critical Raw Materials Act
- Monday's agenda - Request by the PPE and ECR Groups - Riots
- Monday's agenda - Request by The Left Group - Riots
- Monday's agenda - Request by the S&D Group - Riots
- The need for an EU strategy to counter Islamist entryism and the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood network
- Recommendation on EU-China political relations
- Economic and budgetary surveillance of Member States in the euro area experiencing or threatened with serious difficulties with respect to their financial stability
- Alignment with the EU economic governance framework and further simplification of that framework
- Programme for agile and rapid defence innovation (AGILE)
- Programme for agile and rapid defence innovation (AGILE): Proposal for rejection (amendment 3)
- Monday's agenda - Request by the ECR Group - Escalating student riots in France
- The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU's external borders
- Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-up
- The role of social, economic and environmental standards in safeguarding fair competition for all aquatic food products and improving food security
- Political prisoners in Cuba, in particular the case of Félix Navarro and his daughter Saylí Navarro
- Hybrid warfare and the protection of the EU's territorial integrity and critical security and defence infrastructure
- EU-Switzerland Agreement on the transfer of passenger name record (PNR) data for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime
- Defence readiness and facilitating defence investments and conditions for the defence industry (Omnibus V)
- Defence readiness and facilitating defence investments and conditions for the defence industry (Omnibus V): Proposal for rejection (amendment 2)
- Acceleration of permit-granting for defence readiness projects (Omnibus V)
- Simplification of intra-EU transfers of defence-related products and simplification of security and defence procurement (Omnibus V)
- Acceleration of permit-granting for defence readiness projects (Omnibus V): Proposal for rejection (amendment 64)
- Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield
- Market stability reserve for the buildings, road transport and additional sectors
- Monday's agenda - Request by The Left Group - ECB
- Feasibility of a 28th tax regime and its potential to support EU competitiveness
- Temporary derogation from the ePrivacy directive: Proposal for rejection
- Temporary derogation from the ePrivacy directive
- EU-Morocco Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation setting out the terms and conditions for the participation of Morocco in the Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA): amendment and supplement
- EU-Mexico Political, Economic and Cooperation Strategic Partnership Agreement (Interim report)
- EU-Mexico Interim Agreement on Trade
- EU-Mexico Political, Economic and Cooperation Strategic Partnership Agreement
- Objection pursuant to Rule 114(3): Trajectory to decrease the contribution of high indirect land-use change-risk biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels to renewable energy targets
- Digital assets - challenges for the competitiveness and integrity of the European Union's financial system
- Recommendation on the changing geopolitical situation in East Asia and the need for closer cooperation with like-minded partners in the region
- Financial activities of the European Investment Bank Group - annual report 2025
- Temporary support and payment of advances regarding the increased fertiliser prices due to the Middle East crisis
- Temporary derogation from certain provisions of the ePrivacy Directive to combat online child sexual abuse
- Monday's agenda - Request by the ECR Group - Italy and Denmark
- Political repression and humanitarian situation in Cuba
- Implementation of the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (UWWTD) and risks to the security of supply of medicines
- 2025 Commission report on Georgia
- 2025 Commission report on Kosovo
- General arrangements for excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products
- EU-Liberia Voluntary Partnership Agreement on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber products: termination
- Common system for the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the Union (Return Regulation)
- Common system for the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the Union (Return Regulation): Proposal for rejection (amendment 2 = 3 =)
- Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed
- Reinforcing development cooperation to address irregular population movements and their root causes in partner countries
- Role of trade in strengthening the EU's economic security
- Non-application of customs duties on imports of certain goods
- Simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Digital Omnibus on AI)
- Adjustment of customs duties and opening of tariff quotas for the import of certain goods originating in the United States of America
- Amending Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions as regards requirements for securitisation exposures
- Amending Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 on securitisation and a specific framework for simple, transparent and standardised securitisation
- Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly
- EU-Canada Agreement laying down the conditions for the participation of Canadian legal entities and products originating in Canada to procurement under the SAFE Instrument
- EC-São Tomé and Príncipe Fisheries Partnership Agreement (2025-2029): Implementing Protocol
- EU-Cook Islands Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement (2025-2032): Implementing Protocol
- United Nations Convention against Cybercrime
- EU-Uzbekistan Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement
- Tuesday's agenda - Request by The Left Group - Israel's air strikes in Lebanon
- Tuesday's agenda - Request by the Renew Group - Reduced US military deployment in Europe
- Tuesday's agenda - Request by the ECR Group - Attack against citizens in Modena
- How to secure a sustainable future for the EU livestock sector in light of the need to ensure food security, farmers' resilience and the challenges posed by animal diseases?
- Shortcomings and deficiencies of the 'Amnesty Law' in Venezuela
- EU-Norway Agreement on transfer of passenger name record (PNR) data for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime
- EU-Iceland agreement on transfer of passenger name record (PNR) data to prevent, detect, investigate and prosecute terrorist offences and serious crime
- Simplification of certain requirements and procedures for chemical products
- Simplification of certain requirements and procedures for chemical products: Proposal for rejection (amendment 90)
- Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank Group - annual report 2024
- Amendments to Biocidal Products Regulation as regards the extension of certain data protection periods
- Generalised scheme of tariff preferences
- Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III
- Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034
- Global Gateway - past impacts and future orientation
- Simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Digital Omnibus on AI)
- Non-application of customs duties on imports of certain goods
- Non-application of customs duties on imports of certain goods: Proposal for rejection (amendment 17)
- Adjustment of customs duties and opening of tariff quotas for the import of certain goods originating in the United States of America
- Adjustment of customs duties and opening of tariff quotas for the import of certain goods originating in the United States of America: Proposal for rejection (amendment 47)
- Common system for the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the Union (Return Regulation)
- Thursday's agenda - Request by the Verts/ALE Group - Request for withdrawal from voting time
- Wednesday's agenda - Request by The Left Group - Australia
- Calculation of emission credits for heavy-duty vehicles for the reporting periods of the years 2025 to 2029
- Calculation of emission credits for heavy-duty vehicles for the reporting periods of the years 2025 to 2029: Proposal for rejection (amendment 6)
- Flagship European defence projects of common interest
- Recommendation on enhanced EU-Canada cooperation in the current geopolitical context, including the threats to Canada's economic stability and sovereignty
- Tackling barriers to the single market for defence
- EU enlargement strategy
- European Semester for economic policy coordination 2026
- Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 as regards the extension of its period of application: Proposal for rejection
- Fisheries management approaches for safeguarding sensitive species, tackling invasive species and benefiting local economies
- Housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housing
- Increased efficiency of the External Action Guarantee
- Four years of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine and European contributions to a just peace and sustained security for Ukraine
- EU strategic defence and security partnerships
- Amending the multiannual financial framework for the years 2021 to 2027
- Regulation implementing enhanced cooperation on the establishment of the Ukraine Support Loan for 2026 and 2027
- Amending Regulation (EU) 2024/792 establishing the Ukraine Facility
- European Central Bank - annual report 2025
- Application of the 'safe third country' concept
- Application of the 'safe third country' concept: Proposal for rejection (amendment 14= 15= 16=)
- Establishment of a list of safe countries of origin at Union level
- Wednesday's agenda - Request by The Left Group - Israel
- European technological sovereignty and digital infrastructure
- Choice of performance indicators for audit and budgetary control in the context of financing measures to support the implementation of future European competitiveness
- Drones and new systems of warfare - the EU's need to adapt to be fit for today's security challenges
- Motion of censure on the Commission
- Implementation of the common security and defence policy - annual report 2025
- Implementation of the common foreign and security policy - annual report 2025
- EU-Bosnia and Herzegovina Agreement on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Safeguarding and promoting financial stability amid economic uncertainties
- The 28th Regime: a new legal framework for innovative companies
Method
The winning side is For when a vote is adopted and Against when it is rejected. The position of a group is the option most of its voting members chose. Main roll-call votes of 2026. Full method
Source: European Parliament roll-call votes, via HowTheyVote (ODbL). Collected 8 November 2026.