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Union of the Left (''L'Union de la gauche''), was a
leftist
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social-democratic
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and
social-liberal
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The Union of the Left generally associate two or more of the following parties, under the leading of the Socialist Party.
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Socialist Party
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Communist Party
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Europe Ecology – The Greens
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Radical Party of the Left
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Citizen and Republican Movement
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Miscellaneous left
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European Parliament election, 2014
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Socialist Party
Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of th ...
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Radical Party of the Left
The Radical Party of the Left (french: Parti radical de gauche, PRG) is a social-liberal political party in France. A party in the Radical tradition, since 1972 the PRG was a close ally of the major party of the centre-left in France, the Socia ...