The Other Europe ( it, L'Altra Europa), whose full name was The Other Europe with Tsipras (''L'Altra Europa con Tsipras'', AET), was a

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political organisation in

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. It took part in the

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in support of

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, the candidate of the Party of the European Left for

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of the

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History

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: Eleonora Forenza (

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), Curzio Maltese (independent, later

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) 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. In July 2015 two senators,

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and

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, elected in the 2013 general election with the Five Star Movement and later founding members of the short-lived

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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

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, which had been launched primarily by Left Ecology Freedom and dissidents of the Democratic Party.

Composition

AET was founded on 5 March 2014 in

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by some Italian intellectuals,

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, Paolo Flores d'Arcais, Luciano Gallino, Marco Revelli, Barbara Spinelli and Guido Viale. The alliance was then composed of the following parties:

Leadership

Chairman

* Massimo Torelli (05/03/2014–present)

Advisory Committee

Current members: *

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(01/02/2014–present) * Argyris Panagopoulos, in name of

(08/02/2014–present) * Massimo Torelli (01/02/2014–present) Former members: *

(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

Regional Councils

References

External links

Official website
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