(THIS ARTICLE IS MACHINE TRANSLATED by Google from Norwegian)
The three Nordic sister parties to the SV, the Left Party in Sweden, SF in Denmark and the Left Association in Finland, have been part of the left-wing socialist group in the European Parliament. The group has the cumbersome name The United European Left / The Nordic Green Left (GUE / NGL) where NGL stands for Nordic Geeen Left.
The slash between GUE and NGL is due to the fact that the three parties would have their own political platform and therefore constitute an independent part of the left-wing socialist group.
SF has now broken out of NGL and has joined the Green Group in the European Parliament. This has attracted attention not only in Sweden and Finland, but also in SV.
As recently as January, the five left-wing socialist parties in the Nordic countries agreed at a meeting in Reykjavik to establish a Nordic party alliance – the Nordic Green Left Alliance – NGLA (Nordic Green Left Alliance). The statutes state that the parties participate in the same parliamentary group in international contexts (for example in the EU, in the Council of Europe and the Nordic Council). These statutes have now forced the newly elected EU parliamentarian Margrete Auken to break SF.
EU enthusiast Margrete Auken won the first place poll on the SF list with a handful of votes over the more EU-critical Pernille Frahm who has held the seat in the European Parliament over the past period.
Margrete Auken made it clear early on that she preferred the green group to the left-wing socialist group, which she characterizes as far too "communist". This led to the three Nordic parties entering into negotiations both with the Green Group and with the Left Socialist Group to investigate where one could get the best political and organizational framework for the activities of the European Parliament.
Prior to the negotiations, a vote was held in the SF General Board (the government) where 20 recommended the left socialist group and six the green group. Ten abstained.
After the negotiations, Margrete Auken still supported the green group – while the Swedes and Finns preferred the left-wing socialist group. This led to a new vote in SF's main board. A narrowly possible majority of 19 supported the left-wing socialist group, while 18 supported the green group.
The day after, July 12, Margrete Auken then announced that she had been admitted to the Green Group. You don't know more about this on SF's website.
