Left Alliance (Estonia)
Left Alliance of Estonia Eesti Vasakliit | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | VL |
| Leader | Collective leadership |
| Founded | 28 June 2008 |
| Merger of | Estonian Left Party Constitution Party |
| Headquarters | Kentmanni 6-123, Tallinn |
| Newspaper | VasakUudised |
| Membership (2025) | 27 |
| Ideology | Since 2023: Democratic socialism Progressivism Pro-Europeanism 2008–2023: Russian minority politics Eurocommunism (self-proclaimed) |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| European affiliation | Party of the European Left |
| Colours | Red and Purple (2024–) Pink (2023–2024) Red (2008–2023) |
| Riigikogu | 0 / 101 |
| European Parliament (Estonian seats) | 0 / 7 |
| Website | |
| vasakpoolsed.ee | |
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The Left Alliance (Estonian: Vasakliit), formerly the Estonian United Left Party (Estonian: Eesti Ühendatud Vasakpartei, EÜVP) is a democratic socialist political party in Estonia.
Through the Estonian Left Party, the party, founded in 2008, is the direct descendant of the Communist Party of Estonia, the former ruling party of Estonia during the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic period. Since 2004, through the Estonian Left Party, the party is a founding member of the Party of the European Left.
The party started self-reforming in 2023 to be a more youth-oriented "pro-Estonian, modern and Nordic left party", intending to de jure rebrand as Left-Wingers (Estonian: Vasakpoolsed, lit. 'the Left' or 'the Left-Wingers', a mirror of the name used by Parempoolsed) by early 2024.
On 3 February 2024, the party failed to meet the quorum of around half of the members needing to be present to be able to vote on reform proposals in the party congress. Substitute party leader Keijo Lindeberg stated that the party intends to keep the formal name and branding of the Estonian United Left Party while informally using the branding and worldview of Vasakpoolsed.
In late 2024, the party announced plans to rebrand as a socially progressive and economically left-wing party with the name Left Alliance (Estonian: Vasakliit). In June 2025, after purging hundreds of members, the party reached a quorum in the party congress and officially changed the party's name and articles of association. The party is now expected to reach 500 members again or face dissolution.