On 24 and 25 February the Italian people will vote for a new parliament. It is an important vote for Italy, but also for the destinies of all the peoples of Europe. They are finding themselves affected by the crisis of financial capitalism, austerity and neoliberal policies. Especially young people, women and workers pay the highest price.

For these reasons, we, activists from the Party of the European Left, express our support and encourage the Italian people to vote for the list of Civil Revolution lead by Antonio Ingroia. It is composed by men and women from civil society, political and social forces that are opposed to neoliberalism and that represent a clear alternative to Berlusconi and Monti and those who supported him. We are fighting for a Europe of the people and not of the banks.

It is therefore important that left forces in Italy that fought against the Berlusconi and Monti governments unite, prevail and offer an alternative program - a program putting people before profit, struggling for full employment, social justice, human rights, environmental protection, peace and disarmament.

Throughout Europe we are fighting against the fiscal compact and austerity policies. These policies exacerbate the crisis, help only speculation and banks and lead to an increase in unemployment, social inequality and attack social rights, public services and common goods. They are supported by the EU-Commission, ECB and from both center-left and center–right governments, but not by us.

23 February 2013

Pierre Laurent, President of the European Left Party, National Secretary PCF, France
Jean-Luc Mélenchon , Presidential candidate of the Front de Gauche, Chairman Parti de Gauche, France
Alexis Tsipras , Vice -President of the European Left Party, Chairman Synaspismos, Head of the SYRIZA parliamentary group, Greece
Bernd Riexinger and Katja Kipping , Chairpersons DIE LINKE, Germany
Oskar Lafontaine , DIE LINKE Germany
Cayo Lara, General coordinator of United Left - Spain
Maite Mola, Vice -President of the European Left Party, PCE-United Left, Spain
Francis Wurtz ,  Former leader GUE-NGL-Group in the European Parliament , PCF-Front de Gauche, France
Jose Luis Centella , National Secretary of the Communist Party of Spain
Andros Kyprianou , National Secretary Akel , Cyprus
Joan Josep Nuet,  General Coordinator Euia (United Left and Alternative) Catalonia, Spain
Milan Neubert, President of the Party of Democratic Socialism, Czech Republic
Juha-Pekka Väisänen , National Secretary of the Communist Party of Finland
David Wagner , Spokesperson Dei Lenk, Luxembourg
Mirko Messner, National Secretary of the Communist Party of Austria
Attila Vanaij,   National Secretary of the Workers' Party of Hungary, E xecutive Board European Left Party
Willy Meyer ,   MEP and responsible for foreign affairs, United Left , Spain, E xecutive Board European Left Party
Diether Dehm , Deputy DIE LINKE, Germany, E xecutive Board European Left Party
Kostas Barkas , Deputy Syriza-USF, Greece
Yiannis Bournous , D irection of SYRIZA -USF, Greece, Executive Board European Left Party
Natasa Theodorakopoulou , D irection of SYRIZA -USF, Greece, Executive Board European Left Party
Stelios Pappas , Direction Syriza-USF, Greece
Nikolaj Villumsen, Deputy and responsible for European Affairs Red Green Alliance, Denmark, Executive Board European Left Party
Inger V. Johansen , Red Green Alliance, Denmark, Executive Board European Left Party
Mireia Rovira , Responsible for Foreign Affairs Euia Catalonia, Spain
Toni Barbara and Angels Tomas , Euia Catalonia, Spain, E xecutive Board European Left Party
Serge Urbany , Deputy Dei Lenk, Luxembourg
Andre Hoffmann, Dei Lenk, Luxembourg
Fabienne Lentz and Murray Smith   Dei Lenk, Luxembourg, E xecutive Board European Left Party
Christine  Mendelsohn and Jean Francois Gau  PCF- Front de Gauche, France, E xecutive Board European Left Party
Celine Meneses , Parti de Gauche-Front de Gauche, France, E xecutive Board European Left Party
Claudia Haydt , DIE LINKE , Germany, E xecutive Board European Left Party
Jiri Hudecek  and   Miroslava Hornychova , Party of Democratic Socialism , Czech Republic, E xecutive Board European Left Party
Waltraud Fritz-Klackl ,   Communist Party Austria, E xecutive Board European Left Party
Margarita Mileva and Ivan Genov , Spokespersons Bulgarian Left, E xecutive Board European Left Party
Emmi Tuomi  and Yrjö Hakanen , Communist Party Finland, Executive Board European Left Party

Vojtech Filip , President of Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia

Bettina Jurgensen , Chairwoman of German Communist Party

Leo Mayer , Vice-Chairman of German Communist Party