The Political Secretariat carries out the decisions of the EL organs. It consists of the members elected on the basis of proposal by the Council of Chairpersons by the Executive Board.

In particular it is responsible for: supporting the Presidency; executing the decisions and respective orders of the Executive Board; supporting the EL working groups; maintaining the contact of the EL with the Parliamentarian Groups in which there will be deputies of Left parties in the EP and other European /international institutions; securing transparency of all political work.