The Left (North Macedonia)

The Left
Левица
Levica
PresidentDimitar Apasiev
FoundedNovember 2015
HeadquartersSkopje
Ideology
Political positionFar-left[1][2]
International affiliationWorld Anti-Imperialist Platform[3]
Assembly
6 / 120
Mayors
0 / 81
Local councils
49 / 1,333
Skopje city council
4 / 45
Website
levica.mk

The Left (Macedonian: Левица, romanizedLevica) is a far-left,[1] nationalist and eurosceptic political party in North Macedonia.[4] Led by Dimitar Apasiev,[5][6] a Docent of Law at the Goce Delčev University of Štip,[7] the party is anti-NATO and promotes anti-clericalism, anti-fascism, anti-imperialism, and socialism. They have a youth wing called Red Youth (Macedonian: Црвена Младина)

  1. ^ a b Bosilkov, Ivo (2021). "The State for Which People? The (Not So) Left Populism of the Macedonian Far-Left Party Levica". Contemporary Southeastern Europe. 8 (1): 40–55. doi:10.25364/02.8:2021.1.4. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  2. ^ Aneta Cekikj; Klaudia Koxha; Reinhard Heinisch, eds. (2024). Perspectives on Populism: Diverse Voices from the European “Periphery”. Nomos. p. 275. ISBN 9783756012008.
  3. ^ "Statement about the solidarity with peoples of Serbia against imperialist occupation of Kosovo". World Anti-Imperialist Platform. 17 December 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  4. ^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2020). "North Macedonia". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  5. ^ 365.com.mk (16 December 2019). ""Левица" ја менува структурата, за прв претседател избран Димитар Апасиев". 365.com.mk (in Macedonian). Retrieved 23 February 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ "Левица ќе коалицира за влада само со оној што ќе го поништи Преспанскиот договор". Фокус (in Macedonian). 17 January 2020.
  7. ^ "Апасиев: Договорот за името треба да го склучи претседателот, а не премиерот". Lider.mk (in Macedonian). Retrieved 23 February 2020.