Party of the International Left

Party of the International Left
Chairman	Rozalia Janiszewski
Founded	16/10/14 (as the Social Democrats International) 08/04/15 (as the Party of the International Left)
Headquarters	Zirconic
Membership (parties)	10
Ideology	• Socialism  • Social democracy  • Communism  • Liberalism  • Big tent
Political position	Centre-left to Far-left
Colors	Orange, red, emerald green
Party of the International Left

The Party of the International Left (French: Partie de la Gauche Internationale) is an international political party with "branches" or, more officially, sub-parties, in 7 nations; Sorrenia, Zirconic, Abelden, Hortania, Sinoland, St. Charlie and Suntrain. The Chairperson of the PIL is Andrew Janiszewski, however every sub-party has the right to elect its own party leader. The PIL is a bilingual organization - English and French being the official languages. Although in general, the PIL is a political party that works to support its sub-parties in elections, there are several nations in which there are two or more PIL sub-parties, which will sometimes contest each other in elections. In these cases, the PIL as an organization will not interfere in an election so as to not show favouritism, however will urge citizens to vote for one of the parties, depending on their personal preference.

History

Social Democrats International

The Social Democrats International - formed on 16 October 2014 - was a small organization, indented to bring social democratic parties together as one. The first SDI sub-party to gain notoriety/success in a micronation was the New Democratic Party of Sorrenia, which has gone through various name changes, originally being the Liberty Party and currently being called the Democratic-Liberty Party. The NDP helped to establish the first effective opposition in Sorrenian politics and set a precedent for SDI sub-parties to start making political gains elsewhere.

In Zirconic - a micronation founded by SDI's leader, Janiszewski - political parties had been banned entirely for a very long time, but eventually they were established with a New Democratic Party being born into a hegemonic 14/25 seats on the Federal Council. With the success of these two parties, Janiszewski decided to reduce administrative bureaucracy and increase international influence by uniting those parties, and later, three more, under the SDI banner.

This historic link with Social Democracy can still be seen in the PIL, as several of the parties still retain the name "New Democratic Party", based off the New Democratic Party of Canada, however the PIL also allows parties of other left-wing beliefs to join the organization.

Party of the International Left

After political shifts in Janiszewski's personal ideology towards Democratic Socialism and a decline in the membership of SDI, it was decided that having a party that was limited to Social Democrats was generally not as successful as SDI could be. As a result, SDI was reformed as the PIL, a party which focuses on a "big tent" ideology, and encourages a diverse crowd of left-wing parties. Additionally, with the new membership of the Progressive Party-Unionists in St. Charlie, the Communist Party in Hortania and the Workers Party in Sorrenia, the NDP hegemony and the standard of Janiszewski leading most sub-parties was changed greatly. The PIL is much more diverse than the SDI had been, shown through the bilingual nature of the newly reformed party.

Members

Country	Party Name	Logo	Leader	Ideologies	Position	In government?	Seats in the Legislature
							Seats in the lower house	Seats in the upper house
									Amon Lasgalen	Co-operative Party			List  • Co-operatism  • Social democracy	Centre-left	No in opposition	1 / 3	N/A
People's Republic of Dale	Dale Communist Party			List  • Marxism-Leninism  • New Revolutionary Thought	Far-left	Yes in government	26 / 31	N/A
Islamic Emirate of Acre	Labor Zionist Party		Eli Barak	List  • Social democracy  • Labor Zionism  • Israeli interests  • Two-state solution	Centre-left	No in opposition	4 / 37	N/A
Kingdom of Northumbria	Socialist Party		Martin Aquinas	List  • Social democracy  • Democratic socialism	Left	No in opposition	11 / 41	4 / 25
Republic of Zirconic	Party of the Zirconian Left			List  • Social democracy  • Democratic socialism	Left	Yes In government	1 / 4	N/A

Previous members

Country	Name	Government	Seats in Legislature	Notes
Abeldane Empire	New Democratic Party of Abelden	No in opposition	4 / 15
Republic of Sinoland	New Democratic Party of Sinoland	No in opposition	3 / 11
Kingdom of Sorrenia	NDLP	No in opposition	7 / 49
Republic of Suntrain	Socialist Party of Suntrain	Yes senior party in coalition	11 / 15
Federal Republic of St.Charlie	Progressive Party - Unionists	junior party in coalition	1 / 10
Republic of Zirconic	Party of the Zirconian Left	Yes In government	15 / 19	Holds 1st and 2nd Zastupnik