Unified European Left Group is a group in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, formed by 38 MPs from various leftwing parties in 18 countries. Tiny Kox (Netherlands) is the president of the group, Andros Kyprianou (Cyprus) and Sergei Sobko (Russia) are vice-presidents of the group.
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