Sentence examples for The leftists from inspiring English sources
noun
A person who holds views associated with the political left.
The leftists were stunned into silence.
The leftists, of course, don't like him.
The leftists have blocked deregulation in banking and mining.
The leftists outnumbered the liberal democrats, who were discredited by the failures of the nineties.
The leftists say a substantial part of Athens' €320bn debt pile must be written off.
The leftists' penchant for replacing cuts with taxes has exacerbated the disgruntlement.
The leftists' purge then was accompanied by 144 criminal investigations against office-holders from the previous government (headed by him).
The leftists' opposition has also slowed the privatisation of state-owned companies and attempts to liberalise foreign direct investment.
The leftists bequeathed a bankrupt and ungovernable country, they say meaning that their own remedies must be robust.
The leftists also managed in important ways to break the party's authority over the big industrial unions.
The leftists considered the war a conflict between "imperialist powers".
