Communist and Allies Group
The Communist and Allies Group was a Communist political group with seats in the European Parliament between 1973 and 1989.
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European Parliament group | |
Name | Communists and Allies |
English abbr. | COM[1] |
French abbr. | n/a |
Formal name | Communist and Allies Group[2][3] |
Ideology | Communism |
From | 16 October 1973[4] |
To | 25 July 1989[4] |
Preceded by | n/a |
Succeeded by | Left Unity, Group for the European United Left |
Chaired by | Giorgio Amendola,[3] Guido Fanti,[5] Gianni Cervetti[6] |
MEP(s) | 44 (17July 1979) 41 (23 July 1984) |
History
The "Communist and Allies Group" was the first communist group in the European Parliament,[2] founded on 16 October 1973.[4]
The Communist and Allies Group included MEPs from the Communist parties of France and Italy.
It stayed together until 25 July 1989[4] when it split into two groups, "Left Unity"[2] (LU) with 14[2] members and the "Group for the European United Left"[7] (EUL) with 28[2] members.
Sources
- Development of Political Groups in the European Parliament[2]
- EUL/NGL on Europe Politique[4]
- Democracy in the European Parliament[1]
- European Parliament MEP Archives[3][5][6][7]
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References
- Democracy in the European Parliament
- Development of Political Groups in the European Parliament Archived 2011-06-07 at the Wayback Machine
- European Parliament profile of Giorgio Amendola
- EUL/NGL on Europe Politique
- European Parliament profile of Guido Fanti
- European Parliament profile of Gianni Cervetti
- European Parliament profile of Luigi Alberto Colajanni
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