Communist and Allies Group

The Communist and Allies Group was a Communist political group with seats in the European Parliament between 1973 and 1989.

Communists and Allies
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]

References

1. Democracy in the European Parliament
2. Development of Political Groups in the European Parliament Archived 2011-06-07 at the Wayback Machine
3. European Parliament profile of Giorgio Amendola
4. EUL/NGL on Europe Politique
5. European Parliament profile of Guido Fanti
6. European Parliament profile of Gianni Cervetti
7. European Parliament profile of Luigi Alberto Colajanni