Communist and Allies Group explained

Communists and Allies
Communists and Allies
From:16 October 1973
To:25 July 1989
Succeededby:Left Unity,
Group for the European United Left
Englishabbr:COM
Frenchabbr:n/a
Formalname:Communist and Allies Group
Ideology:Communism
Chairs:Giorgio Amendola,
Guido Fanti,
Gianni Cervetti
Meps:44 (17 July 1979)
41 (23 July 1984)

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

History

The "Communist and Allies Group" was the first communist group in the European Parliament, founded on 16 October 1973.

The Communist and Allies Group included MEPs from the Communist parties of France and Italy. It stayed together until 25 July 1989 when it split into two groups, "Left Unity" (LU) with 14 members and the "Group for the European United Left" (EUL) with 28 members.

Sources

Notes and References

  1. http://www.ena.lu?doc=4327&lang=2 Development of Political Groups in the European Parliament
  2. http://www.europe-politique.eu/gauche-unitaire-europeenne.htm EUL/NGL on Europe Politique
  3. http://emlab.berkeley.edu/users/groland/pubs/HNR-Democracy_in_the_EP-11July05.pdf Democracy in the European Parliament
  4. http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/archive/term1/view.do?id=928&language=EN European Parliament profile of Giorgio Amendola
  5. http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/archive/alphaOrder/view.do?language=EN&id=1811 European Parliament profile of Guido Fanti
  6. http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/archive/alphaOrder/view.do?language=EN&id=1811 European Parliament profile of Gianni Cervetti
  7. http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/archive/term3/view.do?language=EN&id=1137 European Parliament profile of Luigi Alberto Colajanni