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]
Succeeded by	Left Unity, Group for the European United Left
Chaired by	Giorgio Amendola,[3] Guido Fanti,[5] Gianni Cervetti[6]
MEP(s)	44 (17 July 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]