Name Communists and Allies French abbr. n/a From 16 October 1973 | English abbr. COM | |
Formal name Communist and Allies Group | ||
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.
References
Communist and Allies Group Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA