Communist and Allies Group (European Parliament)

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Communists and Allies European Parliament group

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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 (July 17, 1979) 41 (July 23, 1984)

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

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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.

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