Left Unity

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Left Unity European Parliament group

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Name	Left Unity
English abbr.	LU^[1]
French abbr.	CG^[2]^[3]
Formal name	Left Unity^[2]^[4]
Ideology	Communism
From	25 July 1989^[3]
To	19 July 1994^[3]
Preceded by	Communist and Allies Group
Succeeded by	Confederal Group of the European United Left
Chaired by	René-Emile Piquet,^[4] Alekos Alavanos,^[5] Joaquim Miranda^[6]
MEP(s)	14 (July 25, 1989)

Left Unity was a Communist political group with seats in the European Parliament between 1989 and 1994.

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Left Unity was founded on 25 July 1989^[3] with 14^[2] members. It included MEPs from the Communist parties of France, Greece and Portugal. After the 1994 elections it became the "Confederal Group of the European United Left"^[3] on 19 July 1994.^[3]

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