Rainbow Group (1984–1989)

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Rainbow Group (84–89)
European Parliament group
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Name Rainbow Group (84–89)
English abbr. RBW[1]
French abbr. ARC[2]
Formal name Rainbow Group: Federation of the Green Alternative European Links, Agalev-Ecolo, the Danish People's Movement against Membership of the European Community, and the European Free Alliance, in the European Parliament[3][4]
Ideology Green politics, Regionalism
Associated organizations Green Alternative European Link
European Free Alliance
From 1984[2]
To 1989[2][5]
Preceded by Group for the Technical Coordination and Defence of Independent Groups and Members
Succeeded by Rainbow Group in the European Parliament,
The Green Group in the European Parliament
Chaired by Else Hammerich,[3]
Jaak Vandemeulebroucke,[4]
Bram van der Lek,
Paul Staes
MEP(s) 20 (July 23, 1984)

The Rainbow Group: Federation of the Green Alternative European Links, Agalev-Ecolo, the Danish People's Movement against Membership of the European Community, and the European Free Alliance, in the European Parliament (informally the "Rainbow Group") was a Green, far left and Regionalist political group with seats in the European Parliament between 1984 and 1989.

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[edit] History

The Rainbow Group,[5] was formed in 1984[2] as a coalition of Greens, Regionalists and other parties of the left unaffiliated with any of the international organizations.

The German Greens and the Dutch Green Progressive Alliance were weakened by a principle of rotation used by the Germany and Dutch parties, requiring its MEPs to sit for only half their five-year term.

In 1989[2][5] Rainbow split. The Greens went off to form the Green Group, whilst the Regionalists stayed in Rainbow. This new Rainbow had the shorter name of Rainbow Group in the European Parliament.

[edit] Member Parties

Country Party MEPs Notes
Germany Alliance '90/The Greens 7 MEPs served for only 2.5 years
Netherlands Political Party Radicals 1 Member of an electoral alliance and common delegation with PSP and CPN. MEP served between 1984 and 1987
Netherlands Pacifist Socialist Party 1 Member of an electoral alliance and common delegation with PPR and CPN.
Netherlands Communist Party of the Netherlands 1 Member of an electoral alliance and common delegation with PSP and PPR. MEP served between 1987 and 1989.
Belgium Agalev 1 Common delegation with Ecolo
Belgium Ecolo 1 Common delegation with Agalev
Belgium People's Union 1 Member of the European Free Alliance
Denmark People's Movement against the European Community 4
Italy Proletarian Unity Party 1 Member of electoral alliance with Proletarian Democracy
Italy Proletarian Democracy 1 Member of electoral alliance with Proletarian Unity Party
Italy Valdotanian Union 1 Member of the European Free Alliance

[edit] Nomenclature

The formal name of the 84-89 Rainbow was "Rainbow Group: Federation of the Green Alternative European Links, Agalev-Ecolo, the Danish People's Movement against Membership of the European Community, and the European Free Alliance, in the European Parliament".[3][4] This is the longest name of any European Parliament Group to date.

[edit] Sources

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Democracy in the European Parliament
  2. ^ a b c d e f G/EFA on Europe Politique
  3. ^ a b c d European Parliament profile of Else Hammerich
  4. ^ a b c d European Parliament profile of Jaak Vandemeulebroucke
  5. ^ a b c d Development of Political Groups in the European Parliament


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