Rainbow Group (1989–1994)

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Rainbow Group (89–94) European Parliament group

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Name	Rainbow Group (89–94)
English abbr.	RBW^[1]
French abbr.	ARC^[2]
Formal name	Rainbow Group in the European Parliament^[2]^[3]
Ideology	Regionalism
Associated organizations	European Free Alliance
From	1989^[2]^[4]
To	1994^[2]
Preceded by	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
Succeeded by	Group of the European Radical Alliance
Chaired by	Jaak Vandemeulebroucke^[3]
MEP(s)	13 (July 25, 1989)^[5]

The Rainbow Group in the European Parliament was a Regionalist political group with seats in the European Parliament between 1989 and 1994.

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In 1989^[2]^[4] the previous Rainbow Group split. The Greens went off to form the "Green Group", whilst the Regionalists stayed in Rainbow.

This second Rainbow Group was the highpoint of the European Free Alliance to that date.^[6]

But the 1994 elections saw a considerable reduction in Regionalist representation in the Parliament, with only the Canary Isles Autonomist, Lega Nord, SNP and VU keeping their MEPs.^[6] But Lega Nord had been suspended from the European Free Alliance following its decision to join the coalition Italian government alongside the far-right National Alliance.^[6] The weakened EFA were no longer able to maintain their own group and instead allied themselves with the members of the centre-left French Left Radical Party to form the Group of the European Radical Alliance.

[edit] Sources

"Regionalist Parties in Western Europe", ISBN 0415164370, de Winter & Türsan 1998 ^[6]
Development of Political Groups in the European Parliament^[4]
Europe Politique^[2]^[5]
Democracy in the European Parliament^[1]
European Parliament MEP Archives^[3]

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b Democracy in the European Parliament
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f G/EFA on Europe Politique
^ ^a ^b ^c European Parliament profile of Jaak Vandemeulebroucke
^ ^a ^b ^c Development of Political Groups in the European Parliament
^ ^a ^b 1989 European Parliament election results at July 25, 1989
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d de Winter, Lieven; Türsan, Huri (1998). Regionalist Parties in Western Europe. Routledge, pp. 190-201. ISBN 0415164370.

v • d • e Political groups of the European Parliament

Far-Right Nationalists	European Right (1984–1989) • European Right (1989–1994) • Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty (2007)

National Conservatives	European Democratic Union (1965–1973) • European Progressive Democrats (1973–1984) • European Democratic Alliance (1984–1995) • Union for Europe (1995–1999) • Union for Europe of the Nations (1999–present)

Christian Democrats/Conservatives	Christian Democrats (1953–1979) • European People's Party (1979–1999) • European Conservatives (1973–1979) • European Democrats (1979–1992) • Forza Europa (1994–1995) • European People's Party–European Democrats (1999–present)

Liberals/Centrists	Liberals and Allies (1953–1976) • Liberals and Democrats (1976–1985) • Liberal and Democratic Reformist Group (1985–1994) • European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (1994–2004) • European Radical Alliance (1994–1999) • Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (2004–present)

Social Democrats	Socialists (1953–1993) • Party of European Socialists (1993–present)

Communists/Far-Left	Communists and Allies (1973–1989) • European United Left (1989–1993) • Left Unity (1989–1994) • European United Left (1994–1995) • European United Left–Nordic Green Left (1995–present)

Greens/Regionalists	Rainbow Group (1984–1989) • Rainbow Group (1989–1994) • Greens (1989–1999) • Greens–European Free Alliance (1999–present)

Eurosceptics	Europe of Nations (1994–1996) • Independents for a Europe of Nations (1996–1999) • Europe of Democracies and Diversities (1999–2004) • Independence/Democracy (2004–present)

Heterogeneous	Technical Group of Independents (1979–1984) • Technical Group of Independents (1999–2001)

Independents	Non-Inscrits (1958–present)

Rainbow Group (1989–1994)

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