The Communist and Allies Group was a

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Political groups of the European Parliament, 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 French Communist Party, France and Italian Communist Party, Italy. It stayed together until 25 July 1989 when it split into two groups, "Left Unity (European Parliament), Left Unity" (LU) with 14 members and the "European United Left (1989–1993), Group for the European United Left" (EUL) with 28 members.

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European Parliament MEP Archives
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European Parliament profile of Giorgio Amendola
/ref>European Parliament profile of Guido Fanti
/ref>European Parliament profile of Gianni Cervetti
/ref>European Parliament profile of Luigi Alberto Colajanni
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{{European Parliament groups Former European Parliament party groups Communist parties in Europe Political parties disestablished in 1989