Rainbow (Netherlands)

The Rainbow (Dutch: ''Regenboog'') was an alliance of Dutch political parties, which included: the Political Party of Radicals, the Pacifist Socialist Party, the Evangelical People's Party and the Communist Party of the Netherlands.

The parties entered in the 1989 European Parliament elections with a common list. The alliance won 7% of the vote, which gave it two seats in the European Parliament, one was taken by Nel van Dijk (CPN) and another by Herman Verbeek (PPR). In the 1984 European Parliament elections the parties, together with the Green Party of the Netherlands had also formed a common list called Green Progressive Accord. The alliance was renamed on instigation of the PSP, which disliked the term "green".Politieke Partij Radikalen (PPR)
in Paul Lucardie en Gerrit Voerman. 'Kroniek 1989. Overzicht van de partijpolitieke gebeurtenissen van het jaar 1989, in: Jaarboek 1989
Documentatiecentrum Nederlandse Politieke Partijen, Groningen, 1990 42-46. The alliance executive was chaired by Wim de Boer.Onderhandelen, onderhandelen, onderhandelen...
on LeoPlatvoet.nl
In the 1989 parliamentary election the three parties together formed a common list called GreenLeft. In 1990 the parties dissolved and GreenLeft was formed as a political party.

European election result

References

See also

*List of GreenLeft Members of the European Parliament

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