Rainbow Group (1984–1989) | |
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European Parliament group | |
Name | Rainbow Group (1984–1989) |
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 organisations | |
From | 24 July 1984 [3] |
To | 1989 [2] [5] |
Preceded by | Technical Group of Independents |
Succeeded by | Rainbow Group |
Chaired by | |
MEP(s) | 20 (24 July 1984) |
The Rainbow Group, officially 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 was a green and regionalist political group with seats in the European Parliament between 1984 and 1989.
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 used a principle of rotation used by the Germany and Dutch parties, requiring its MEPs to sit for half their five-year term.
In 1989 [2] [5] the Rainbow Group split. The green parties formed the Green Group, whilst the regionalist parties stayed a continuing Rainbow group, with the shorter official name of the Rainbow Group in the European Parliament.
Country | Party | MEPs | Notes |
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Germany | The Greens | 7 | MEPs served for 2.5 years (half of a regular 5-year term) |
Netherlands | Political Party of 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 | 2 | 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 | Sardinian Action Party | 1 | Member of the European Free Alliance |
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