Rainbow Group (1984–1989)

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Rainbow Group (1984–1989)
European Parliament group
NameRainbow Group (1984–1989)
English abbr.RBW [1]
French abbr.ARC [2]
Formal nameRainbow 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
From24 July 1984 [3]
To1989 [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.

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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 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.

Member parties

CountryParty MEPs Notes
Germany The Greens 7MEPs served for 2.5 years (half of a regular 5-year term)
Netherlands Political Party of Radicals 1Member of an electoral alliance and common delegation with PSP and CPN. MEP served between 1984 and 1987
Netherlands Pacifist Socialist Party 1Member of an electoral alliance and common delegation with PPR and CPN
Netherlands Communist Party of the Netherlands 1Member of an electoral alliance and common delegation with PSP and PPR. MEP served between 1987 and 1989
Belgium Agalev 1Common delegation with Ecolo
Belgium Ecolo 1Common delegation with Agalev
Belgium People's Union 2Member of the European Free Alliance
Denmark People's Movement against the European Community 4
Italy Proletarian Unity Party 1Member of electoral alliance with Proletarian Democracy
Italy Proletarian Democracy 1Member of electoral alliance with Proletarian Unity Party
Italy Sardinian Action Party 1Member of the European Free Alliance

Nomenclature

The formal name of the 1984–1989 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.

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