Left Unity (European Parliament)

Left Unity
European Parliament group
Name	Left Unity
English abbr.	LU^[1]
French abbr.	CG^[2]^[3]
Formal name	Left Unity^[3]^[4]
Ideology	Communism
From	25 July 1989^[2]
To	19 July 1994^[2]
Preceded by	Communist and Allies Group
Succeeded by	Confederal Group of the European United Left
Chaired by	René-Emile Piquet,^[4] Alekos Alavanos,^[5] Joaquim Miranda^[6]
MEP(s)	14 (25 July 1989)

Left Unity was a communist political group with seats in the European Parliament between 1989 and 1994.

History

Left Unity was founded on 25 July 1989^[2] with 14^[3] members. It included MEPs from the French Communist Party, Communist Party of Greece and Portuguese Communist Party and the Irish Workers' Party. These parties were generally hostile to Eurocommunism and were influenced by Moscow. After the 1994 elections it became the "Confederal Group of the European United Left"^[2] on 19 July 1994.^[2]

Sources

Development of Political Groups in the European Parliament^[3]
Europe Politique^[2]
Democracy in the European Parliament^[1]
European Parliament MEP Archives^[4]^[5]^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b Democracy in the European Parliament
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g EUL/NGL on Europe Politique
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Development of Political Groups in the European Parliament Archived 2011-06-07 at the Wayback Machine
^ ^a ^b ^c European Parliament profile of René-Emile Piquet
^ ^a ^b European Parliament entry for Alekos Alavanos
^ ^a ^b European Parliament entry for Joaquim Miranda

Political groups of the European Parliament

European People's Party (176)
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (139)
Renew Europe (102)
Greens–European Free Alliance (72)
European Conservatives and Reformists (69)
Identity and Democracy (49)
The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL (37)
Non-Inscrits (61)

Previous groups

Nationalists / far-right	Eurodroite European Right (1984–1989) European Right (1989–1994) Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty (2007) Europe of Nations and Freedom (2015–2019)
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 (1999–2009)
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 (1999–2009)
Liberals / centrists	Liberals and Allies (1953–1976) Liberals and Democrats (1976–1985) Liberal and Democratic Reformist Group (1985–1994) European Radical Alliance (1994–1999) European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (1994–2004) Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (2004–2019)
Social democrats	Socialists (1953–1993) Party of European Socialists (1993–2009)
Communists / far-left	Communists and Allies (1973–1989) European United Left (1989–1993) Left Unity (1989–1994) European United Left (1994–1995)
Greens / regionalists	Rainbow Group (1984–1989) Rainbow Group (1989–1994) Greens (1989–1999)
Eurosceptics	Europe of Nations (1994–1996) Independents for a Europe of Nations (1996–1999) Europe of Democracies and Diversities (1999–2004) Independence/Democracy (2004–2009) Europe of Freedom and Democracy (2009–2014) Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy (2014–2019)
Heterogeneous	Technical Group of Independents (1979–1984) Technical Group of Independents (1999–2001)