Rainbow Group (1984–1989)
- Green Alternative European Link
- European Free Alliance
- Else Hammerich[4]
- Jaak Vandemeulebroucke[3]
- Bram van der Lek
- Paul Staes
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.
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
Country | Party | MEPs | Notes |
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![]() | The Greens | 7 | MEPs served for 2.5 years (half of a regular 5-year term) |
![]() | Political Party of Radicals | 1 | Member of an electoral alliance and common delegation with PSP and CPN. MEP served between 1984 and 1987 |
![]() | Pacifist Socialist Party | 1 | Member of an electoral alliance and common delegation with PPR and CPN |
![]() | Communist Party of the Netherlands | 1 | Member of an electoral alliance and common delegation with PSP and PPR. MEP served between 1987 and 1989 |
![]() | Agalev | 1 | Common delegation with Ecolo |
![]() | Ecolo | 1 | Common delegation with Agalev |
![]() | People's Union | 2 | Member of the European Free Alliance |
![]() | People's Movement against the European Community | 4 | |
![]() | Proletarian Unity Party | 1 | Member of electoral alliance with Proletarian Democracy |
![]() | Proletarian Democracy | 1 | Member of electoral alliance with Proletarian Unity Party |
![]() | Sardinian Action Party | 1 | Member 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.
References
- ^ Democracy in the European Parliament
- ^ a b c d G/EFA on Europe Politique
- ^ a b c d European Parliament profile of Jaak Vandemeulebroucke
- ^ a b c European Parliament profile of Else Hammerich
- ^ a b c Development of Political Groups in the European Parliament
- v
- t
- e
- European People's Party (188)
- Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (136)
- Patriots for Europe (84)
- European Conservatives and Reformists (78)
- Renew Europe (77)
- Greens–European Free Alliance (53)
- The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL (46)
- Europe of Sovereign Nations (25)
- Non-Inscrits (32)
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