Communist and Allies Group

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The Communist and Allies Group was a former left-wing political group in the European Parliament that brought together communist and closely aligned parties from various member states.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political group in the European Parliament
aimedTo coordinate communist MEPs
promote socialist policies at European level
country European Union
dissolved 1989
hasIdeologicalOrientation Marxist
far-left
hasLanguage English
French
German
hasMemberParty Belgian Communist Party
surface form: Communist Party of Belgium

Communist Party of Great Britain
Communist Party of Greece
Communist Party of Luxembourg
Communist Party of Spain
Communist Party of the Netherlands
Danish Communist Party
Eurocommunism
surface form: Eurocommunist parties

Communist Party of France
surface form: French Communist Party

Workers' Party of Ireland
surface form: Irish Workers' Party

Italian Communist Party
Portuguese Communist Party
pro-Soviet communist parties
hasParliamentaryActivity participation in committees
plenary debates
tabling resolutions
hasPart allied left-wing parties
communist parties
historicalContext Cold War politics in Western Europe
ideology communism
inception 1973
legislativeBody European Parliament
meetsAt Brussels, Belgium
surface form: Brussels

Strasbourg
numberOfMembers varied by parliamentary term
opposedTo NATO
capitalism
parliamentaryGroupOf Members of the European Parliament
parliamentaryGroupType transnational political group
parliamentaryStatus opposition group in the European Parliament
politicalPosition left-wing
precededBy Communist and Allies Group self-linksurface differs
surface form: Communist and Allies Group (European Parliament, 1969–1973)
replacedBy European United Left–Nordic Green Left
surface form: Confederal Group of the European United Left
representedIn European Parliament (Strasbourg seat)
surface form: European Parliament plenary
supported anti-imperialism
public ownership
socialism
workers' rights

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European Parliament political groups hasHistoricalGroup Communist and Allies Group
European United Left–Nordic Green Left (past or present grouping in European Parliament) precededBy Communist and Allies Group
subject surface form: European United Left–Nordic Green Left
European United Left–Nordic Green Left precededBy Communist and Allies Group
Communist and Allies Group precededBy Communist and Allies Group self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Communist and Allies Group (European Parliament, 1969–1973)