The Group for the European United Left was a left-wing political group with seats in the European Parliament between 1989 and 1993.
History The Group for the European United Left (EUL) was formed on 25 July 1989. It was separate from Left Unity, which contained orthodox communist parties.
It consisted of MEPs from the Danish Socialist People's Party, the Italian Communist Party, the United Left of Spain (including the Spanish Communist Party) and one MEP from the Greek Synaspismós. It was later joined by the Democratic Left of Ireland's sole MEP.
In July 1992, John Iversen, the Socialist People's Party's only MEP, left EUL to join the Green Group.
EUL collapsed in January 1993 when the Italian Communist Party dissolved itself to establish the post-communist Democratic Party of the Left, with its MEPs leaving the EUL group to join the Party of European Socialists. After the group's collapse, the remaining members sat out their term as non-inscrits. During the next term in 1994, a new EUL group was formed uniting the old UEL and the LU, before its merger into European United Left-Nordic Green Left.
Members CountryNational partyMEPsJoining dateLeaving dateLeft toSocialist People's Party25 July 19891 July 1992 GSynaspismos25 July 198911 January 1993 NIDemocratic Left19 December 199111 January 1993 NIItalian Communist Party (until 3 February 1991) Democratic Party of the Left (after 3 February 1991)25 July 198911 January 1993 SOCUnited Left25 July 198911 January 1993 NI
Sources Development of Political Groups in the European ParliamentDevelopment of Political Groups in the European Parliament Europe PolitiqueEUL/NGL on Europe Politique Democracy in the European ParliamentDemocracy in the European Parliament European Parliament MEP ArchivesEuropean Parliament profile of Luigi Alberto Colajanni Political Groups of the European ParliamentPolitical Groups of the European Parliament "European Union: Power and Policy-Making" second edition, "European Union: Power and Policy-Making" second edition, Published 2001 by Routledge, edited by Jeremy John Richardson, Chapter 6 "Parliaments and policy-making in the European Union", esp. page 125, "Table 6.2 Party Groups in the European Parliament, 1979-2000"
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