Communist and Allies Group

Communists and Allies
European parliamentary group
Name	Communists and Allies
English abbr.	COM
French abbr.	n/a
Formal name	Communist and Allies Group
Ideology	Communism
From	16 October 1973
To	25 July 1989
Preceded by	n/a
Succeeded by	Left Unity, Group for the European United Left
Chaired by	Giorgio Amendola, Guido Fanti, Gianni Cervetti
MEP(s)	44 (July 17, 1979) 41 (July 23, 1984)

The Communist and Allies Group was a Communist political group with seats in the European Parliament between 1973 and 1989.

The "Communist and Allies Group" was the first communist group in the European Parliament, founded on 16 October 1973.

The Communist and Allies Group included MEPs from the Communist parties of France and Italy.

It stayed together until 25 July 1989 when it split into two groups, "Left Unity" (LU) with 14 members and the "Group for the European United Left" (EUL) with 28 members.