Rainbow Group (1984-1989)

Rainbow Group (84–89)
European parliamentary group
Name	Rainbow Group (84–89)
English abbr.	RBW
French abbr.	ARC
Formal name	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
Ideology	Green politics, Regionalism
Associated organisations	Green Alternative European Link European Free Alliance
From	24 July 1984
To	1989
Preceded by	Technical Group of Independents
Succeeded by	Rainbow Group
Chaired by	Else Hammerich, Jaak Vandemeulebroucke, Bram van der Lek, Paul Staes
MEP(s)	20 (24 July 1984)

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.

The Rainbow Group, was formed in 1984 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 only half their five-year term.

In 1989 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.

The formal name of the 84-89 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". This is the longest name of any European Parliament Group to date.

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