European Right (1989–1994)
| Technical Group of the European Right | |
|---|---|
| European Parliament group | |
| Name | Technical Group of the European Right |
| English abbr. | DR[1] |
| Formal name | Technical Group of the European Right[2][1][3] |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Far-right |
| From | 25 July 1989[2] |
| To | 18 July 1994[2] |
| Preceded by | Group of the European Right |
| Chaired by | Jean-Marie Le Pen[2] |
| MEP(s) | 17 (25 July 1989)[4] |
The Technical Group of the European Right (French: Groupe technique des droites européennes) was a far-right[5] political group that operated in the European Parliament between 1989 and 1994. It was led by the neo-fascist National Front of Jean-Marie Le Pen.
History[edit]
Following the 1989 elections, the Group of the European Right lost its Ulster Unionist[6] and Greek EPEN MEPs. The situation was further complicated when the perennial problem of the European far-right, its inability to form transnational alliances,[7] reasserted itself when MEPs from the German Republikaner party refused to ally themselves with the Italian MSI due to disagreements over the status of South Tyrol.[6][8] Eventually, the "Technical Group of the European Right" was formed from MEPs from the French Front National,[7] German Republikaner[6][7] and Belgian Vlaams Blok[6][7] parties.
In the 1994 elections, the Republikaners failed to reach the 5% cutoff point for German elections and lost all its MEPs. The Technical Group of the European Right no longer had enough MEPs to qualify as a Group[8] and its MEPs returned to the ranks of the independents.
Members[edit]
| Country | Name | Ideology | MEPs[4] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 France
|
National Front | FN | Neo-fascism Right-wing populism |
10 / 518
| |
 Germany
|
The Republicans | REP | National conservatism Right-wing populism |
6 / 518
| |
 Belgium
|
Vlaams Blok | VB | Flemish nationalism Right-wing populism |
1 / 434
| |
Sources[edit]
- Searchlight[8]
- Australian Nationalist Ideological, Historical, and Legal Archive: Theories Of The Right: A Collection Of Articles[6][7]
- European Consortium for Political Research, University of Essex[1]
- BBC News[3]
- Europe Politique[4]
- European Parliament MEP Archives[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Party Switching in the European Parliament: why bother? Archived 7 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c d e European Parliament profile of Jean-Marie Le Pen
- ^ a b Who's who in EU's new far-right group
- ^ a b c 1989 European Parliament election results at July 25, 1989
- ^ "L'extrême droite est en passe de former un groupe au Parlement européen". Le Monde.fr (in French). 10 January 2007. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
- ^ a b c d e Europe For The Europeans:Fascist Myths Of The New Order 1922 - 1992, Roger Griffin, 1993
- ^ a b c d e The French And European Extreme Right And Globalization, Harvey G. Simmons[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c "Far right forms new group in European Parliament", Searchlight, February 2007