European Right (1989–1994)

European Parliament political group

Right-wing populism
Euroscepticism

Political positionFar-rightFrom25 July 1989^[2]To18 July 1994^[2]Preceded byGroup of the European RightChaired byJean-Marie Le Pen^[2]MEP(s)17 (25 July 1989)^[4]

The Technical Group of the European Right was a far-right political group with seats in the European Parliament between 1989 and 1994.

History

Following the 1989 elections, the previous far-right Group lost its Ulster Unionist^[5] and Greek EPEN MEPs. The situation was further complicated when the perennial problem of the European far-right, its inability to form transnational alliances,^[6] 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.^[5]^[7] Eventually, the "Technical Group of the European Right" was formed from MEPs from the French Front National,^[6] German Republikaner^[5]^[6] and Belgian Vlaams Blok^[5]^[6] 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^[7] and its MEPs returned to the ranks of the independents.

Members

Country			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

Searchlight^[7]
Australian Nationalist Ideological, Historical, and Legal Archive: Theories Of The Right: A Collection Of Articles^[5]^[6]
European Consortium for Political Research, University of Essex^[1]
BBC News^[3]
Europe Politique^[4]
European Parliament MEP Archives^[2]

References

^ ^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
^ ^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

Political groups of the European Parliament

European People's Party (176)
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (139)
Renew Europe (102)
Greens–European Free Alliance (72)
European Conservatives and Reformists (69)
Identity and Democracy (49)
The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL (37)
Non-Inscrits (61)

Previous groups

Nationalists / far-right	Eurodroite European Right (1984–1989) European Right (1989–1994) Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty (2007) Europe of Nations and Freedom (2015–2019)
National conservatives	European Democratic Union (1965–1973) European Progressive Democrats (1973–1984) European Democratic Alliance (1984–1995) Union for Europe (1995–1999) Union for Europe of the Nations (1999–2009)
Christian democrats / conservatives	Christian Democrats (1953–1979) European People's Party (1979–1999) European Conservatives (1973–1979) European Democrats (1979–1992) Forza Europa (1994–1995) European People's Party–European Democrats (1999–2009)
Liberals / centrists	Liberals and Allies (1953–1976) Liberals and Democrats (1976–1985) Liberal and Democratic Reformist Group (1985–1994) European Radical Alliance (1994–1999) European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (1994–2004) Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (2004–2019)
Social democrats	Socialists (1953–1993) Party of European Socialists (1993–2009)
Communists / far-left	Communists and Allies (1973–1989) European United Left (1989–1993) Left Unity (1989–1994) European United Left (1994–1995)
Greens / regionalists	Rainbow Group (1984–1989) Rainbow Group (1989–1994) Greens (1989–1999)
Eurosceptics	Europe of Nations (1994–1996) Independents for a Europe of Nations (1996–1999) Europe of Democracies and Diversities (1999–2004) Independence/Democracy (2004–2009) Europe of Freedom and Democracy (2009–2014) Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy (2014–2019)
Heterogeneous	Technical Group of Independents (1979–1984) Technical Group of Independents (1999–2001)