European Right (1989–1994)

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Technical Group of the European Right
European Parliament group
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Name Technical Group of the European Right
English abbr. DR[1]
French abbr. n/a
Formal name Technical Group of the European Right[1][2][3]
Ideology Hardline Nationalism, Conservatism
From 25 July 1989[3]
To 18 July 1994[3]
Preceded by Group of the European Right
Succeeded by none
Chaired by Jean-Marie Le Pen[3]
MEP(s) 17 (July 25, 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.

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[edit] 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.[7][5] 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.

[edit] Member Parties at 25 July, 1989

Member state Party MEPs Notes
Germany Republikaner 6[4]
France Front National 10[4]
Belgium Vlaams Blok 1[4]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Party Switching in the European Parliament: why bother?
  2. ^ a b Who's who in EU's new far-right group
  3. ^ a b c d e European Parliament profile of Jean-Marie Le Pen
  4. ^ a b c d e 1989 European Parliament election results at July 25, 1989
  5. ^ a b c d e Europe For The Europeans:Fascist Myths Of The New Order 1922 - 1992, Roger Griffin, 1993
  6. ^ a b c d e The French And European Extreme Right And Globalization, Harvey G. Simmons
  7. ^ a b c "Far right forms new group in European Parliament", Searchlight, February 2007


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