European Right (1984–1989)

Group of the European Right European Parliament group

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Name	Group of the European Right
English abbr.	ER^[1]^[2]
French abbr.	DR^[3]
Formal name	Group of the European Right^[4]^[2]^[5]
Ideology	Far-right politics
From	24 July 1984^[4]
To	24 July 1989^[4]
Preceded by	n/a
Succeeded by	Technical Group of the European Right
Chaired by	Jean-Marie Le Pen^[4]
MEP(s)	16 (July 24, 1984)^[6]

The Group of the European Right (French: Groupe des Droites Européennes) was a political group of far-right orientation that operated in the European Parliament between 1984 and 1989.

1 History
2 Member Parties at July 24, 1984
3 Sources
4 References

History

Following the 1984 elections, MEPs from the Italian Social Movement (MSI),^[6]^[7] Greek National Political Union (EPEN)^[6]^[7] and French National Front ^[6]^[7] were elected. They formed the first formally far-right Group in the Parliament. They were later joined by John Taylor of the Ulster Unionist Party.^[7]^[8]^[9] In the 1989 elections, the Ulster Unionist^[9] retired and his successor sat in a different group whilst the EPEN members lost their seats, and the new MEPs from the German party The Republicans refused to ally themselves with the MSI due to disagreements over the status of South Tyrol.^[9]^[10] The Group collapsed and was succeeded by the Technical Group of the European Right.

Member Parties at July 24, 1984

Member state	Party	MEPs
Italy	MSI	5^[6]^[7]
France	Front National	10^[6]^[7]
Greece	EPEN	1^[6]^[7]

Sources

References

Political groups of the European Parliament

European People's Party (271) • Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (190) • Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (85) • The Greens–European Free Alliance (58) • European Conservatives and Reformists (53) • European United Left–Nordic Green Left (34) • Europe of Freedom and Democracy (33) • Non-Inscrits (30)

Previous groups

Far-Right Nationalists	European Right (1984–1989) • European Right (1989–1994) • Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty (2007)

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)

Social Democrats	Socialists (1953–1993) • Group of the 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)

Heterogeneous	Technical Group of Independents (1979–1984) • Technical Group of Independents (1999–2001)

European Right (1984–1989)

Contents

History

Member Parties at July 24, 1984

Sources

References