European Right (1989–94)

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

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.

Member Parties at 25 July 1989

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

Sources

References

Political groups of the European Parliament

European People's Party (216)
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (190)
European Conservatives and Reformists (75)
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (69)
European United Left–Nordic Green Left (52)
The Greens–European Free Alliance (50)
Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy (45)
Europe of Nations and Freedom (38)
Non-Inscrits (15)

Previous groups

Far-Right Nationalists	European Right (1984–89) European Right (1989–94) 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) Party of European Socialists (1993-2009)

Communists/Far-Left	Communists and Allies (1973–1989) European United Left (1989–93) Left Unity (1989–1994) European United Left (1994–95)

Greens/Regionalists	Rainbow Group (1984–89) Rainbow Group (1989–94) 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)

Heterogeneous	Technical Group of Independents (1979–84) Technical Group of Independents (1999–2001)

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