European Right (1984–1989)

Former far-right political group of the European Parliament

Group of the European Right

European Parliament group
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|

* Neo-fascism
* Euroscepticism

Political position| Far-right
From| 24 July 1984[4]
To| 24 July 1989[4]
Preceded by| Eurodroite
Succeeded by| Technical Group of the European Right
Chaired by| Jean-Marie Le Pen[4]
MEP(s)| 16 (24 July 1984)[6]

The Group of the European Right (French: Groupe des droites européennes, abbr. ER) was a far-right[7] political group that operated in the European Parliament between 1984 and 1989. It was led by the neo-fascist National Front of Jean-Marie Le Pen. Its members also were the Italian Social Movement and Greek National Political Union. The Ulster Unionist Party was also a member of ER after 1985. ER was succeeded by the Technical Group of the European Right after the 1989 European Parliament election.

## History

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Following the 1984 elections, MEPs from the Italian Social Movement (MSI),[6][8] Greek National Political Union (EPEN)[6][8] and French National Front[6][8] 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.[8][9][10] In the 1989 elections, the Ulster Unionist[10] retired and his successor sat in a different group while 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.[10][11] The Group collapsed and was succeeded by the Technical Group of the European Right.

## Members

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Country  | Name  | Ideology  | MEPs[6][8]

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France |  | National Front | FN  | Neo-fascism[12][13]
Right-wing populism |

10 / 434

Italy |  | Italian Social Movement | MSI  | Neo-fascism
Italian nationalism |

5 / 434

Greece |  | National Political Union | EPEN  | Metaxism
Greek nationalism |

1 / 434

United Kingdom |  | Ulster Unionist Party[a] | UUP  | British nationalism
Conservatism |

1 / 434

## See also

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* Eurodroite

## Sources

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* Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley[1]
* Centre Virtuel de la Connaissance sur l'Europe (CVCE) via European NAvigator[2]
* Searchlight[11]
* Australian Nationalist Ideological, Historical, and Legal Archive: Theories Of The Right: A Collection Of Articles[8][10]
* BBC News[5]
* Europe Politique[6]
* European Parliament MEP Archives[4]

## Notes

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1. ^ After 1985

## References

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1. ^ a b Democracy in the European Parliament
2. ^ a b c Development of Political Groups in the European Parliament Archived 7 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
3. ^ "Groupe Identité, Tradition, Souveraineté ITS".
4. ^ a b c d e European Parliament profile of Jean-Marie Le Pen
5. ^ a b Who's who in EU's new far-right group
6. ^ a b c d e f 1984 European Parliament election results of July 24, 1984
7. ^ "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.
8. ^ a b c d e f The French And European Extreme Right And Globalization, Harvey G. Simmons
9. ^ "John Taylor: Profile". BBC News. 30 January 2001.
10. ^ a b c d Europe For The Europeans:Fascist Myths Of The New Order 1922 - 1992, Roger Griffin, 1993
11. ^ a b "Far right forms new group in European Parliament", Searchlight, February 2007
12. ^ Loughlin, John (1 April 1985). "The Elections to the Corsican Regional Assembly, August 1984". Government and Opposition. 20 (2): 250. doi:10.1111/j.1477-7053.1985.tb01082.x. S2CID 144658890.
13. ^ Dalrymple, James (December 1992). "Holocaust Lies of the New Nazis". British Journal of Holocaust Education. 1 (2): 202–212\. doi:10.1080/17504902.1992.11101984.

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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)
* Identity and Democracy (2019–2024)

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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 (1987)
* Technical Group of Independents (1999–2001)

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