European Right (1989–1994)

Former far-right political group of the European Parliament

Technical Group of the European Right

European Parliament group
Name| Technical Group of the European Right
English abbr.| ER
French abbr.| DR[1]
Formal name| Technical Group of the European Right[2][1][3]
Ideology|

* Right-wing populism
* Euroscepticism

Political position| Far-right
From| 25 July 1989[2]
To| 18 July 1994[2]
Preceded by| Group of the European Right
Chaired by| Jean-Marie Le Pen[2]
MEP(s)| 17 (25 July 1989)[4]

The Technical Group of the European Right (French: Groupe technique des droites européennes, abbr. ER) was a far-right[5] political group that operated in the European Parliament between 1989 and 1994. It was led by the neo-fascist National Front of Jean-Marie Le Pen. Its members also were The Republicans and Vlaams Blok. In the aftermath of the 1994 European Parliament election, ER was dissolved due to not obtaining enough seats to continue as a group.

## History

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Following the 1989 elections, the Group of the European Right lost its Ulster Unionist[6] and Greek EPEN MEPs. The situation was further complicated when the perennial problem of the European far-right, its inability to form transnational alliances,[7] 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.[6][8] Eventually, the "Technical Group of the European Right" was formed from MEPs from the French Front National,[7] German Republikaner[6][7] and Belgian Vlaams Blok[6][7] 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[8] and its MEPs returned to the ranks of the independents.

## Members

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Country  | Name  | Ideology  | MEPs[4]

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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

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* Searchlight[8]
* Australian Nationalist Ideological, Historical, and Legal Archive: Theories Of The Right: A Collection Of Articles[6][7]
* European Consortium for Political Research, University of Essex[1]
* BBC News[3]
* Europe Politique[4]
* European Parliament MEP Archives[2]

## See also

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* Euronat (1997-2009)
* Alliance of European National Movements (2009–2019)
* Alliance for Peace and Freedom (2015–present)
* Europe of Sovereign Nations Group (2024–present)

## References

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1. ^ a b c Party Switching in the European Parliament: why bother? Archived 7 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
2. ^ a b c d e European Parliament profile of Jean-Marie Le Pen
3. ^ a b Who's who in EU's new far-right group
4. ^ a b c 1989 European Parliament election results at July 25, 1989
5. ^ "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.
6. ^ a b c d e Europe For The Europeans:Fascist Myths Of The New Order 1922 - 1992, Roger Griffin, 1993
7. ^ a b c d e The French And European Extreme Right And Globalization, Harvey G. Simmons
8. ^ a b c "Far right forms new group in European Parliament", Searchlight, February 2007

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Social democrats|

* Socialists (1953–1993)
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Communists / far-left|

* Communists and Allies (1973–1989)
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Greens / regionalists|

* Rainbow Group (1984–1989)
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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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