European Right (1989–1994)

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Technical Group of the European Right
Group of the European Right
Chaired byJean-Marie Le Pen[2]
MEP(s)17 (25 July 1989)[4]

The Technical Group of the European Right (

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

Following the

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

Country Name Ideology MEPs[4]
 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

References

  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[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ a b c "Far right forms new group in European Parliament", Searchlight, February 2007