European Right (1989–1994)
Template:Short description Template:EngvarB Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template other The Technical Group of the European Right (Template:Langx, abbr. ER) was a far-right[1] 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
Following the 1989 elections, the Group of the European Right lost its Ulster Unionist[2] and Greek EPEN MEPs. The situation was further complicated when the perennial problem of the European far-right, its inability to form transnational alliances,[3] 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.[2][4] Eventually, the "Technical Group of the European Right" was formed from MEPs from the French Front National,[3] German Republikaner[2][3] and Belgian Vlaams Blok[2][3] 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[4] and its MEPs returned to the ranks of the independents.
Members
| Country | Name | Ideology | MEPs[5] | ||
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| File:Flag of France.svg France | style="background:Template:Party color"| | National Front | FN | Neo-fascism Right-wing populism |
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| File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany | style="background:Template:Party color"| | The Republicans | REP | National conservatism Right-wing populism |
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| File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Vlaams Blok | VB | Flemish nationalism Right-wing populism |
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Sources
- Searchlight[4]
- Australian Nationalist Ideological, Historical, and Legal Archive: Theories Of The Right: A Collection Of Articles[2][3]
- European Consortium for Political Research, University of Essex[6]
- BBC News[7]
- Europe Politique[5]
- European Parliament MEP Archives[8]
References
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- ↑ a b c d e Europe For The Europeans:Fascist Myths Of The New Order 1922 - 1992, Roger Griffin, 1993
- ↑ a b c d e The French And European Extreme Right And Globalization, Harvey G. Simmons
- ↑ a b c "Far right forms new group in European Parliament", Searchlight, February 2007
- ↑ a b 1989 European Parliament election results at July 25, 1989
- ↑ Party Switching in the European Parliament: why bother? Template:Webarchive
- ↑ Who's who in EU's new far-right group
- ↑ European Parliament profile of Jean-Marie Le Pen
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