Group of the European Right
European Parliament group
NameGroup of the European Right
English abbr.ER[1][2]
French abbr.DR[3]
Formal nameGroup of the European Right[4][2][5]
Political positionFar-right
From24 July 1984[4]
To24 July 1989[4]
Preceded byn/a
Succeeded byTechnical Group of the European Right
Chaired byJean-Marie Le Pen[4]
MEP(s)16 (24 July 1984)[6]

The Group of the European Right (French: Groupe des Droites Européennes) was a far-right political group that operated in the European Parliament between 1984 and 1989.

History

Following the 1984 elections, MEPs from the Italian Social Movement (MSI),[6][7] Greek National Political Union (EPEN)[6][7] and French National Front[6][7] 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.[7][8][9] In the 1989 elections, the Ulster Unionist[9] retired and his successor sat in a different group whilst 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.[9][10] The Group collapsed and was succeeded by the Technical Group of the European Right.

Members

Country Name Ideology MEPs[6][7]
 France National Front FN Neo-fascism[11][12]
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

Sources

References

  1. 1 2 Democracy in the European Parliament
  2. 1 2 3 Development of Political Groups in the European Parliament Archived June 7, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ "Groupe Identité, Tradition, Souveraineté ITS".
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 European Parliament profile of Jean-Marie Le Pen
  5. 1 2 Who's who in EU's new far-right group
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 1984 European Parliament election results of July 24, 1984
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 The French And European Extreme Right And Globalization, Harvey G. Simmons
  8. ↑ "John Taylor: Profile". BBC News. 30 January 2001.
  9. 1 2 3 4 Europe For The Europeans:Fascist Myths Of The New Order 1922 - 1992, Roger Griffin, 1993
  10. 1 2 "Far right forms new group in European Parliament", Searchlight, February 2007
  11. ↑ 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.
  12. ↑ 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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