European Right (1984–1989)

(Redirected from 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
French abbr.	DR
Formal name	Group of the European Right
Ideology	Neo-fascism Euroscepticism
Political position	Far-right
From	24 July 1984
To	24 July 1989
Preceded by	Eurodroite
Succeeded by	Technical Group of the European Right
Chaired by	Jean-Marie Le Pen
MEP(s)	16 (24 July 1984)

The Group of the European Right (French: Groupe des droites européennes, abbr. ER) was a far-right 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

Following the 1984 elections, MEPs from the Italian Social Movement (MSI), Greek National Political Union (EPEN) and French National Front 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. In the 1989 elections, the Ulster Unionist 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. The Group collapsed and was succeeded by the Technical Group of the European Right.

Members

Country			Ideology	MEPs
France	National Front	FN	Neo-fascism 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	UUP	British nationalism Conservatism	1 / 434

Sources

Notes

After 1985

References

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