The Group of the European Right (French: Groupe des droites européennes, abbr. ER) was a far-right[7] 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.
| Group of the European Right | |
|---|---|
| European Parliament group | |
| Name | Group of the European Right |
| English abbr. | ER[1][2] |
| French abbr. | DR[3] |
| Formal name | Group of the European Right[4][2][5] |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Far-right |
| From | 24 July 1984[4] |
| To | 24 July 1989[4] |
| Preceded by | Eurodroite |
| Succeeded by | Technical Group of the European Right |
| Chaired by | Jean-Marie Le Pen[4] |
| MEP(s) | 16 (24 July 1984)[6] |
History
editFollowing the 1984 elections, MEPs from the Italian Social Movement (MSI),[6][8] Greek National Political Union (EPEN)[6][8] and French National Front[6][8] 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.[8][9][10] In the 1989 elections, the Ulster Unionist[10] 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.[10][11] The Group collapsed and was succeeded by the Technical Group of the European Right.
Members
edit| Country | Name | Ideology | MEPs[6][8] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 France
|
National Front | FN | Neo-fascism[12][13] 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[a] | UUP | British nationalism Conservatism |
1 / 434
| |
See also
editSources
edit- Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley[1]
- Centre Virtuel de la Connaissance sur l'Europe (CVCE) via European NAvigator[2]
- Searchlight[11]
- Australian Nationalist Ideological, Historical, and Legal Archive: Theories Of The Right: A Collection Of Articles[8][10]
- BBC News[5]
- Europe Politique[6]
- European Parliament MEP Archives[4]
Notes
edit- ^ After 1985
References
edit- ^ a b Democracy in the European Parliament
- ^ a b c Development of Political Groups in the European Parliament Archived 7 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Groupe Identité, Tradition, Souveraineté ITS".
- ^ a b c d e European Parliament profile of Jean-Marie Le Pen
- ^ a b Who's who in EU's new far-right group
- ^ a b c d e f 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.
- ^ a b c d e f The French And European Extreme Right And Globalization, Harvey G. Simmons[permanent dead link]
- ^ "John Taylor: Profile". BBC News. 30 January 2001.
- ^ a b c d Europe For The Europeans:Fascist Myths Of The New Order 1922 - 1992, Roger Griffin, 1993
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ 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.