European Right (1989–1994)

Technical Group of the European Right European Parliament group
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Name	Technical Group of the European Right
English abbr.	DR[1]
French abbr.	n/a
Formal name	Technical Group of the European Right[1][2][3]
Ideology	Hardline Nationalism, Conservatism
From	25 July 1989[3]
To	18 July 1994[3]
Preceded by	Group of the European Right
Succeeded by	none
Chaired by	Jean-Marie Le Pen[3]
MEP(s)	17 (July 25, 1989)[4]

The Technical Group of the European Right was a Far-Right political group with seats in the European Parliament between 1989 and 1994.

Contents 1 History 2 Member Parties at 25 July, 1989 3 Sources 4 References

[edit] History

Following the 1989 elections, the previous far-right Group lost its Ulster Unionist^[5] and Greek EPEN MEPs. The situation was further complicated when the perennial problem of the European far-right, its inability to form transnational alliances,^[6] 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.^[7][5] Eventually, the Technical Group of the European Right was formed from MEPs from the French Front National,^[6] German Republikaner^[5][6] and Belgian Vlaams Blok^[5][6] 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^[7] and its MEPs returned to the ranks of the independents.

[edit] Member Parties at 25 July, 1989

Member state	Party	MEPs	Notes
Germany	Republikaner	6[4]
France	Front National	10[4]
Belgium	Vlaams Blok	1[4]

[edit] Sources

• Searchlight^[7]
• Australian Nationalist Ideological, Historical, and Legal Archive: Theories Of The Right: A Collection Of Articles^[5][6]
• European Consortium for Political Research, University of Essex^[1]
• BBC News^[2]
• Europe Politique^[4]
• European Parliament MEP Archives^[3]

[edit] References

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