European Right (1984–1989)

European Parliament political group

Neo-fascism
Euroscepticism

Political positionFar-rightFrom24 July 1984^[4]To24 July 1989^[4]Succeeded byTechnical Group of the European RightChaired 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			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

Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley^[1]
Centre Virtuel de la Connaissance sur l'Europe (CVCE) via European NAvigator^[2]
Searchlight^[10]
Australian Nationalist Ideological, Historical, and Legal Archive: Theories Of The Right: A Collection Of Articles^[7]^[9]
BBC News^[5]
Europe Politique^[6]
European Parliament MEP Archives^[4]

References

^ ^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
^ ^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.

Political groups of the European Parliament

European People's Party (176)
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (139)
Renew Europe (102)
Greens–European Free Alliance (72)
European Conservatives and Reformists (69)
Identity and Democracy (49)
The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL (37)
Non-Inscrits (61)

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)
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 (1999–2001)