Technical_Group_of_the_European_Right

European Right (1989–1994)

European Right (1989–1994)

European Parliament political group

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

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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.[5][7] 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.

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References

  1. [1]
    Party Switching in the European Parliament: why bother? Archived 7 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  2. [2]
    European Parliament profile of Jean-Marie Le Pen
  3. [3]
    Who's who in EU's new far-right group
  4. [4]
    1989 European Parliament election results at July 25, 1989
  5. [5]
    Europe For The Europeans:Fascist Myths Of The New Order 1922 - 1992, Roger Griffin, 1993
  6. [6]
    The French And European Extreme Right And Globalization, Harvey G. Simmons[permanent dead link]
  7. [7]
    "Far right forms new group in European Parliament", Searchlight, February 2007
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