The Technical Group of the European Right (, abbr. ER) was a far-right political group that operated in the European Parliament between 1989 and 1994. It was led by the neo-fascist National Front of Jean-Marie Le Pen. Its members also were The Republicans and Vlaams Blok. In the aftermath of the 1994 European Parliament election, ER was dissolved due to not obtaining enough seats to continue as a group.
History Following the 1989 elections, the Group of the European Right lost its Ulster Unionist and Greek EPEN MEPs. The situation was further complicated when the perennial problem of the European far-right, its inability to form transnational alliances, 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. Eventually, the "Technical Group of the European Right" was formed from MEPs from the French Front National, German Republikaner and Belgian Vlaams Blok 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 and its MEPs returned to the ranks of the independents.
Members Country Name Ideology MEPs National Front FN Neo-fascismRight-wing populism The Republicans REP National conservatismRight-wing populism Vlaams Blok VB Flemish nationalismRight-wing populism
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See also Euronat (1997-2009) Alliance of European National Movements (2009–2019) Alliance for Peace and Freedom (2015–present) Europe of Sovereign Nations Group (2024–present) References