| Technical Group of the European Right | |
|---|---|
| European Parliament group | |
| Name | Technical Group of the European Right |
| English abbr. | DR [1] |
| Formal name | Technical Group of the European Right [2] [1] [3] |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Far-right |
| From | 25 July 1989 [2] |
| To | 18 July 1994 [2] |
| Preceded by | Group of the European Right |
| Chaired by | Jean-Marie Le Pen [2] |
| MEP(s) | 17 (25 July 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.
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.
| Country | Name | Ideology | MEPs [4] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 France | National Front | FN | Neo-fascism Right-wing populism | 10 / 518 | |
 Germany | The Republicans | REP | National conservatism Right-wing populism | 6 / 518 | |
 Belgium | Vlaams Blok | VB | Flemish nationalism Right-wing populism | 1 / 434 | |
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