Eurodroite
Euroright
| |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | Ed |
| President | Giorgio Almirante |
| Founder | Giorgio Almirante |
| Founded | 19 April 1978 |
| Dissolved | 24 July 1984 |
| Succeeded by | Group of the European Right(political group) |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Far-right |
| European Parliament group | Non-Inscrits |
| 1stEuropean Parliament | 4 / 410 |
Eurodroite(French:[œɾɔdɾwatə];English:Euroright) was anallianceoffar-rightpolitical parties in Europe that took part in the1979 European Parliament election.It did not operate as a political party or a group in theEuropean Parliamentbecause it only had 4 seats, all held by the neo-fascistItalian Social Movement.TheGroup of the European Rightbecame its formal successor following the1984 European Parliament election.
History
[edit]Giorgio Almirante,the president of the neo-fascistItalian Social Movement(MSI), envisioned to create an alliance of far-right political parties from Europe.[1][2]Almirante said that the objective of the alliance would be to "prevent theEuropean Parliamentshifting to the left "and that it would be stronglyanti-communist.[1]At the founding congress ofEurodroiteon 19 April 1978, Almirante's MSI was also joined by the FrenchParty of New Forces(PFN) ofJean-Louis Tixier-VignancourandNew Force(FN) ofBlas Piñar.[3]
Shortly before the formation ofEurodroite,Tixier-Vignancour was supposed to be a candidate ofJean-Marie Le Pen'sNational Front.[1]Another meeting of theEurodroitewas held on 27 June inParis,with about two thousand participants, according to theLe Monde diplomatiquenewspaper.[1][4]Left-wing organisations held a counter-protest to the meeting in Paris.[4]Le Pen was critical of theEurodroiteproject because of the participation of PFN.[1]
In the1979 European Parliament election,MSI was the only party from theEurodroitethat crossed the threshold, obtaining four seats. It was thus unable to form a group in the European Parliament.[5]
TheEurodroitealliance was succeeded in 1984, when theGroup of the European Rightwas officially formed.[6]FN and theNational Political Union(EPEN) of former military dictatorGeorgios Papadopouloswere members of this new group, while PFN was replaced by Le Pen's National Front.[3]
Ideology
[edit]TheEurodroitewas a far-right alliance composed of neo-fascist parties.[7]It opposed the rise ofEurocommunism.[8]
Members
[edit]The following parties were members of theEurodroitealliance.[1][3]The FN and EPEN did not contest the 1979 election, as Spain and Greece were not yet member states of the European Union.[1][9]
| Country | Name | Ideology | MEPs | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Italy
|
Italian Social Movement | MSI | Neo-fascism Italian nationalism |
4 / 410
| |
 France
|
Party of New Forces | PFN | Neo-fascism Anti-communism |
0 / 410
| |
 Belgium
|
Party of New Forces | PFN | Neo-fascism Neo-Nazism |
0 / 410
| |
 Greece
|
National Political Union | EPEN | Metaxism Greek nationalism |
Not in the EU | |
 Spain
|
New Force | FN | Neo-fascism Francoism |
Not in the EU | |
See also
[edit]References
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- ^abcMagliaro, Massimo (2017). "The Italian Social Movement".Cahiers d'histoire du nationalisme.11:149–150, 157.ISSN2493-6715.
- ^abJulien, Claude (1 July 1978)."Nostalgies et fascisme".Le Monde diplomatique(in French).Retrieved13 June2024.
- ^Shields, James (2007).The extreme right in France: from Pétain to Le Pen.Routledge. p. 182.ISBN978-0-415-37200-8.
- ^Igounet, Valérie; Picco, Pauline (2016). "Histoire du logo de deux" partis frères "entre France et Italie (1972-2016)".Histoire@Politique:6–9.
- ^Albertini, Dominique."Front national: le plus europhile des partis europhobes".Libération(in French).Retrieved13 June2024.
- ^"Almirante:" Ante el eurocomunismo, nosotros somos la euroderecha "".El País(in Spanish). 17 February 1978.ISSN1134-6582.Retrieved20 January2024.
- ^"Me Tixier-Vignancour conduira la liste de l'Eurodroite".Le Monde.fr(in French). 1 March 1979.Retrieved13 June2024.