The European Parliament
The European Parliament (EP) is one of the legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union (known as the Council and informally as the Council of Ministers), it adopts European legislation, following a proposal by the European Commission. The Parliament is composed of 720 members (MEPs), as of the June 2024 European elections.
Analysis
Entities in the European Parliament
European National Front
The ENF relyed especially on the spanish Falange, the german Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands (NPD) and the italian Forza Nuova (FNi), later above all on the romanian Noua Dreaptă. At the beginning there were some middle and eastern european splinter parties
European People’s Party
Neither the European People’s Party nor its group in the EP belong to the far right. But since, once in a while, it hosted MEPs who departed from or defected to the one or other far right party, it seemed
European Right
More of a pact than a party, Euro Right served as a working title for several meetings of representatives of the spanish Fuerza Nueva (FNe), the french Parti des Forces Nouvelles (PFN) and the italian Movimento Sociale Italiano (MSI) from
Forward Europe / Union for Europe
The UfE group was a fusion of the groups European Democratic Alliance (EDA) and Forza Europa (FE). While the first one was oriented more conservatively, the latter was made up and dominated by straight right-wing Forza Italia and later joined
Group of the European Conservatives and Reformists 1
The ECR group, initially founded by the british Conserrvative Party and the polish PiS, should be a pragmatic EU-critical alternative to the group of the European People’s Party (EPP) which both once were part of. From the beginning on it
Group of the European Conservatives and Reformists 2
In its second turn, the ECR group made a significant shift to the right by welcoming parties such as the german Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), the danish DF, the finnish Perussuomalaiset (PS) and the bulgarian Vatreshna Makedonska Revolyutsionna Organizatsiya –
Group of the European Conservatives and Reformists 3
The ECR group made a definite step further into the far right when parties like the dutch FvD, the spanish Vox, or (already at the end of the past legislature) the italian FdI. At the same time the number of
Group of the European People’s Party
Neither the European People’s Party nor its group in the EP belong to the far right. But since, once in a while, it hosted MEPs who departed from or defected to the one or other far right party, it seemed
Timeline
With the following timeline you can explore the evolution of the representation of far-right parties and groups in the European Parliament.