In European elections

Elections in the European Union

Elections to the Parliament of the European Union take place every five years by universal adult suffrage. 736 MEPs are elected to the European Parliament which has been directly elected since 1979. No other body is directly elected although the Council of the European Union and European Council is...

, Greece is a constituency of the

European Parliament constituency

Members of the European Parliament are elected by the population of the member states of the European Union , divided into constituencies....

 European Parliament

European Parliament

The European Parliament is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union . Together with the Council of the European Union and the Commission, it exercises the legislative function of the EU and it has been described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world...

, currently represented by twenty-four MEPs. It covers the member state of Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

.

Current MEPs

As of October 2007

Name	National Party	EP group
Stavros Arnaoutakis Stavros Arnaoutakis Stavros Arnaoutakis is a Greek politician and former Member of the European Parliament for the Panhellenic Socialist Movement ; part of the Party of European Socialists...	PASOK Panhellenic Socialist Movement The Panhellenic Socialist Movement , known mostly by its acronym PASOK , is one of the two major political parties in Greece. Founded on 3 September 1974 by Andreas Papandreou, in 1981 PASOK became Greece's first social democratic party to win a majority in parliament.The party is a socialist party...	PES Party of European Socialists The Party of European Socialists is a European political party led by Sergei Stanishev, former Prime Minister of Bulgaria. The PES comprises social-democratic national-level political parties primarily from Member state of the European Union, as well as other nations of the European continent. The...
Katerina Batzeli	PASOK	PES
Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos is a Greek politician and Member of the European Parliament for New Democracy ; part of the European People's Party.- Background :...	ND New Democracy (Greece) New Democracy is the main centre-right political party and one of the two major parties in Greece. It was founded in 1974 by Konstantinos Karamanlis and formed the first cabinet of the Third Hellenic Republic...	EPP–ED European People's Party–European Democrats The Group of the European People's Party , abbreviated to EPP Group, is a centre-right political group of the European Parliament...
Georgios Georgiou Georgios Georgiou Georgios Georgiou is a Greek footballer. He currently plays as a defender for OFI Crete. Georgiou could not score in 58 games for Atromitos, but scored in his official OFI debut against Atromitos!!!-External links:* *...	LAOS	IND/DEM Independence and Democracy The Independence/Democracy Group in the European Parliament was a group of eurosceptic and eurorealist political parties in the 2004-2009 term of the European Parliament. It collapsed following the 2009 European elections after losing many of its MEPs....
Ioannis Gklavakis Ioannis Gklavakis Ioannis Gklavakis is a Greek politician andMember of the European Parliament with the New Democracy,part of the European People's Party and sits on...	ND	EPP–ED
Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou is a Greek politician, Member of the New Democracy party. She was born and brought up at the island of Zakynthos, Greece. She studied Sociology at the University of Geneva...	ND	EPP–ED
Stavros Lambrinidis Stavros Lambrinidis Stavros Lambrinidis is a former Vice President of the European Parliament and was between 17 June 2011 until 11 November 2011 the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Greece.-Yale University:...	PASOK	PES
Diamanto Manolakou Diamanto Manolakou Diamanto Manolakou is a Greek politician. She was elected Member of the European Parliament for the Communist Party of Greece; part of the European United Left–Nordic Green Left in the 2004 European elections, an office she held until April, 2010, when she resigned in favor of Costas...	CPG Communist Party of Greece Founded in 1918, the Communist Party of Greece , better known by its acronym, ΚΚΕ , is the oldest party on the Greek political scene.- Foundation :...	GUE–NGL European United Left–Nordic Green Left European United Left/Nordic Green Left is a left-wing political group with seats in the European Parliament since 1995.-Position:According to its 1994 constituent declaration, the group is opposed to the present European political structure, but committed to integration...
Maria Matsouka Maria Matsouka Maria Matsouka is a Greek politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Panhellenic Socialist Movement; part of the Party of European Socialists.-References:...	PASOK	PES
Manolis Mavrommatis Manolis Mavrommatis Manolis Mavrommatis is a Greek politician and Member of the European Parliament for New Democracy, belonging to the European People's Party....	ND	EPP–ED
Athanasios Pafilis	KKE	GUE–NGL
Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou is a Greek politician andMember of the European Parliament with the New Democracy,part of the European People's Party and is vice-chair ofthe European Parliament's Committee on Petitions....	ND	EPP–ED
Dimitrios Papadimoulis Dimitrios Papadimoulis Dimitrios Papadimoulis is a Greek politician and former Member of the European Parliament for Synaspismos as a member of the European United Left-Nordic Green Left. Since 2009 he serves as a MP for the Greek parliament....	Synaspismós	GUE–NGL
Georgios Papastamkos Georgios Papastamkos Georgios Papastamkos is a Greek politician and Member of the European Parliament for New Democracy; part of the European People's Party.-References:...	ND	EPP–ED
Georgios Toussas	CPG	GUE–NGL
Antonios Trakatellis Antonios Trakatellis Antonios Trakatellis is a Greek Member of the European Parliament, and an academic biochemist. He was elected on the New Democracy ticket and sits with the European People's Party group...	ND	EPP–ED
Evangelia Tzampazi Evangelia Tzampazi Evangelia Tzampazi is a Greek politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Panhellenic Socialist Movement; part of the Party of European Socialists.-References:...	PASOK	PES
Nikolaos Vakalis	ND	EPP–ED
Ioannis Varvitsiotis Ioannis Varvitsiotis Ioannis Varvitsiotis is a Greek politician and Member of the European Parliament for New Democracy from 2004–2009, part of the European People's Party. He didn't stand for reelection in the European elections, 2009. He was also previously a defense minister of Greece.-References:...	ND	EPP–ED

1981

The 1981 European election was a by-election held after Greece joined the European Communities in 1981. The rest of the EC had voted in 1979.

1984

The 1984 European election

European Parliament election, 1984

The 1984 election to the European Parliament was the first since the inaugural election of 1979 and the 1981 enlargement of the European Community to include Greece. It was also the last before the accession of Spain and Portugal in 1987....

 was the second European election and the first time Greece voted with the rest of the Community.

1989

The 1989 European election

European Parliament election, 1989

The 1989 European Parliamentary Election was a European election held across the 12 European Community member states in June 1989. It was third European election but the first time that Spain and Portugal voted at the same time as the other members...

 was the third election to the European Parliament and was held on June 15 for Greece.

1994

The 1994 European election

European Parliament election, 1994

The 1994 European Parliamentary Election was a European election held across the 12 European Union member states in June 1994.This election saw the merge of the European People's Party and European Democrats, an increase in the overall number of seats and a fall in overall turnout to...

 was the fourth election to the European Parliament and was held on June 12 for Greece.

1999

The 1999 European election

European Parliament election, 1999

The European Parliament Election, 1999 was a European election for all 626 members of the European Parliament held across the 15 European Union member states on 10, 11 and 13 June 1999. The voter turn-out was generally low, except in Belgium and Luxembourg, where voting is compulsory and where...

 was the fifth election to the European Parliament and was held on June 13 for Greece.

2004

The 2004 European election

European Parliament election, 2004

Elections to the European Parliament were held from 10 June 2004 to 13 June 2004 in the 25 member states of the European Union, using varying election days according to local custom...

 was the sixth election to the European Parliament and was held on June 13 for Greece. The ruling New Democracy

New Democracy (Greece)

New Democracy is the main centre-right political party and one of the two major parties in Greece. It was founded in 1974 by Konstantinos Karamanlis and formed the first cabinet of the Third Hellenic Republic...

 party made strong gains, while the opposition Panhellenic Socialist Movement

Panhellenic Socialist Movement

The Panhellenic Socialist Movement , known mostly by its acronym PASOK , is one of the two major political parties in Greece. Founded on 3 September 1974 by Andreas Papandreou, in 1981 PASOK became Greece's first social democratic party to win a majority in parliament.The party is a socialist party...

made smaller gains, both at the expense of minor parties.

External links

• European Election News by European Election Law Association (Eurela)
• List of MEPs europarl.europa.eu
• Greek election results, via the Greek Ministry of Internal Affairs;