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...

, Slovakia 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 fourteen MEPs. It covers the member state of Slovakia

Slovakia

The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

.

Current MEPs

As of October 2007

Name	National Party	EP group
Peter Baco Peter Baco Peter Baco is a Slovak politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Ludova strana - Hnutie za demokraticke Slovensko, and is therefore a Non-Inscrit in the European Parliament....	Ľudová strana	non attached
Edit Bauer Edit Bauer Edit Bauer Edit Bauer Edit Bauer (born on 30 August 1946 in (Somorja Šamorín)is a Slovak politician of Hungarian ethnicity andMember of the European Parliament with the Magyar Koalíció Pártja,part of the European People's Party and sits on...	Magyar Koalíció Pártja Party of the Hungarian Coalition The Party of the Hungarian Coalition, officially registered under the compound name Strana maďarskej koalície – Magyar Koalíció Pártja, is a political party in Slovakia, for the ethnic Hungarian minority...	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...
Irena Belohorská Irena Belohorská Irena Belohorská is a Slovak politician and former Member of the European Parliament with the Ludova strana - Hnutie za demokraticke Slovensko, and is therefore a Non-Inscrit in the European Parliament....	Ľudová strana	non attached
Monika Beňová Monika Benová Monika Flašíková-Beňová is a member of the European Parliament from the party Smer in Slovakia. She is a member of the Party of European Socialists.She presently serves on the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs....	Smer	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...
Árpád Duka-Zólyomi Árpád Duka-Zólyomi Árpád Duka-Zólyomi is a Hungarian politician from Slovakia andMember of the European Parliament with the Magyar Koalíció Pártja,part of the European People's Party and ....	Magyar Koalíció Pártja	EPP–ED
Milan Gaľa Milan Gala Milan Gaľa is a Slovak politician and Member of the Parliament with the Slovenská demokraticka a krestanska unia, part of the European People's Party and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Culture and Education....	SDKÚ-DS	EPP–ED
Ján Hudacký Ján Hudacký Ján Hudacký is a Slovak politician andMember of the European Parliament with the Krestansko-demokraticke hnutie,part of the European People's Party and sits on...	Kresťanskodemokratické hnutie Christian Democratic Movement The Christian Democratic Movement is a political party in Slovakia.It is represented in the parliament. It was also member of the government coalition, but it left that coalition on 7 February 2006 due to disputes over an international treaty between Slovakia and the Holy See dealing with the...	EPP–ED
Miloš Koterec Miloš Koterec Miloš Koterec is a career diplomat from Slovakia. He was sent to the Permanent Mission of Slovakia to the U.N. from '95-'99. He then went on to work at the Permanent Mission to NATO for Slovakia in 2001. In 2005 he was elected as an MEP for Slovakia.In 2009 he was appointed as the Permanent...	Smer	PES
Sergej Kozlík Sergej Kozlík Sergej Kozlík is a Slovak politician andMember of the European Parliamentwith the Ludova strana - Hnutie za demokraticke Slovensko,and is therefore a Non-Inscrit in the European Parliament....	Ľudová strana	non attached
Vladimír Maňka Vladimír Manka Vladimír Maňka is a Slovak politician andMember of the European Parliament with the Direction,part of the Socialist Group and sits onthe European Parliament's Committee on Budgets.He is a substitute for the...	Smer	PES
Miroslav Mikolášik Miroslav Mikolášik Miroslav Mikolášik is a Slovak politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Krestansko-demokraticke hnutie, part of the European People's Party and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Regional Development.He is a substitute for the Committee on the Environment, Public...	Kresťanskodemokratické hnutie	EPP–ED
Zita Pleštinská Zita Pleštinská Zita Pleštinská is a Slovak politician andMember of the European Parliamentwith the Slovenská demokratická a kresťanská únia,part of the European People's Party and sits on...	SDKÚ-DS	EPP–ED
Peter Šťastný Peter Stastny Peter Šťastný , also known colloquially as "Peter the Great" and "Stosh", is a retired Slovak professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League from 1980 to 1995. During his time with the Quebec Nordiques, Stastny became a Canadian citizen. Since 2004, he has also served as a...	SDKÚ-DS	EPP–ED
Anna Záborská Anna Záborská Anna Záborská is a Slovak Member of the European Parliament. She was elected on the Christian Democratic Movement ticket and sits with the European People's Party group....	Kresťanskodemokratické hnutie	EPP–ED

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. However, as Slovakia had only joined the European Union

European Union

The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...

 earlier that month, it was the first European election held in that state. The election took place on June 13.

2009

The next election will be in 2009

European Parliament election, 2009

Elections to the European Parliament were held in the 27 member states of the European Union between 4 and 7 June 2009. A total of 736 Members of the European Parliament were elected to represent some 500 million Europeans, making these the biggest trans-national elections in history...

 and the number of seats

Apportionment in the European Parliament

Apportionment in the European Parliament relates to the distribution of legislative seats in the European Parliament among the states of the European Union...

will be reduced to thirteen.

External links

• European Election News by European Election Law Association (Eurela)
• List of MEPs europarl.europa.eu