Election of Non-nationals
European citizens are eligible for election in the member state where they reside (subject to the residence requirements of that state); they do not have to be a national of that state. The following citizens have been elected in a state other than their native country;
| Name | Year (first election) |
Nationality | State of election |
Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christine Crawley | 1984 | Irish | UK | Socialist |
| Bárbara Dührkop Dührkop | 1987 | German | Spain | Socialist |
| Anita Pollack | 1989 | Australian | UK | Socialist |
| Maurice Duverger | 1989 | French | Italy | GUE |
| Wilmya Zimmermann | 1994 | Dutch | Germany | Socialist |
| Oliver Dupuis | 1994 | Belgian | Italy | Radical |
| Daniel Cohn-Bendit | 1999 | German | France | Green |
| Monica Frassoni | 1999 | Italian | Belgium | Green |
| Frédérique Ries | 1999 | Luxembourgish | Belgium | Liberal |
| Miguel Mayol i Raynal | 2001 | French | Spain | Green |
| Bairbre de Brún | 2004 | Irish | UK | GUE |
| Willem Schuth | 2004 | Dutch | Germany | Liberal |
| Daniel Stroz | 2004 | German | Czech Republic | GUE |
| Ari Vatanen | 2004 | Finnish | France | EPP |
| Derk Jan Eppink | 2009 | Dutch | Belgium | ECR |
- 2009 figures incomplete
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