Austria (European Parliament constituency)

Elections in the European Union

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, Austria 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

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, currently represented by eighteen MEPs. It covers the member state of Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

Current MEPs

As of October 2007

Name	National Party	EP group
Herbert Bösch Herbert Bösch Herbert Bösch is an Austrian social democratic politician. He is Member of the European Parliament since 1995....	Sozialdemokratische Social Democratic Party of Austria The Social Democratic Party of Austria is one of the oldest political parties in Austria. The SPÖ is one of the two major parties in Austria, and has ties to trade unions and the Austrian Chamber of Labour. The SPÖ is among the few mainstream European social-democratic parties that have preserved...	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...
Wolfgang Bulfon	Sozialdemokratische	PES
Harald Ettl	Sozialdemokratische	PES
Othmar Karas Othmar Karas Othmar Karas is an Austrian politician and Member of the European Parliament. He is a member of the Austrian People's Party, vice-chair of the EPP-ED group, and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.He is also a substitute for the Committee on the Internal...	Volkspartei Austrian People's Party The Austrian People's Party is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Austria. A successor to the Christian Social Party of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it is similar to the Christian Democratic Union of Germany in terms of ideology...	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...
Jörg Leichtfried Jörg Leichtfried Jörg Leichtfried is an Austrian politician and Member of the European Parliament with the SPÖ, part of the Socialist Group and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Transport and Tourism....	Sozialdemokratische	PES
Eva Lichtenberger Eva Lichtenberger Dr Eva Lichtenberger is an Austrian politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Austrian Green Party, part of the European Greens.Lichtenberger attended the Academy of Education in Innsbruck from 1972 to 1974...	Die Grünen	G–EFA European Greens–European Free Alliance The Greens European Free Alliance is one of the parliamentary groups in the European Parliament....
Hans-Peter Martin Hans-Peter Martin Hans-Peter Martin is an Austrian journalist and politician who has been a Member of the European Parliament since 1999.Born in Bregenz, Vorarlberg, Martin worked for the German weekly news magazine Der Spiegel...	independent	non attached
Andreas Mölzer Andreas Mölzer Andreas Mölzer is an Austrian politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Freedom Party of Austria.- Biography :...	Freiheitliche Partei Freedom Party of Austria The Freedom Party of Austria is a political party in Austria. Ideologically, the party is a direct descendant of the German national liberal camp, which dates back to the 1848 revolutions. The FPÖ itself was founded in 1956 as the successor to the short-lived Federation of Independents , which had...	ITS Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty thumb\|right\|Group logoIdentity, Tradition, Sovereignty was a political group in the European Parliament composed of 23 members from European parties variously described as right-wing and nationalist...
Hubert Pirker Hubert Pirker Hubert Pirker is an Austrian politician and a Member of the European Parliament. He is a member of the Austrian People's Party, which is affiliated with the Group of the European People's Party and European Democrats in the European Parliament.He was a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs,...	Volkspartei	EPP–ED
Christa Prets Christa Prets Christa Prets is an Austrian politician and Member of the European Parliament. She is a member of the Social Democratic Party, which is part of the Party of European Socialists, and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Culture and Education and its Committee on Women's Rights and Gender...	Sozialdemokratische	PES
Reinhard Rack Reinhard Rack Reinhard Rack is an Austrian politician and Member of the European Parliament. He is a member of the Austrian People's Party, which is part of the European People's Party, and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Transport and Tourism.He is also a substitute for the Committee on...	Volkspartei	EPP–ED
Karin Resetarits Karin Resetarits Karin Resetarits is an Austrian journalist and politician. She was a Member of the European Parliament from 2004 until 2009.- Early and personal life :...	Liberales Forum Liberal Forum The Liberal Forum is a small classical liberal party in Austria. The party is currently led by Angelika Mlinar, and is a member of the Liberal International and the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party.-Founding:...	ALDE Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe is a transnational alliance between two European political parties: the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party and the European Democratic Party. It has political groups in the European Parliament, the EU Committee of the Regions, the...
Paul Rübig Paul Rübig Paul Rübig is an Austrian politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Austrian People's Party, Member of the Bureau of the European People's Party and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy.He is a substitute for the Committee on Budgets, a...	Volkspartei	EPP–ED
Karin Scheele Karin Scheele Karin Scheele is an Austrian social democratic politician and was a member of the European Parliament from 1999 till 2008., parlament.gv.at , Retrieved January 17, 2011 In December 2008, she entered the regional government of her native Land of Lower Austria to become secretary in charge of...	Sozialdemokratische	PES
Agnes Schierhuber Agnes Schierhuber Agnes Schierhuber is an Austrian politician and Member of the European Parliament. She is a member of the Austrian People's Party, which is part of the European People's Party....	Volkspartei	EPP–ED
Richard Seeber Richard Seeber Richard Seeber is an Austrian politician and member of the European Parliament. Richard Seeber is married and has four children.-Biography:...	Volkspartei	EPP–ED
Hannes Swoboda Hannes Swoboda Hannes Swoboda aka Johannes Swoboda is an Austrian social democratic politician. He has been a Member of the European Parliament since 1996...	Sozialdemokratische	PES
Johannes Voggenhuber Johannes Voggenhuber Johannes Voggenhuber is an Austrian politician and former Member of the European Parliament for the Austrian Green Party, which is part of the European Greens. He is vice president of the parliament's Constitutional Affairs Commission.From 1982 to 1987, he was member of the city council in...	Die Grünen	G–EFA

1996

This was the first European election in Austria.

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.

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.

2009

External links

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

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