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background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_European_Parliament" title="Member of the European Parliament">Member of the European Parliament</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />4 April 2008 – 15 July 2024</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Finland_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="Finland (European Parliament constituency)">Finland</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Environment_(Finland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Environment (Finland)">Minister for the Environment</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />26 April 1991 – 13 April 1995</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Esko_Aho" title="Esko Aho">Esko Aho</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Kaj Bärlund</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pekka_Haavisto" title="Pekka Haavisto">Pekka Haavisto</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Finland" title="Parliament of Finland">Member of the Finnish Parliament</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />26 March 1983 – 18 March 2003<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/H%C3%A4me_(constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Häme (constituency)">Häme</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1959-04-19</span>) </span>19 April 1959<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 65)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Parikkala" title="Parikkala">Parikkala</a>, <a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland">Finland</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data">Finland<br /><a href="/wiki/National_Coalition_Party" title="National Coalition Party">National Coalition Party</a><br />EU<br /><a href="/wiki/European_People%27s_Party" title="European People's Party">European People's Party</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Tapio Määttä</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Aalto_University_School_of_Business" title="Aalto University School of Business">Aalto University</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sirpapietkäinen.net">sirpapietkäinen.net</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Sirpa Pietikäinen</b> (born 19 April 1959) is a Finnish politician and <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_European_Parliament" title="Member of the European Parliament">Member of the European Parliament</a> (MEP) from <a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland">Finland</a>. She is a former member of the <a href="/wiki/National_Coalition_Party" title="National Coalition Party">National Coalition Party</a>, part of the <a href="/wiki/European_People%27s_Party" title="European People's Party">European People's Party</a>. </p><p>She has been a <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_European_Parliament" title="Member of the European Parliament">Member of the European Parliament</a> (MEP) since 2008, and was re-elected in <a href="/wiki/2009_European_Parliament_election_in_Finland" title="2009 European Parliament election in Finland">2009</a>, <a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election_in_Finland" title="2014 European Parliament election in Finland">2014</a> and <a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election" title="2019 European Parliament election">2019</a>. In the <a href="/wiki/2024_European_Parliament_election" title="2024 European Parliament election">2024 elections</a>, Pietikäinen was not elected and was placed on the reserve list. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sirpa_Pietik%C3%A4inen&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Role_in_national_politics">Role in national politics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sirpa_Pietik%C3%A4inen&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Role in national politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pietikäinen was in the Hämeenlinna town council (1981-1992). She was then a Member of Finnish Parliament until 2003 and served as Minister for the Environment in the cabinet of <a href="/wiki/List_of_Prime_Ministers_of_Finland" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Prime Ministers of Finland">Prime Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Esko_Aho" title="Esko Aho">Esko Aho</a> between 1991 and 1995. </p><p>Pietikäinen was the Chair of Finnish United Nations Association between 1996 and 2007. She was the <a href="/wiki/World_Federation_of_United_Nations_Associations" title="World Federation of United Nations Associations">World Federation of United Nations Associations</a> chairwoman between 2000 and 2004. She has also worked for the <a href="/wiki/International_Institute_for_Democracy_and_Electoral_Assistance" title="International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance">International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=One_World_International&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="One World International (page does not exist)">One World International</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="European_platform_and_elections">European platform and elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sirpa_Pietik%C3%A4inen&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: European platform and elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pietikäinen sees the European Union should proceed towards a Europe of people, which guarantees the respect of human rights, equal opportunities for all, social inclusion and the access to high quality services. In her opinion, the Union needs to further involve organisations and citizens in the community decision-making process, from the preparatory phase of the work onwards. Also the Union should be more transparent.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pietikäinen states that the objectives and strategies, such as the <a href="/wiki/Lisbon_Strategy" title="Lisbon Strategy">Lisbon Strategy</a>, are not enough. The Union would need an enhanced surveillance of the financial sector, obligations in terms of solvability as well as transparency in Europe and worldwide. She also supports reinforcing cooperation and negotiation procedures between employees and trade unions, in order to contribute to the stabilisation of growth. The future growth, in her opinion, spurs from investments in the education and research sectors, in particular in green business.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When it comes to the environment, Pietikäinen states that political will is at the core of the environmental challenges: Europe should build an ecologically sustainable model in terms of way of life, transport, production and consumption, as well as the economic and legislative tools which will allow the shift towards this model.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During her campaign for the <a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election_in_Finland" title="2014 European Parliament election in Finland">2014 European elections</a>, Pietikäinen spent a total of €183,700, making her the biggest spender of the country's 13 elected MEPs. According to a Finnish media report, a third of Pietikäinen's budget was a bank loan, she contributed €49,000 from her own pocket and received €10,000 from the Trade Union Pro, Finland's largest private sector union.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Member_of_the_European_Parliament">Member of the European Parliament</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sirpa_Pietik%C3%A4inen&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Member of the European Parliament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pietikäinen has been a <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_European_Parliament" title="Member of the European Parliament">Member of the European Parliament</a> since 2008. She first came to the European parliament to replace <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Stubb" title="Alexander Stubb">Alexander Stubb</a> in 2008, and was re-elected in the <a href="/wiki/2009_European_Parliament_election_in_Finland" title="2009 European Parliament election in Finland">2009 European elections</a> and 2014. In parliament, she is a member of the <a href="/wiki/European_People%27s_Party_Group" title="European People's Party Group">European People's Party Group</a> (EPP). </p><p>Upon entering parliament, Pietikäinen first was a member of the <a href="/wiki/European_Parliament_Committee_on_the_Environment,_Public_Health_and_Food_Safety" title="European Parliament Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety">Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety</a> from 2009 to 2012 and then vice-chairwoman of the <a href="/wiki/Committee_on_the_Internal_Market_and_Consumer_Protection" class="mw-redirect" title="Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection">Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection</a> between 2012 and 2014. Since 2014, she has been serving on the <a href="/wiki/Committee_on_Economic_and_Monetary_Affairs" class="mw-redirect" title="Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs">Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs</a>. In addition to her committee assignments, she has been a member of the parliament's delegation for relations with the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Republic of China">People's Republic of China</a> since 2009. </p><p>In her capacity as alternate member of the <a href="/wiki/European_Parliament_Committee_on_the_Environment,_Public_Health_and_Food_Safety" title="European Parliament Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety">Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety</a>, she authored a report on <a href="/wiki/Organic_farming" title="Organic farming">organic farming</a> in 2015<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and served as rapporteur on the <a href="/wiki/Circular_economy" title="Circular economy">circular economy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pietikäinen also serves as vice-president of the <a href="/wiki/European_Parliament_Intergroup_on_LGBT_Rights" title="European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights">European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as board member of the European Parliament Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals;<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Children's Rights;<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Youth Issues;<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as member of the European Parliament Working Group on Reproductive Health, HIV/AIDS and Development;<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as a vice-chairwoman of the cross-party Working Group on Fair Trade (sponsored by Fair Trade Advocacy);<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and as member of the MEP Heart Group (sponsored by the European Heart Network (EHN) and the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)).<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She is part of the Elie Wiesel Network of Parliamentarians for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities and against Genocide Denial<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as of the MEP Alliance for Mental Health.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pietikäinen served as rapporteur also for the proposal on funds for <a href="/wiki/Venture_capital" title="Venture capital">venture capital</a> and <a href="/wiki/Social_entrepreneurship" title="Social entrepreneurship">social entrepreneurship</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which became regulation 2017/1991,<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and for the regulation on <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sustainable_investment&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sustainable investment (page does not exist)">sustainable investment</a>, approved in first reading in March 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sirpa_Pietik%C3%A4inen&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sirpa_Pietik%C3%A4inen&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pietikäinen has an MBA degree from <a href="/wiki/Helsinki_School_of_Economics" class="mw-redirect" title="Helsinki School of Economics">Helsinki School of Economics</a>. She has received The Knight Commander's <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_White_Rose_of_Finland" title="Order of the White Rose of Finland">Order of the White Rose of Finland</a> (1993). She speaks Finnish, English, French, Swedish and German.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Publications">Publications</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sirpa_Pietik%C3%A4inen&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Publications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Her articles have been published in: </p> <ul><li>Vanhuus kaupungissa, WSOY 1996</li> <li>Naisen seitsemän elämää, WSOY 1998</li> <li>Maapallohaaste, Otava 1999</li> <li>Kaikesta jää jälki, Avain 2008</li> <li>Making the Green Energy Switch at a Time of Crisis (2009)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other">Other</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sirpa_Pietik%C3%A4inen&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Other"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sirpa Pietikäinen is member of: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_Future_Council" title="World Future Council">World Future Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Energy_Watch_Group" title="Energy Watch Group">Energy Watch Group</a> (EWG)<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>In 2003, Pietikäinen was convicted of aggravated drunk driving after moving her car in a parking lot at midnight. She was fined, given a suspended prison sentence and banned from driving for five months.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sirpa_Pietik%C3%A4inen&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-3"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.eduskunta.fi:443/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/227.aspx">"Sirpa Pietikäinen"</a>. <i>www.eduskunta.fi</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.eduskunta.fi&rft.atitle=Sirpa+Pietik%C3%A4inen&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eduskunta.fi%3A443%2FFI%2Fkansanedustajat%2FSivut%2F227.aspx&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASirpa+Pietik%C3%A4inen" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-auto-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-auto_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-auto_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-auto_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150418001947/http://www.sirpapietikainen.net/in-english/">"Sirpa Pietikäinen Thoughts about Europe"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sirpapietikainen.net/in-english/">the original</a> on 18 April 2015.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Sirpa+Pietik%C3%A4inen+Thoughts+about+Europe&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sirpapietikainen.net%2Fin-english%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASirpa+Pietik%C3%A4inen" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Cynthia Kroet (August 4, 2014), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.politico.eu/article/becoming-an-mep-does-not-have-to-cost-much/">Becoming an MEP does not have to cost much</a> <i><a href="/wiki/European_Voice" class="mw-redirect" title="European Voice">European Voice</a></i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span 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title="Riho Terras">Terras</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;">Finland</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Eija-Riitta_Korhola" title="Eija-Riitta Korhola">Korhola</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Pietikäinen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Henna_Virkkunen" title="Henna Virkkunen">Virkkunen</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;">France</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois-Xavier_Bellamy" title="François-Xavier Bellamy">Bellamy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nathalie_Colin-Oesterl%C3%A9" title="Nathalie Colin-Oesterlé">Colin-Oesterlé</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Arnaud_Danjean" title="Arnaud Danjean">Danjean</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Geoffroy_Didier" title="Geoffroy Didier">Didier</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Brice_Hortefeux" title="Brice Hortefeux">Hortefeux</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nadine_Morano" title="Nadine Morano">Morano</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Laurence_Sailliet" title="Laurence Sailliet">Sailliet</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Anne_Sander_(politician)" title="Anne Sander (politician)">Sander</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;">Germany</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hildegard_Bentele" title="Hildegard Bentele">Bentele</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Stefan_Berger_(politician)" title="Stefan Berger (politician)">Berger</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Karolin_Braunsberger-Reinhold" title="Karolin Braunsberger-Reinhold">Braunsberger-Reinhold</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Caspary" title="Daniel Caspary">Caspary</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Christian_Doleschal" title="Christian Doleschal">Doleschal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lena_D%C3%BCpont" title="Lena Düpont">Düpont</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jan_Christian_Ehler" class="mw-redirect" title="Jan Christian Ehler">Ehler</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Markus_Ferber" title="Markus Ferber">Ferber</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Gahler" title="Michael Gahler">Gahler</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jens_Gieseke_(politician)" title="Jens Gieseke (politician)">Gieseke</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Niclas_Herbst" title="Niclas Herbst">Herbst</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Monika_Hohlmeier" title="Monika Hohlmeier">Hohlmeier</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Jahr" title="Peter Jahr">Jahr</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Liese" title="Peter Liese">Liese</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Norbert_Lins" title="Norbert Lins">Lins</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/David_McAllister" title="David McAllister">McAllister</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Marlene_Mortler" title="Marlene Mortler">Mortler</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Angelika_Niebler" title="Angelika Niebler">Niebler</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Markus_Pieper" title="Markus Pieper">Pieper</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Radtke" title="Dennis Radtke">Radtke</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Christine_Schneider" title="Christine Schneider">Schneider</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Andreas_Schwab" title="Andreas Schwab">Schwab</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ralf_Seekatz" title="Ralf Seekatz">Seekatz</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sven_Simon" title="Sven Simon">Simon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sabine_Verheyen" title="Sabine Verheyen">Verheyen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Axel_Voss" title="Axel Voss">Voss</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Marion_Walsmann" title="Marion Walsmann">Walsmann</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Manfred_Weber" title="Manfred Weber">Weber</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rainer_Wieland" title="Rainer Wieland">Wieland</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;">Greece</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Anna_Asimakopoulou" class="mw-redirect" title="Anna Asimakopoulou">Asimakopoulou</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Manolis_Kefalogiannis" title="Manolis Kefalogiannis">Kefalogiannis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Stelios_Kympouropoulos" title="Stelios Kympouropoulos">Kympouropoulos</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Vangelis_Meimarakis" title="Vangelis Meimarakis">Meimarakis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Maria_Spyraki" title="Maria Spyraki">Spyraki</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Eliza_Vozemberg" title="Eliza Vozemberg">Vozemberg</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Theodoros_Zagorakis" title="Theodoros Zagorakis">Zagorakis</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;">Hungary</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Andrea_Bocskor" title="Andrea Bocskor">Bocskor</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Andor_Deli" title="Andor Deli">Deli</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tam%C3%A1s_Deutsch_(politician)" title="Tamás Deutsch (politician)">Deutsch</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kinga_G%C3%A1l" title="Kinga Gál">Gál</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Enik%C5%91_Gy%C5%91ri" title="Enikő Győri">Győri</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A1s_Gy%C3%BCrk" title="András Gyürk">Gyürk</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bal%C3%A1zs_Hidv%C3%A9ghi" title="Balázs Hidvéghi">Hidvéghi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gy%C3%B6rgy_H%C3%B6lv%C3%A9nyi" title="György Hölvényi">Hölvényi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/L%C3%ADvia_J%C3%A1r%C3%B3ka" title="Lívia Járóka">Járóka</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/%C3%81d%C3%A1m_K%C3%B3sa" title="Ádám Kósa">Kósa</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ern%C5%91_Schaller-Baross" title="Ernő Schaller-Baross">Schaller-Baross</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Edina_T%C3%B3th" title="Edina Tóth">Tóth</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/L%C3%A1szl%C3%B3_Tr%C3%B3cs%C3%A1nyi" title="László Trócsányi">Trócsányi</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;">Ireland</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Deirdre_Clune" title="Deirdre Clune">Clune</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frances_Fitzgerald_(politician)" title="Frances Fitzgerald (politician)">Fitzgerald</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_Kelly_(Irish_politician)" title="Seán Kelly (Irish politician)">Kelly</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Colm_Markey" title="Colm Markey">Markey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Maria_Walsh_(politician)" title="Maria Walsh (politician)">Walsh</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;">Italy</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lara_Comi" title="Lara Comi">Comi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Dorfmann" title="Herbert Dorfmann">Dorfmann</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Fulvio_Martusciello" title="Fulvio Martusciello">Martusciello</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Salvatore_De_Meo" title="Salvatore De Meo">Meo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alessandra_Mussolini" title="Alessandra Mussolini">Mussolini</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Aldo_Patriciello" title="Aldo Patriciello">Patriciello</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Francesca_Peppucci" title="Francesca Peppucci">Peppucci</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Luisa_Regimenti" title="Luisa Regimenti">Regimenti</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Massimiliano_Salini" title="Massimiliano Salini">Salini</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lucia_Vuolo" title="Lucia Vuolo">Vuolo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Stefania_Zambelli" title="Stefania Zambelli">Zambelli</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;">Latvia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sandra_Kalniete" title="Sandra Kalniete">Kalniete</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ansis_P%C5%ABpols" title="Ansis Pūpols">Pūpols</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Inese_Vaidere" title="Inese Vaidere">Vaidere</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;">Lithuania</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rasa_Juknevi%C4%8Dien%C4%97" title="Rasa Juknevičienė">Juknevičienė</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Andrius_Kubilius" title="Andrius Kubilius">Kubilius</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Au%C5%A1ra_Maldeikien%C4%97" title="Aušra Maldeikienė">Maldeikienė</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Liudas_Ma%C5%BEylis" title="Liudas Mažylis">Mažylis</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;">Luxembourg</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Martine_Kemp" title="Martine Kemp">Kemp</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Isabel_Wiseler-Santos_Lima" title="Isabel Wiseler-Santos Lima">Wiseler-Santos</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;">Malta</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/David_Casa" title="David Casa">Casa</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Roberta_Metsola" title="Roberta Metsola">Metsola</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;">Netherlands</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Berendsen" title="Tom Berendsen">Berendsen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Peter_van_Dalen" title="Peter van Dalen">Dalen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Anja_Haga" title="Anja Haga">Haga</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jeroen_Lenaers" title="Jeroen Lenaers">Lenaers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Toine_Manders" title="Toine Manders">Manders</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Henk_Jan_Ormel" title="Henk Jan Ormel">Ormel</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Annie_Schreijer-Pierik" title="Annie Schreijer-Pierik">Schreijer-Pierik</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;">Poland</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Magdalena_Adamowicz" title="Magdalena Adamowicz">Adamowicz</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Krzysztof_Brejza" title="Krzysztof Brejza">Brejza</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jerzy_Buzek" title="Jerzy Buzek">Buzek</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jaros%C5%82aw_Duda" class="mw-redirect" title="Jarosław Duda">Duda</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tomasz_Frankowski" title="Tomasz Frankowski">Frankowski</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Andrzej_Halicki" title="Andrzej Halicki">Halicki</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/W%C5%82odzimierz_Karpi%C5%84ski" title="Włodzimierz Karpiński">Karpiński</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Danuta_H%C3%BCbner" title="Danuta Hübner">Hübner</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Adam_Jarubas" title="Adam Jarubas">Jarubas</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jaros%C5%82aw_Kalinowski" title="Jarosław Kalinowski">Kalinowski</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ewa_Kopacz" title="Ewa Kopacz">Kopacz</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Janusz_Lewandowski" title="Janusz Lewandowski">Lewandowski</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/El%C5%BCbieta_%C5%81ukacijewska" title="Elżbieta Łukacijewska">Łukacijewska</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Janina_Ochojska" title="Janina Ochojska">Ochojska</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jan_Olbrycht" title="Jan Olbrycht">Olbrycht</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Witold_Pahl" title="Witold Pahl">Pahl</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/R%C3%B3%C5%BCa_Thun" title="Róża Thun">Thun</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;">Portugal</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Vasco_Becker-Weinberg" title="Vasco Becker-Weinberg">Becker-Weinberg</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Carlos_Coelho_(politician)" title="Carlos Coelho (politician)">Coelho</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ana_Miguel_dos_Santos" title="Ana Miguel dos Santos">dos Santos</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ricardo_Morgado" title="Ricardo Morgado">Morgado</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/V%C3%A2nia_Neto" title="Vânia Neto">Neto</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/L%C3%ADdia_Pereira" title="Lídia Pereira">Pereira</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Te%C3%B3filo_Santos" title="Teófilo Santos">Santos</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;">Romania</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Traian_B%C4%83sescu" title="Traian Băsescu">Băsescu</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Vasile_Blaga" title="Vasile Blaga">Blaga</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rare%C8%99_Bogdan" title="Rareș Bogdan">Bogdan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Buda" title="Daniel Buda">Buda</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cristian_Bu%C8%99oi" title="Cristian Bușoi">Bușoi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gheorghe_Falc%C4%83" title="Gheorghe Falcă">Falcă</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mircea_Hava" title="Mircea Hava">Hava</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Marian-Jean_Marinescu" title="Marian-Jean Marinescu">Marinescu</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dan_Motreanu" title="Dan Motreanu">Motreanu</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Siegfried_Mure%C8%99an" title="Siegfried Mureșan">Mureșan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Vlad_Nistor_(politician)" title="Vlad Nistor (politician)">Nistor</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Eugen_Tomac" title="Eugen Tomac">Tomac</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/L%C3%B3r%C3%A1nt_Vincze" title="Lóránt Vincze">Vincze</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Iuliu_Winkler" title="Iuliu Winkler">Winkler</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;">Slovakia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Vladim%C3%ADr_Bil%C4%8D%C3%ADk" title="Vladimír Bilčík">Bilčík</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Miriam_Lexmann" title="Miriam Lexmann">Lexmann</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Poll%C3%A1k" title="Peter Pollák">Pollák</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ivan_%C5%A0tefanec" title="Ivan Štefanec">Štefanec</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;">Slovenia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Franc_Bogovi%C4%8D" title="Franc Bogovič">Bogovič</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ljudmila_Novak" title="Ljudmila Novak">Novak</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Romana_Tomc" title="Romana Tomc">Tomc</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Milan_Zver" title="Milan Zver">Zver</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;">Spain</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Isabel_Benjumea" title="Isabel Benjumea">Benjumea</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Pilar_del_Castillo" title="Pilar del Castillo">Castillo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ana_Collado_Jim%C3%A9nez" title="Ana Collado Jiménez">Collado</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Pablo_Arias_Echeverr%C3%ADa" title="Pablo Arias Echeverría">Echeverría</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rosa_Estar%C3%A0s" title="Rosa Estaràs">Estaràs</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Manuel_Garc%C3%ADa-Margallo" title="José Manuel García-Margallo">García-Margallo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Leopoldo_L%C3%B3pez_Gil" title="Leopoldo López Gil">Gil</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Antonio_L%C3%B3pez-Ist%C3%BAriz_White" title="Antonio López-Istúriz White">López-Istúriz</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gabriel_Mato" title="Gabriel Mato">Mato</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Francisco_Jos%C3%A9_Mill%C3%A1n_Mon" title="Francisco José Millán Mon">Millán</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a 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