List of GroenLinks Members of the European Parliament
This is a list of all Members of the European Parliament, who sit or sat in the GreenLeft delegation, as well as in the delegations of its predecessors: in 1984 the progressive Christian PPR, the communist CPN, the left-socialist PSP and the green GPN participated with a common list called the Green Progressive Accord. In 1989 the CPN, PSP and PPR participated, under the name "The Rainbow". In the same year those three parties together with the progressive Christian EVP formed the GreenLeft political party. Since 2004 GreenLeft has formed a common transnational delegation with Green! from Flanders.
Between 1984 and 1994 some of the MEPs were formally required to rotate. That is, the top candidate and chair sat the entire term, while the second candidate on the list (in both the 1984 and the 1989 elections the combined list won two seats) was required to give up his seat in order to make room for the third candidate on the list. This was meant to give all participating parties (CPN, PSP and PPR) an MEP for a certain period. In 1987 the PPR MEP Verbeek gave up his seat for the CPN candidate Van Dijk. In 1991 PPR MEP Verbeek refused to give up his seat, which would have been taken by the PSP-member Hontelez.
Current MEPs are bold, and all chairs are in italics.
| MEP | Period | Number of elections | Party elected for | Background | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theo Bouwman | 20-07-1999 to 20-07-2004 | 1 | GreenLeft | none | |
| Kathalijne Buitenweg | 20-07-1999 to 14-07-2009 | 2 | GreenLeft | none | top candidate in 2004 chair as of 20-06-2004 |
| Marije Cornelissen | as of 14-07-2009 | 1 | GreenLeft | ||
| Nel van Dijk | 01-01-1987 to 01-09-1998 | 3 | CPN-candidate on GPA-list (1984) CPN-candidate on Rainbow-list (1989) GreenLeft (1994) | CPN | replaced Herman Verbeek in 1987 top candidate in 1989 chair between 01-01-1991 and 01-09-1998 left the European Parliament in 1998 to chair the National Bureau against Age-discrimination |
| Bas Eickhout | as of 14-07-2009 | 1 | GreenLeft | ||
| Joost Lagendijk | 02-09-1998 to 14-07-2009 | 3 | GreenLeft | PSP | top candidate in 1999 chair between 02-09-1998 and 20-06-2004 |
| Bram van der Lek | 24-06-1984 to 24-06-1989 | 1 | GreenLeft | PSP | top candidate in 1994 chair between 24-06-1984 and 24-06-1989 |
| Alexander de Roo | 20-07-1999 to 20-07-2004 | 1 | PSP-candidate on GPA-list (1984) | PSP | third candidate on the list in 2004 but did not get a seat |
| Judith Sargentini | as of 14-07-2009 | 1 | GreenLeft | ||
| Bart Staes | as of 20-07-1999 (as of 20-07-2004 for the common transnational delegation) | 3 | Groen! | N/A | Flemish MEP forms a transnational delegation with the GreenLeft MEPs |
| Herman Verbeek | 24-06-1984 to 31-12-1986 25-06-1989 to 19-06-1994 | 2 | PPR-candidate on GPA-list (1984) PPR-candidate on Rainbow-list | PPR | left the European Parliament in 1987 in order to allow Van Dijk to take her seat refused to give up his seat in 1991 top candidate for The Greens in 1994 |
