LIST OF FORMER MEPS DECEASED IN 2025-2026

The following deceased former Members of the European Parliament will be commemorated during the Annual Memorial Service of 2026.

2025

Ruth HIERONYMI

EPP, Germany
(1999-2009)

30 April 2025

Lucio MANISCO

GUE, GUE/NGL, Italy
(1994-1995, 1995-2004)

6 May 2025

Patrick O’FLYNN

EFDD, United Kingdom
(2014-2019)

20 May 2025

André FANTON

EPD, EDA, France

(1980-1982, 1984-1989)

19 June 2025

Leopold Józef RUTOWICZ

NA, UEN, Poland

(2004-2006, 2006-2009)

28 June 2025

Jorge Salvador HERNÁNDEZ MOLLAR

EPP, Spain
(1995-2004)

30 June 2025

Emilio MOLINARI

RBW, Italy

(1984-1985)

5 July 2025

Yves A.R. GALLAND

LD,LDR,ELDR, France

(1979-1985, 1985-1994, 1994-1995)

13 July 2025

Udo VOIGT

NA, Germany

(2014-2019)

17 July 2025

Mario FORTE

EPP, Italy
(1989-1994)

11 August 2025

Alfredo DIANA

EPP, Italy

(1979-1984)

12 August 2025

Emanuel Jardim FERNANDES

SOC, Portugal

(2004-2009)

13 August 2025

Anna ZÁBORSKÁ

EPP-ED, EPP, Slovakia

(2003-2009, 2009-2019)

20 August 2025

Francesco MUSOTTO

EPP-ED, Italy

(1999-2008)

20 August 2025

Reinhold L. BOCKLET

EPP, Germany

(1979-1993)

23 August 2025

Ulla Margrethe SANDBÆK

RBW, EN, I-EN, EDD, Denmark

(1989-1994, 1994-1996, 1997-1999, 1999-2004)

6 September 2025

Barry H. SEAL

SOC, PES, United Kingdom

(1979-1993, 1993-1999)

17 September 2025

Petra KAMMEREVERT

S&D, Germany

(2009-2024)

18 October 2025

Elly de GROEN-KOUWENHOVEN

Greens/EFA, The Netherlands

(2004-2009)

19 October 2025

Caroline JACKSON

ED/EPP, United Kingdom

(1984-1992, 1992-2009)

20 October 2025

Francisco Pinto BALSEMÃO

LDR, Portugal

(1986-1986)

21 October 2025

Rafael CALVO ORTEGA

NA,LDR, Spain

(1987-1989, 1989-1994)

28 October 2025

John Leslie MARSHALL

ED, United Kingdom

(1979-1989)

3 November 2025

Claudio AZZOLINI

FE, UFE, EPP, Italy

(1994-1995, 1995-1998, 1998-1999)

20 November 2025

Esko SEPPÄNEN

GUE/NGL, Finland

(1996-2009)

6 December 2025

Patrick Mark COONEY

EPP, Ireland

(1989-1994)

6 December 2025

Annemarie KUHN

SOC, PES, Germany

(1990-1993, 1993-1999)

10 December 2025

Dumitru Gheorghe Mircea COȘEA

ALDE, ITS, NA, Romania

(2005-2007, 2007, 2007)

18 December 2025

Christian ROVSING

ED, EPP, Denmark

(1989-1992, 1992-2009)

22 December 2025

Antonio NAVARRO

ED, EPP, Spain

(1986-1989, 1989-1984)

31 December 2025

2026

Dominique BUCCHINI

COM, France

(1981-1984)

2 January 2026

Robert GOEBBELS

PES, SOC, S&D, Luxembourg

(1999-2004, 2004-2009, 2009-2014)

5 January 2026

Colette FLESCH

LD, LDR, ELDR, Luxembourg

(1979-1985, 19890-1990, 1999-2004)

21 January 2026

Brian CROWLEY

EDA, UFE, UEN, ALDE, ECR, Ireland

(1994-1995, 1995-1999, 1999-2009, 2009-2014, 2014-2019)

23 January 2026

Philippe MORILLON

EPP-ED, ALDE, France

(1999-2004, 2004-2009)

29 January 2026

Marie-Christine BOUTONNET

NA, ENF, France

(2014-2015, 2015-2019)

6 March 2026

Umberto BOSSI

ELDR, NA, TGI, IND/DEM, NA, UEN, Italy

(1994-1997, 1997-1999, 1999-2001, 2004-2006, 2006-2006, 2006-2008)

19 March 2026

Paolo CIRINO POMICINO

EPP-ED, Italy

(2004-2006)

21 March 2026

Lionel JOSPIN

SOC, France

(1984-1988)

22 March 2026

Horst LANGES

 EPP, Germany

(1979-1994)

25 March 2026

Maria BADIA i CUTCHET

SOC, S&D, Spain

(2004-2009, 2009-2014)

28 March 2026

Carlos WESTENDORP Y CABEZA

 PES, Spain

(1999-2003)

30 March 2026

Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN 

EPP, Germany

(2012-2019)

1 April 2026

Biagio DE GIOVANNI

GUE, SOC, PES, Italy

(1989-1993, 1993, 1993-1999)

22 April 2026

Lutz GOEPEL

EPP, EPP-ED Germany

(1991-1999, 1999-2009)

29 April 2026

Olivier DUPUIS

ERA, TGI, NA, Italy

(1996-1999, 1999-2001, 2001-2004)

4 May 2026

Juan Carlos GARAIKOETXEA URRIZA

RBW, Spain

(1987-1991)

4 May 2026

Giovanni CERVETTI

COM, Italy

(1984-1989)

7 May 2026

Richard FALBR

PES, S&D, Czechia

(2004, 2004-2014)

13 May 2026

Giuseppe GARGANI 

EPP-ED, EPP, Italy

(1999-2009, 2009-2014)

27 May 2026