Which MEPs are supporting civil partnerships recognition?

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Here is a recent list of MEPs that are backing a written declaration on civil partnerships.

If it is signed by more than 50% of MEPs it will be adopted as a resolution.

It calls for “member states with existing same-sex partnership legislation to recognise the arrangements of other member states that have also made provisions for same-sex partnerships,” and for “guidelines for such mutual recognition by member states with existing same-sex partnership legislation.”

Resolutions are formally adopted by the European Parliament and forwarded to the Commission, Council and member state governments for consideration.

So far less than 10% of MEPs have signed up.

In European elections the UK is divided into twelve regions.

Each region has between three and ten MEPs and each MEP in a region represents each person living there.

To find out who your MEPs are click here.

ü indicates the MEP has already put their name to the declaration.

Adamou, Adamos
ü Agnoletto, Vittorio
ü Aita, Vincenzo
Albertini, Gabriele
Allister, Jim
Alvaro, Alexander
Anastase, Roberta Alma
ü Andersson, Jan
ü Andrejevs, Georgs
Andrikienė, Laima Liucija
Angelakas, Emmanouil
Angelilli, Roberta
Antinucci, Rapisardo
Antoniozzi, Alfredo
ü Arif, Kader
Arnaoutakis, Stavros
Ashworth, Richard James
Assis, Francisco
Atkins, Robert
Attard-Montalto, John
ü Attwooll, Elspeth
Aubert, Marie-Hélène
Audy, Jean-Pierre
Auken, Margrete
Ayala Sender, Inés
Aylward, Liam
Ayuso, Pilar

Baco, Peter
Badia i Cutchet, Maria
Baeva, Mariela Velichkova
Barón Crespo, Enrique
Barsi-Pataky, Etelka
Bartolozzi, Paolo
Basile, Domenico Antonio
Batten, Gerard
Battilocchio, Alessandro
Batzeli, Katerina
Bauer, Edit
Beaupuy, Jean Marie
Beazley, Christopher
Becsey, Zsolt László
Bedingfield, Glenn
ü Beer, Angelika
Belder, Bastiaan
Belet, Ivo
Belohorská, Irena
ü Bennahmias, Jean-Luc
Beňová, Monika
Berend, Rolf
Berès, Pervenche
Berlato, Sergio
Berlinguer, Giovanni
Berman, Thijs
Bielan, Adam
Binev, Slavi
Birutis, Šarūnas
Blokland, Johannes
Bloom, Godfrey
Bobošíková, Jana
Bodu, Sebastian Valentin
Böge, Reimer
ü Bösch, Herbert
Bono, Guy
Bonsignore, Vito
Borghezio, Mario
Borrell Fontelles, Josep
Boso, Erminio Enzo
Boştinaru, Victor
Botopoulos, Costas
ü Boursier, Catherine
ü Bowis, John
ü Bowles, Sharon
Bozkurt, Emine
Bradbourn, Philip
Braghetto, Iles
Brejc, Mihael
Brepoels, Frieda
Breyer, Hiltrud
Březina, Jan
Brie, André
Brok, Elmar
Budreikaitė, Danutė
van Buitenen, Paul
ü Buitenweg, Kathalijne Maria
Bulfon, Wolfgang
Bullmann, Udo
Bulzesc, Nicodim
van den Burg, Ieke
Burke, Colm
Bushill-Matthews, Philip
Busk, Niels
Buşoi, Cristian Silviu
Busquin, Philippe
Busuttil, Simon
Buzek, Jerzy

Cabrnoch, Milan
Calia, Maddalena
Callanan, Martin
Camre, Mogens
Capoulas Santos, Luis Manuel
ü Cappato, Marco
Carlotti, Marie-Arlette
ü Carnero González, Carlos
Carollo, Giorgio
Casa, David
ü Casaca, Paulo
ü Cashman, Michael
Casini, Carlo
Caspary, Daniel
Castex, Françoise
del Castillo Vera, Pilar
Catania, Giusto
Cavada, Jean-Marie
Cederschiöld, Charlotte
Cercas, Alejandro
Chatzimarkakis, Jorgo
Chichester, Giles
Chiesa, Giulietto
Chmielewski, Zdzisław Kazimierz
Christensen, Ole
Chruszcz, Sylwester
Chukolov, Desislav
Ciani, Fabio
Claeys, Philip
Clark, Derek Roland
Cocilovo, Luigi
Coelho, Carlos
Cohn-Bendit, Daniel
Colman, Trevor
ü Corbett, Richard
Corbey, Dorette
ü Corda, Giovanna
Corlăţean, Titus
Cornillet, Thierry
Costa, Paolo
ü Cottigny, Jean Louis
Coûteaux, Paul Marie
ü Cramer, Michael
ü Cremers, Jan
Creţu, Corina
Creţu, Gabriela
Crowley, Brian
Csibi, Magor Imre
Czarnecki, Marek Aleksander
Czarnecki, Ryszard

Dahl, Hanne
Dăianu, Daniel
Daul, Joseph
David, Dragoş Florin
Davies, Chris
De Blasio, Antonio
de Brún, Bairbre
Degutis, Arūnas
Dehaene, Jean-Luc
De Keyser, Véronique
Demetriou, Panayiotis
De Michelis, Gianni
Denanot, Jean-Paul
Deprez, Gérard
ü De Rossa, Proinsias
ü De Sarnez, Marielle
Descamps, Marie-Hélène
ü Désir, Harlem
Deß, Albert
Deva, Nirj
De Veyrac, Christine
ü De Vits, Mia
Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Agustín
Dičkutė, Jolanta
Didžiokas, Gintaras
Dillen, Koenraad
Dimitrakopoulos, Giorgos
Dobolyi, Alexandra
Dombrovskis, Valdis
Donnici, Beniamino
Doorn, Bert
Douay, Brigitte
Dover, Den
Doyle, Avril
Drčar Murko, Mojca
Droutsas, Konstantinos
Duchoň, Petr
ü Dührkop Dührkop, Bárbara
ü Duff, Andrew
Duka-Zólyomi, Árpád
Dumitriu, Constantin
Duquesne, Antoine

Ebner, Michl
Ehler, Christian
ü Ek, Lena
El Khadraoui, Saïd
Elles, James
Esteves, Maria da Assunção
Estrela, Edite
Ettl, Harald
Evans, Jill
Evans, Jonathan
ü Evans, Robert

ü Färm, Göran
Fajmon, Hynek
Falbr, Richard
Farage, Nigel
Fatuzzo, Carlo
Fava, Claudio
Fazakas, Szabolcs
Ferber, Markus
ü Fernandes, Emanuel Jardim
Fernández Martín, Fernando
Ferrari, Francesco
ü Ferreira, Anne
Ferreira, Elisa
Figueiredo, Ilda
Filip, Petru
Fiore, Roberto
Fjellner, Christofer
Flasarová, Věra
Flautre, Hélène
Florenz, Karl-Heinz
Foglietta, Alessandro
Foltyn-Kubicka, Hanna
Fontaine, Nicole
ü Ford, Glyn
Fouré, Brigitte
ü Fourtou, Janelly
Fraga Estévez, Carmen
Fraile Cantón, Juan
França, Armando
Frassoni, Monica
Freitas, Duarte
Friedrich, Ingo

Gacek, Urszula
Gahler, Michael
Gál, Kinga
Gaľa, Milan
Galeote, Gerardo
Garcés Ramón, Vicente Miguel
García-Margallo y Marfil, José Manuel
García Pérez, Iratxe
Gardini, Elisabetta
Gargani, Giuseppe
Garriga Polledo, Salvador
Gaubert, Patrick
Gauzès, Jean-Paul
Gawronski, Jas
Gebhardt, Evelyne
Gentvilas, Eugenijus
Georgiou, Georgios
Geringer de Oedenberg, Lidia Joanna
Gewalt, Roland
Gibault, Claire
Gierek, Adam
Giertych, Maciej Marian
ü Gill, Neena
Giuntini, Monica
Gklavakis, Ioannis
Glante, Norbert
Glattfelder, Béla
Goebbels, Robert
Goepel, Lutz
Golik, Bogdan
Gollnisch, Bruno
ü Gomes, Ana Maria
Gomolka, Alfred
ü Gottardi, Donata
ü Goudin, Hélène
Grabowska, Genowefa
Grabowski, Dariusz Maciej
Graça Moura, Vasco
Graefe zu Baringdorf, Friedrich-Wilhelm
Gräßle, Ingeborg
de Grandes Pascual, Luis
Grau i Segú, Martí
Grech, Louis
ü Griesbeck, Nathalie
ü Gröner, Lissy
de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Elly
Groote, Matthias
Grosch, Mathieu
Grossetête, Françoise
ü Guardans Cambó, Ignasi
Guellec, Ambroise
Guerreiro, Pedro
Guidoni, Umberto
Gurmai, Zita
Gutiérrez-Cortines, Cristina
Guy-Quint, Catherine
Gyürk, András

Hänsch, Klaus
ü Hall, Fiona
ü Hammerstein, David
Hamon, Benoît
Handzlik, Małgorzata
Hannan, Daniel
Harangozó, Gábor
Harbour, Malcolm
Harkin, Marian
Harms, Rebecca
Hasse Ferreira, Joel
ü Hassi, Satu
Haug, Jutta
Heaton-Harris, Christopher
ü Hedh, Anna
Hegyi, Gyula
Helmer, Roger
Hénin, Jacky
Hennicot-Schoepges, Erna
ü Hennis-Plasschaert, Jeanine
Herczog, Edit
Herranz García, Esther
Herrero-Tejedor, Luis
Hieronymi, Ruth
Higgins, Jim
Hökmark, Gunnar
Holm, Jens
Hołowczyc, Krzysztof
Honeyball, Mary
Hoppenstedt, Karsten Friedrich
Horáček, Milan
ü Howitt, Richard
Hudacký, Ján
Hudghton, Ian
Hughes, Stephen
Hutchinson, Alain
Hybášková, Jana
Hyusmenova, Filiz Hakaeva

Iacob-Ridzi, Monica Maria
Ibrisagic, Anna
ü in ‘t Veld, Sophia
Iotova, Iliana Malinova
ü Irujo Amezaga, Mikel
Isler Béguin, Marie Anne
Itälä, Ville
Iturgaiz Angulo, Carlos José

Jackson, Caroline
Jacobs, Lily
Jäätteenmäki, Anneli
Jałowiecki, Stanisław
Janowski, Mieczysław Edmund
Járóka, Lívia
Jarzembowski, Georg
Jeggle, Elisabeth
Jeleva, Rumiana
Jensen, Anne E.
Jöns, Karin
Jørgensen, Dan
Jonckheer, Pierre
Jordan Cizelj, Romana
Jouye de Grandmaison, Madeleine
ü Juknevičienė, Ona
Juri, Aurelio

ü Kacin, Jelko
Kaczmarek, Filip
ü Kallenbach, Gisela
Kamall, Syed
Karas, Othmar
Karim, Sajjad
Kasoulides, Ioannis
Kaufmann, Sylvia-Yvonne
ü Kauppi, Piia-Noora
Kazak, Metin
Kelam, Tunne
Kilroy-Silk, Robert
Kindermann, Heinz
ü Kinnock, Glenys
Kirilov, Evgeni
Kirkhope, Timothy
Klamt, Ewa
Klaß, Christa
Klinz, Wolf
Knapman, Roger
Koch, Dieter-Lebrecht
Koch-Mehrin, Silvana
ü Kohlíček, Jaromír
Konrad, Christoph
Koppa, Maria Eleni
Korhola, Eija-Riitta
ü Kósáné Kovács, Magda
Koterec, Miloš
Kozlík, Sergej
ü Krahmer, Holger
Krasts, Guntars
Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Rodi
Krehl, Constanze Angela
Kreissl-Dörfler, Wolfgang
Kristovskis, Ģirts Valdis
Krupa, Urszula
Kuc, Wiesław Stefan
Kuhne, Helmut
Kułakowski, Jan Jerzy
Kušķis, Aldis
ü Kusstatscher, Sepp
Kuźmiuk, Zbigniew Krzysztof

Lagendijk, Joost
Laignel, André
ü Lamassoure, Alain
ü Lambert, Jean
ü Lambrinidis, Stavros
Lambsdorff, Alexander Graf
Landsbergis, Vytautas
Lang, Carl
De Lange, Esther
Langen, Werner
Langendries, Raymond
Laperrouze, Anne
Lauk, Kurt Joachim
Lavarra, Vincenzo
Lax, Henrik
ü Lebech, Johannes
Lechner, Kurt
Le Foll, Stéphane
ü Lefrançois, Roselyne
ü Lehideux, Bernard
Lehne, Klaus-Heiner
Lehtinen, Lasse
ü Leichtfried, Jörg
Leinen, Jo
Le Pen, Jean-Marie
Le Pen, Marine
Le Rachinel, Fernand
Lévai, Katalin
Lewandowski, Janusz
Liberadzki, Bogusław
Libicki, Marcin
Lichtenberger, Eva
Lienemann, Marie-Noëlle
Liese, Peter
ü Liotard, Kartika Tamara
Lipietz, Alain
Locatelli, Pia Elda
Lo Curto, Eleonora
López-Istúriz White, Antonio
Losco, Andrea
Louis, Patrick
ü Lucas, Caroline
ü Ludford, Sarah
Lulling, Astrid
Lundgren, Nils
Luque Aguilar, Florencio
ü Lynne, Elizabeth
ü Lyubcheva, Marusya Ivanova

Maaten, Jules
ü McAvan, Linda
ü McCarthy, Arlene
McDonald, Mary Lou
McGuinness, Mairead
McMillan-Scott, Edward
ü Madeira, Jamila
Maldeikis, Eugenijus
Manders, Toine
Mănescu, Ramona Nicole
Maňka, Vladimír
Mann, Erika
Mann, Thomas
Marinescu, Marian-Jean
Marini, Catiuscia
Markov, Helmuth
Marques, Sérgio
Martens, Maria
ü Martin, David
Martin, Hans-Peter
Martinez, Jean-Claude
Martínez Martínez, Miguel Angel
Masiel, Jan Tadeusz
Masip Hidalgo, Antonio
Maštálka, Jiří
Mathieu, Véronique
Matsakis, Marios
Matsis, Yiannakis
Matsouka, Maria
Mauro, Mario
Mavrommatis, Manolis
Mayer, Hans-Peter
Mayor Oreja, Jaime
Medina Ortega, Manuel
Meijer, Erik
Méndez de Vigo, Íñigo
Menéndez del Valle, Emilio
Meyer Pleite, Willy
Miguélez Ramos, Rosa
Mikko, Marianne
Mikolášik, Miroslav
Millán Mon, Francisco José
Mitchell, Gay
Mladenov, Nickolay
Mölzer, Andreas
Mohácsi, Viktória
ü Moraes, Claude
Moreno Sánchez, Javier
ü Morgan, Eluned
ü Morgantini, Luisa
Morillon, Philippe
Morin, Elisabeth
Mote, Ashley
Mulder, Jan
Musacchio, Roberto
Muscardini, Cristiana
Mussa, Antonio
Musumeci, Sebastiano (Nello)
Myller, Riitta

Napoletano, Pasqualina
Naranjo Escobar, Juan Andrés
Nassauer, Hartmut
Nattrass, Michael Henry
Nechifor, Cătălin-Ioan
Neris, Catherine
Newton Dunn, Bill
Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Annemie
Nicholson, James
Nicholson of Winterbourne, null
Niculescu, Rareş-Lucian
Niebler, Angelika
van Nistelrooij, Lambert
Novak, Ljudmila

Obiols i Germà, Raimon
Öger, Vural
ü Özdemir, Cem
Olajos, Péter
Olbrycht, Jan
Ó Neachtain, Seán
ü Onesta, Gérard
Onyszkiewicz, Janusz
Oomen-Ruijten, Ria
Oprea, Dumitru
Ortuondo Larrea, Josu
Őry, Csaba
Ouzký, Miroslav
ü Oviir, Siiri

Paasilinna, Reino
Pack, Doris
Pafilis, Athanasios
Pagano, Maria Grazia
Paleckis, Justas Vincas
Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Marie
Panayotov, Vladko Todorov
ü Pannella, Marco
Panzeri, Pier Antonio
Papadimoulis, Dimitrios
Paparizov, Atanas
Papastamkos, Georgios
Parish, Neil
Paşcu, Ioan Mircea
Patriciello, Aldo
Patrie, Béatrice
Peillon, Vincent
Pęk, Bogdan
Peterle, Alojz
Petre, Maria
Pflüger, Tobias
Pieper, Markus
ü Pietikäinen, Sirpa
Pīks, Rihards
Pinheiro, João de Deus
ü Pinior, Józef
Piotrowski, Mirosław Mariusz
Pirilli, Umberto
Pirker, Hubert
Piskorski, Paweł Bartłomiej
ü Pittella, Gianni
Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Francisca
Pleštinská, Zita
Plumb, Rovana
Podestà, Guido
ü Podimata, Anni
Podkański, Zdzisław Zbigniew
Pöttering, Hans-Gert
Pohjamo, Samuli
Poignant, Bernard
Polfer, Lydie
Pomés Ruiz, José Javier
Popa, Mihaela
Popa, Nicolae Vlad
Portas, Miguel
Posdorf, Horst
Posselt, Bernd
Prets, Christa
ü Pribetich, Pierre
Prodi, Vittorio
Protasiewicz, Jacek
Purvis, John

Queiró, Luís
Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Godelieve

Rack, Reinhard
Raeva, Bilyana Ilieva
Ransdorf, Miloslav
Rapkay, Bernhard
Rasmussen, Poul Nyrup
Remek, Vladimír
Resetarits, Karin
Reul, Herbert
Ribeiro e Castro, José
Riera Madurell, Teresa
Ries, Frédérique
Riis-Jørgensen, Karin
Rivera, Giovanni
Rizzo, Marco
Robsahm, Maria
Robusti, Giovanni
Rocard, Michel
Rodust, Ulrike
Rogalski, Bogusław
Roithová, Zuzana
Romagnoli, Luca
Romeva i Rueda, Raül
Rosati, Dariusz
Roszkowski, Wojciech
Roth-Behrendt, Dagmar
Rothe, Mechtild
Rouček, Libor
ü Roure, Martine
Rovsing, Christian
Rübig, Paul
ü Rühle, Heide
Rus, Flaviu Călin
Rutowicz, Leopold Józef
Ryan, Eoin

Sacconi, Guido
Saïfi, Tokia
Sakalas, Aloyzas
ü Saks, Katrin
Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, José Ignacio
Salinas García, María Isabel
Sánchez Presedo, Antolín
dos Santos, Manuel António
Sanzarello, Sebastiano
Sanz Palacio, Salvador Domingo
Sârbu, Daciana Octavia
Sartori, Amalia
Saryusz-Wolski, Jacek
Savary, Gilles
Savi, Toomas
Schaldemose, Christel
ü Schapira, Pierre
Scheele, Karin
Schenardi, Lydia
Schierhuber, Agnes
Schinas, Margaritis
Schlyter, Carl
Schmidt, Frithjof
ü Schmidt, Olle
Schmitt, Pál
Schnellhardt, Horst
Schöpflin, György
Schröder, Jürgen
Schroedter, Elisabeth
Schulz, Martin
Schuth, Willem
Schwab, Andreas
Seeber, Richard
ü Segelström, Inger
Seppänen, Esko
Severin, Adrian
Siekierski, Czesław Adam
Silva Peneda, José Albino
Simpson, Brian
Sinnott, Kathy
Siwiec, Marek
Skinner, Peter
Škottová, Nina
ü Smith, Alyn
Sógor, Csaba
Sommer, Renate
ü Søndergaard, Søren Bo
Sonik, Bogusław
Sornosa Martínez, María
Sousa Pinto, Sérgio
Spautz, Jean
Speroni, Francesco Enrico
ü Staes, Bart
Staniszewska, Grażyna
Starkevičiūtė, Margarita
Šťastný, Peter
Stauner, Gabriele
Stavreva, Petya
Sterckx, Dirk
Stevenson, Struan
ü Stihler, Catherine
Stockmann, Ulrich
Stolojan, Theodor Dumitru
Stoyanov, Dimitar
Strejček, Ivo
Strož, Daniel
Sturdy, Robert
Sudre, Margie
Sumberg, David
Surján, László
Susta, Gianluca
Svensson, Eva-Britt
Swoboda, Hannes
Szájer, József
Szejna, Andrzej Jan
Szent-Iványi, István
Szymański, Konrad

Tabajdi, Csaba Sándor
Takkula, Hannu
ü Tannock, Charles
Tarand, Andres
Tatarella, Salvatore
Teychenné, Michel
ü Thomsen, Britta
Thyssen, Marianne
Ţicău, Silvia-Adriana
Titford, Jeffrey
ü Titley, Gary
Toia, Patrizia
Tőkés, László
Tomaszewska, Ewa
Tomczak, Witold
Toubon, Jacques
Toussas, Georgios
Trakatellis, Antonios
Trautmann, Catherine
Triantaphyllides, Kyriacos
Trüpel, Helga
ü Turmes, Claude
Tzampazi, Evangelia

Uca, Feleknas
Ulmer, Thomas
Urutchev, Vladimir

Vaidere, Inese
Vakalis, Nikolaos
Vălean, Adina-Ioana
Vanhecke, Frank
Van Hecke, Johan
ü Van Lancker, Anne
Van Orden, Geoffrey
Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Daniel
Varvitsiotis, Ioannis
Vatanen, Ari
Vaugrenard, Yannick
Veneto, Armando
Ventre, Riccardo
Veraldi, Donato Tommaso
Vergnaud, Bernadette
Vernola, Marcello
Vidal-Quadras, Alejo
Vigenin, Kristian
de Villiers, Philippe
Virrankoski, Kyösti
Visser, Cornelis
Vlasák, Oldřich
Vlasto, Dominique
Voggenhuber, Johannes

Wagenknecht, Sahra
Wallis, Diana
Walter, Ralf
ü Watson, Graham
Weber, Henri
Weber, Manfred
Weber, Renate
Weiler, Barbara
Weisgerber, Anja
ü Westlund, Åsa
Whittaker, John
Wieland, Rainer
Wielowieyski, Andrzej
Wiersma, Jan Marinus
ü Wijkman, Anders
Willmott, Glenis
Winkler, Iuliu
Wise, Thomas
von Wogau, Karl
Wohlin, Lars
Wojciechowski, Bernard
Wojciechowski, Janusz
Wortmann-Kool, Corien
Wurtz, Francis

Yañez-Barnuevo García, Luis

Záborská, Anna
Zahradil, Jan
Zaleski, Zbigniew
Zani, Mauro
Zanicchi, Iva
Zapałowski, Andrzej Tomasz
Zappalà, Stefano
Zatloukal, Tomáš
Ždanoka, Tatjana
Zdravkova, Dushana
Železný, Vladimír
Zieleniec, Josef
Zīle, Roberts
Zimmer, Gabriele
Zlotea, Marian
Zvěřina, Jaroslav
Zwiefka, Tadeusz

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