The European Parliament election of 1979 in West Germany was the election of the delegation from West Germany to the European Parliament in 1979. A Member of the European Parliament ( English abbreviation MEP) is a member of the European Union 's legislative body the European Parliament. West Germany ( Inf German: Westdeutschland or West-Deutschland) was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany ( The European Parliament ( Europarl or EP) is the only directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union (EU Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar)