Former star hockey player Peter Stastny is to head the European elections candidate list of the main ruling-coalition party in Slovakia, the SDKU.
"There is no such thing as a college for the European parliament. The people running for it should just represent their fellow citizens, their home country", Mr Stastny said according to the daily Pravda.
However, there are some obstacles in Mr Stastny's path - he neither lives in Slovakia nor does he have the country's citizenship.
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