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ELMAR BROK
Chair of the Parliament’s foreign affairs committee and father of the house, Brok has been an MEP since 1980. He is chair of the European Endowment for Democracy (a centerpiece of EEAS policy), one of...
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ANTANAS GUOGA
This Lithuanian MEP brings something often missing from Parliament: charisma. The closest thing the Parliament has to a Donald Trump, the independently wealthy Guoga is unafraid to tackle the most...
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GUY VERHOFSTADT
His volatile rhetoric outpaces his group’s voting power, and that tension is sometimes visible. But he’s a big beast positioning himself for major roles, from the European Council presidency (unlikely)...
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BURKHARD BALZ
The man who steered new rules for Europe’s insurance industry through Parliament is a former banker who still sits on the boards of a number of financial services companies. His latest campaign is to...
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SVEN GIEGOLD
The left’s leading economist in Parliament. Formerly a prominent member of the activist group ATTAC, Giegold has been formidable in “working across the aisle” since his election in 2009. After helping...
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MATTEO SALVINI
Salvini is the youthful head of Italy’s Northern League party. Euroskeptic in the extreme, he once described the euro as a “crime against mankind,” and considers refugee arrivals to be an invasion. His...
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ANDREAS SCHWAB
Schwab is Google’s biggest foe in the Parliament, and a real EPP power player. In legislative terms his biggest impacts have been in consumer rights and issuing opinions on TTIP negotiations. Schwab...
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JAN PHILIPP ALBRECHT
The King of Data Protection has achieved prominence and legislative success for himself and his small Greens party group through championing strong data protection regulation. Those victories came at a...
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VICKY FORD
Ford is right where the British government wants her to be: a Tory ally of David Cameron, running the single market committee of the Parliament, the very core of British interests. No one in the...
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Poll: Who’s missing from POLITICO’s 40 MEPs who actually matter?
Leaving 711 European politicians off of a list of most influential MEPs was bound to provoke debate. After all, there are many ways to measure power and influence, which wax and wane according to...
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POLITICO Brussels Playbook Plus: MEPexit — EP DECISION TIME — JOB descriptions
MEP-EXIT — ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST: Gabrielius Landsbergis, the son of a former Lithuanian president, has stepped down as an MEP from the European People’s Party. The 34-year-old pol has been in...
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POLITICO Brussels Playbook Plus: CUBICLE CRY for help — HEMP on a high —...
THE POLITICO BREXITOMETER: The steady drumbeat of studies showing impending economic doom for Britain if the U.K. leaves the EU continued this week. The question is whether voters will believe them, or...
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EU and US trade sharp words on TTIP
Tensions between the EU and U.S. over the lack of progress in talks on a transatlantic trade deal boiled over last week as both sides aired frustrations in sharply worded emails obtained by POLITICO....
View ArticleParliament fears robots will herald the end of humanity
The survival of humanity is at risk because of robots, some members of the European Parliament apparently believe. The Parliament’s committee on legal affairs lays out fears about the growing pace and...
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POLITICO Brussels Playbook Plus: SCHULZENKANDIDAT — GIN O’CLOCK — SLAMMING DOORS
SCHULZ SCHIFTS GEARS: With only seven months left in Martin Schulz’s tenure as European Parliament president, German daily FAZ reports that he’s ruled himself out from competing with Germany’s Social...
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Commission bans the B-word… (Psst! It’s ‘Brexit’)
The European Commission has banned its communications staff from publicly using the word “Brexit” in the run-up to Britain’s referendum on EU membership, officials told POLITICO. Officials received a...
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POLITICO Brussels Playbook Plus: EP SOLUTIONS: CARS ON TRUCKS — THE GERMAN...
LIMO-GATE, PART DEUX — CHAUFFEURING CHAUFFEURS: While the European Parliament continues recruiting for its soon-to-be internalized limo service, the current driver service has been employing an...
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European Commission sends Phil Hogan into Brexit battle
The European Commission has tried for months to block its top officials from traveling across the U.K. to campaign against Brexit. Phil Hogan is the exception. With the “full blessing” of Commission...
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The time of Juncker’s troubles
Toward the end of a Brussels press briefing this month, a reporter asked Jean-Claude Juncker for his take on “floating hotspots,” Italy’s controversial idea for the European Union to set up sea-based...
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POLITICO Brussels Playbook Plus: WHAT, UK WORRY? — ALL WELLE AND GOOD —...
THE POLITICO BREXITOMETER: With a week to go to the referendum, undecided voters are making up their minds, pushing Vote Leave to a slight lead ahead of Remain. Some analysts say this shows that...
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