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Looking back over the previous year, we that in the European Parliament we will remember 2015 as a time of multiple have many ambitious colleagues challenges across Europe and the world. with excellent initiatives. Issues such as migration flows into The MEP Awards represent an excellent Europe, the Ebola epidemic and opportunity to acknowledge these cohesion within the Eurozone were outstanding achievements to a broader omnipresent in the daily news coverage. public and to highlight the added value Against this background, it is of that our work brings to our constituents. utmost importance that we all work Therefore, I congratulate all the together inside the EU institutions members of the European Parliament in a spirit of cooperation to the who have been nominated. benefit of the common good. It will be my pleasure to congratulate Only then we will be able to master the winners in their respective these problems and look ahead to a categories in the very near future. peaceful and prosperous future. In this context, I am very glad to see

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Contents 3 �� A word from our host 22 �� Foreign affairs

4 �� Agriculture 24 �� Health

6 �� Animal welfare 26 �� ICT policy

8 �� Corporate governance 28 �� Justice and civil liberties

10 �� Development 29 �� Regional policy

12 �� Digital agenda 30 �� Research and innovation

14 �� Economic and monetary affairs 32 �� Sport and physical activity

16 �� Employment and social affairs 34 �� Trade and internal market

18 �� Energy 36 �� Transport

20 �� Environment 38 �� Tourism agriculture Supported by:

Nicola Caputo S&D, Italy

Nicola Caputo is well known in Parliament for his work application system for CAP financial aid and ideas for on agriculture, having been nominated in the same more innovative farming techniques. In a parliamentary MEP Awards category last year. He has led the fight question, Caputo suggested using hi-tech sensors against price volatility in the sector, and has worked to monitor farm production and health disorders in extensively on enhancing the competitiveness of EU animals, automated transport and logistics and smart agriculture. He has submitted a number of proposals farming systems to improve irrigation efficiency. to the European Commission, including an online Ulrike Müller ALDE, Germany

A farmer by trade, Ulrike Müller has been shadow Bavarian deputy has been praised for her hands-on rapporteur for her group on several key agriculture approach to agricultural policy, often meeting with dossiers, most notably on a new EU forestry strategy stakeholders to discuss their concerns. She is a vocal and the cloning of animals for farming purposes. On advocate for rural communities and is committed cloning, Müller believes its commercial use should to strengthening the property rights of landowners, be banned until it no longer poses a risk to animal especially in the case of family-owned farms. welfare, without excessively burdening business. The

Laurenţiu Rebega ENF, Romania

Laurenţiu Rebega dedicated much of his academic worked extensively on the issue of food security career to agriculture, with degrees in animal and was involved with the Romanian arm of the husbandry, the management of rural development UN’s food and agriculture organisation. Within projects and rural development from Bucharest Parliament, he has questioned the Commission institutions, and a diploma in agriculture from on agricultural training programmes for Denmark. Before becoming an MEP, he was disadvantaged young people and interest shown managing director of an agricultural firm. He in the Commission and European Investment

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FERTILIZERS AND FOOD SECURITY 95,000 120+ Fertilizers employees production are an integral sites 50% part of food production. The fertilizer industry makes a Without them, significant contribution to Europe’s Today, fertilizers account 50% of the economy and the profitability of for 50% world would its agri-food sector. of global food production go hungry. * annual average last 5 years Our special congratulations go in 1960 in 2025 2 people 5 people were fed from will need to be fed to all MEP’s receiving 1 hectare from 1 hectare of land of land an award for their special contribution to society.... animal welfare

Anja Hazekamp GUE/NGL, Netherlands

An MEP since 2014, Anja Hazekamp was her for farming purposes. Hazekamp has long fought group’s shadow rapporteur on the zootechnical and for animal rights and is a member of the Dutch Party genealogical conditions for trade in and imports into for the Animals. Before becoming an MEP, she the Union of breeding animals and their germinal worked in public relations and later policy for the products. She was also shadow rapporteur on the Dutch Society for the Protection of Animals. She also cloning of animals of the bovine, porcine, ovine, worked as a scientist on the issue of animal testing. caprine and equine species kept and reproduced Emil Radev EPP, Bulgaria

Emil Radev has been at the forefront of the fight very active in the campaign to amend the Bulgarian against animal cruelty in his native Bulgaria. He penal code in order to criminalise animal cruelty. A successfully led calls to implement an animal member of Parliament’s animal welfare intergroup, police department. This led the Minister for the Radev has been personally involved in the cause. In interior to issue a decree last July ordering all police 2014, after veterinary authorities refused to interfere, departments to appoint two officers dedicated to he helped rescue a horse who had been living in investigating cases of animal cruelty. In 2011, he was terrible conditions and suffering abuse from its owners. Janusz Wojciechowski ECR, Poland

An MEP for over a decade, Janusz Wojciechowski opinion rapporteur on trade in seal products. The is Chair of Parliament’s animal welfare intergroup Polish deputy grew up on a farm and has been and a Vice-Chair of the agriculture committee. He surrounded by animals his whole life. He has is the ECR group shadow rapporteur on the cloning previously told the Parliament Magazine that he and of animals of the bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine and his wife were currently feeding 15 cats living in their equine species kept and reproduced for farming garden, as well as another living in their house. purposes. He is also the agriculture committee’s

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Sergio Gaetano Cofferati S&D, Italy

Sergio Cofferati is Parliament’s rapporteur on the whistleblowers and journalists. Before becoming encouragement of long-term shareholder engagement an MEP in 2009, Cofferati was mayor of Bologna. and certain elements of the corporate governance Prior to this, he was President of Italy’s largest trade statement. He is also the S&D group shadow union, joining when working for tyre manufacturer rapporteur on the trade secrets directive, which Pirelli. While leading the trade union, he successfully aims to help companies better protect themselves negotiated pension reforms in 1995. Cofferati is from corporate espionage, while also safeguarding a fan of comics, science fiction and the opera.

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O Y F Therese Comodini Cachia EPP, Malta

Therese Comodini Cachia has been praised for the becoming an MEP, she worked as a human rights enthusiasm and passion she brings to her work. She lawyer, consulting with Maltese governments on is dedicated to enhancing Maltese civil society’s European law and equality directives. Earlier this involvement in EU policymaking. The EPP deputy is year, she was appointed Malta’s shadow minister a member of the Parliament’s legal affairs committee. for education and employment. Comodini Cachia She has worked extensively on the single-member is also a lecturer of constitutional, and human private limited liability companies dossier. Before rights law at various universities across Europe. Ashley Fox ECR, UK

Ashley Fox is no stranger to the MEP awards, having of Parliament’s economic and monetary affairs been nominated in the corporate governance committee, for which he was opinion rapporteur category last year. A European deputy since 2009, on the encouragement of long-term shareholder Fox previously worked as a solicitor in Bristol. He engagement and certain elements of the corporate is a member of Parliament’s industry, research governance statement. Fox has worked tirelessly to and energy committee, also sitting on the special defend the steel industry, submitting a parliamentary committee on tax rulings. He is a substitute question on whether the Commission planned to

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Nirj Deva ECR, UK

A Vice-Chair of Parliament’s development committee, the role of local authorities in developing countries Nirj Deva has been an MEP since 1999. Throughout in development cooperation and the EU and the his long career, he has worked tirelessly in the global development framework after 2015. In the field of development policy. He is the ECR group previous legislature, Deva was rapporteur on the shadow rapporteur on the Ebola crisis: the long- role of property rights, property ownership and term lessons and how to strengthen health systems wealth creation in eradicating poverty and fostering in developing countries to prevent future crises, sustainable development in developing countries. Mariya Gabriel EPP, Bulgaria

Mariya Gabriel is a member of Parliament’s delegation rights and gender equality committee, on which she to the ACP-EU joint parliamentary assembly. She highlights the important role women have to play has urged her colleagues to include more migration- in peace building and development. Last year, she related topics since 2009, long before the start organised a competition in her native Bulgaria to of the current refugee crisis. She is currently the encourage students to reflect on the European year co-rapporteur on the evaluation of the African peace for development and the fundamental values of EU facility. Gabriel is also a substitute on the women’s external action – democracy, human rights and peace. Davor Ivo Stier EPP, Croatia

One of the first Croatian MEPs since its EU accession is also the EPP group’s coordinator on development. in 2013, Davor Stier has already made his mark on Stier was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and EU policymaking. He was the Parliament’s rapporteur moved to Croatia in 1990. He then returned to on the EU and global development after 2015. In Argentina to complete his university studies. Before this role, he was instrumental in defining the EU’s becoming an MEP, Stier worked as a diplomat in priorities in terms of development policy, with a strong Washington and Brussels, then as an advisor to focus on peace, good governance and stability. He Prime Minister Ivo Sanader on foreign policy.

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A CAMPAIGN FROM THE BREWERS OF EUROPE LOVE-BEER.EU TASTE OUR KNOW-HOW WISELY digital agenda Supported by:

Antanas Guoga ALDE, Lithuania

Better known to Brussels outsiders as Tony G, and encourages young people to start their own Antanas Guoga is an entrepreneur and professional companies within the digital realm. Putting his poker player. His prior experiences feed into his money where his mouth is, Guoga organised a work on Parliament’s internal market and consumer conference last October in his native Lithuania market protection, especially on the digital single bringing together public sector representatives market. Guoga knows first-hand the importance from European and US tech giants and over 2500 of the digital single market in boosting EU growth young people. The event was attended by European Julia Reda Greens/EFA, Germany

One of Parliament’s youngest MEPs, Julia Reda is how frustrating it can be to be blocked from viewing has been highly active on the digital agenda. Her online content simply due to location, something she focus has been on putting an end to geoblocking and wants to see stopped. Other than geoblocking, she updating EU copyright rules. She drafted a report on has also worked to improve access to knowledge the topic, looking at creating a borderless internet – whether academic materials or research results – across Europe before the Commission had even free of charge and pushed hard hard for her MEP presented its legislative proposals. Reda understands colleagues to vote to protect the freedom of panorama.

Róża Gräfin von Thun und Hohenstein EPP, Poland

Róża Gräfin von Thun und Hohenstein leads the modern technologies due to financial or administrative Parliament’s digital single market strategy working burdens. A passionate European, Gräfin von Thun group. In this role, she has committed to ensuring und Hohenstein – a countess by marriage – was that the digitalisation of the EU economy respects the head of the European Commission representation principles fair competition, innovation and consumer to Poland before becoming an MEP in 2009. She is choice. She has been particularly attentive to the no stranger to the MEP Awards, having succeeded needs of SMEs, who may find it harder to adapt to in the internal market category in 2011 and 2013.

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José Manuel Fernandes EPP, Portugal

In his role as rapporteur on the general budget, José Connecting Europe and Horizon 2020. Fernandes Manuel Fernandes has been instrumental in securing also ensured that support for Europe’s youth ongoing financial support for a number of priorities. remained robust, promoting extending the youth The Portuguese deputy, an MEP since 2009, led the employment initiative until 2020 and that funding for European fund for strategic investments negotiation, Erasmus + was enhanced. In total, he helped restore securing substantial funding for innovation and managed to recover € 2.8bn to the Parliament budget. R&D. He managed to minimise proposed cuts for Brian Hayes EPP, Ireland

Since his election to Parliament in 2014, Brian Hayes funds, drafted an opinion on the external impact of has demonstrated a strong interest in economic and EU trade and investment policy on public-private monetary affairs. The Irish deputy is a member of initiatives in ex-EU countries. He has also pressed the the economic and monetary affairs committee and Commission through a number of written questions a substitute on the budgetary control and special on their regulatory response to the economic crisis. tax committees. He was shadow rapporteur for the report on the proposed regulation of money market Steven Woolfe EFDD, UK

UK deputy Steven Woolfe is a champion of free market values. Since joining the Parliament in 2014, he has been an active member of the economic and monetary affairs committee. He is also a substitute on the budgetary control and special tax committees. He has raised numerous amendments on proposals for a regulation on indices used as benchmarks in financial instruments and financial contracts.

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Brando Benifei S&D, Italy

At 30 years old, Italian deputy Brando Benifei is one employment. He was co-organiser of the “Young of Parliament’s youngest members. A member of the Members of Parliament European Forum”, formed to employment and social affairs committee, he was debate the implications of EFSI for youth employment. also shadow rapporteur on the amendment to the He was also one of the promoters of the “Alliance 4 youth employment initiative concerning additional YOUth” initiative, where around 100 companies joined initial pre-financing. On top of his parliamentary forces to tackle youth unemployment, promising duties, Benifei has also widely championed youth to create more than 100,000 jobs in three years. Ole Christensen S&D, Denmark

Health and safety at work for Europe’s citizen has Christensen has used his experience, political skill been a key interest of Ole Christensen. The Danish and passion to build widespread political support deputy has been a member of the employment and to make occupational safety a priority, providing social affairs committee since joining Parliament support and visibility for an issue that is too often in 2004. Most recently, he was the committee’s portrayed as a potential barrier to competitiveness. rapporteur for the EU strategic framework on health and safety at work 2014-2020 dossier. Filiz Hyusmenova ALDE, Bulgaria

Filiz Hyusmenova has been widely recognised seeking to redress the inequalities in social care for her support on social equality in maternal between member states. Hyusmenova has been healthcare, a key indicator of a well-functioning unstinting in her support for the Alliance for Maternal society. The Bulgarian deputy recognises the Health Equality, and is personally leading the importance of ensuring adequate social support call for a parliamentary declaration on universal for all mothers-to-be in Europe. This is why she right access to maternal healthcare for all. has provided a voice and a rallying point for those

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Miriam Dalli has taken an active role in the fight dependence by wider use of smart distribution, to ensure EU energy security. As a substitute on smart appliances and encouraging viable small the industry, research and energy committee, she energy sources. The Maltese deputy was recently pressed for numerous amendments to strengthen appointed rapporteur on the blue economy dossier, the European energy security strategy dossier. which focuses on the economic potential of Europe’s These included the need to diversify energy supply, maritime resources, including clean energy. develop alternative fuels and decrease energy Seán Kelly EPP, Ireland

Sean Kelly was in charge of leading discussions resources for energy technology innovation, he on COP21 within Parliament’s industry, research worked tirelessly to encourage open debate and and energy committee. Given the potential impact balance opinions effectively between the different on his committee’s area of responsibility, he knew political groups. Following his efforts, he was chosen their views had to be present in the environment as part of the delegation to represent Parliament committee report. Pushing strongly for clean energy in Paris. He is now working to ensure that MEPs’ systems, ending fossil fuel subsidies and increased key points are reflected in the final agreement. Miroslav Poche S&D, Czech Republic

Miroslav Poche is one the most active campaigners deputy takes his active interest in energy outside on energy issues in Parliament. As a member of his parliamentary duties, regularly organising or the industry, research and energy committee, he participating in public debates around the Energy was shadow rapporteur on the European energy Union, focusing on energy efficiency. He is also a security strategy. Poche has been nominated campaigner against energy poverty, both within his as a shadow rapporteur on the implementation parliamentary group and in the Czech Republic. on the energy efficiency directive. The Czech

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Simona Bonafè S&D, Italy

Before becoming an MEP in 2014, Simona Bonafè given the numerous issues Parliament has raised was Councillor for the environment in Scandicci, near with team Juncker’s proposals. However, speaking Florence. She later worked as a journalist. Though to the Parliament Magazine earlier this year, Bonafè she is relatively new to the Parliament, she is in was confident that she would be able to help charge of a key dossier, waste management. This deliver an ambitious and effective package. The is a central element of the Commission’s circular Italian deputy argued that transitioning to a circular economy package and will be a challenging task, economy was not only about the environment, Sirpa Pietikäinen EPP, Finland

An MEP award winner in last year’s animal Commission. Pietikäinen has a proven track record welfare category, Sirpa Pietikäinen is an extremely in environmental policy, having served as Finland’s active deputy. She is Parliament’s rapporteur on environment minister from 1991 to 1995. She has resource efficiency: towards a circular economy, a been an MEP since 2008. She believes the world crucial dossier on recycling and avoiding waste already has the tools and information it needs to and a source of much controversy since it was ensure a better, greener future for generations withdrawn and later re-introduced by the European to come and that the key to overcoming global Catherine Stihler S&D, UK

Elected to the European Parliament in 1999 aged health and safety of people and pets, as well as ‘the 25, Catherine Stihler was the UK’s youngest MEP. rational use of energy’. Alongside her work as an She is currently Scotland’s only female European MEP, she is Rector of the University of St. Andrews deputy. A Vice-Chair of the Parliament’s internal in her native Scotland, where she graduated in market and consumer protection committee, she international relations and geography and with a has worked extensively on gas-burning appliances, postgraduate MLitt in international security studies. aiming to ensure a higher level of protection for the

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TEPPFA, the European Plastics Pipes & Fittings Association, is the voice of the plastic pipes and fittings industry at EU level and actively contributes to the development of European policies. The Association strives to promote high quality plastic pipe systems through standardisation and quality marks, to Company Members continuously improve sustainable and environmental performance of the industry and to communicate effectively on the benefits of plastic pipe systems.

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Dita Charanzová ALDE, Czech Republic

Dita Charanzová was elected as an MEP in 2014. improve trade relations with Latin America. She led a She is a member of Parliament’s delegation for campaign to send a delegation of MEPs to observe relations with Mercosur and the delegations to the the elections in Venezuela last December and has Euro-Latin American parliamentary assembly and organised events to raise awareness of human rights to the Cariforum - EU parliamentary committee abuses in the country. Charanzová is experienced (African, Caribbean and Pacific states). She has in foreign affairs, having previously worked in the worked tirelessly in Parliament’s trade committee to Czech Republic’s diplomatic service for 11 years. Arne Lietz S&D, Germany

Prior to becoming an MEP in 2014, Arne Lietz for his “knowledge and realistic approach to the had a colourful professional career. His Parliament humanitarian sector”. Lietz was Parliament’s CV for the year 2006 alone lists his previous foreign affairs committee opinion rapporteur on a activities as, “call centre worker, Hollywood film new international climate agreement, which set script agent, washer-up”. He has also worked out the European Parliament’s mandate ahead of as a historian for a US teaching organisation in COP21. He is also a member of the development Berlin, Boston and London. He has been praised committee and a strong advocate for allocating Monica Macovei ECR, Romania

Former Romanian justice minister Monica Macovei judicial reforms and the fight against corruption. She has been an MEP since 2009. She was originally is well-respected among EU policymakers, having a member of the EPP group, but switched to the previously been named Parliament’s Woman of the Jobs in Brussels, EU institutions and International Organisations ECR group last year. In her native Romania, she has Year. She is Chair of the Parliament’s delegation to the led the fight against corruption and was a founding EU-Albania stabilisation and association parliamentary member of Transparency International Romania. committee. She is also a substitute member of the She also advised the Macedonian government on civil liberties, justice and home affairs committee. Recruiting in Brussels?

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Cristian-Silviu Buşoi EPP, Romania

Cristian-Silviu Buşoi has a wealth of experience in rapporteur on safer healthcare in Europe: improving the health sector, studying medicine and heading patient safety and fighting antimicrobial resistance. Romania’s National Health Insurance Fund. An MEP Buşoi has submitted several parliamentary questions since 2007, he has advocated extensively on behalf of on health, including on the Commission’s progress liver patients and liver health professionals across the on establishing of a cooperative structure for chronic EU. He is a member of the environment, public health diseases, which account for nine out ten deaths in and food safety committee and is the EPP shadow the World Health Organisation’s European region. Lidia Geringer De Oedenberg S&D, Poland

Before becoming an MEP over a decade ago, Lidia with the creation of 60 units dedicated specifically Geringer De Oedenberg worked in television, first as to breast cancer. The declaration underlines the a journalist for Polish Television (TVP), later becoming fact that cancer remains a significant threat to programme director and then Vice-Chair of TVP. She human life in Europe and that certain treatments has co-authored a written declaration on the fight have a seriously negative impact on patients’ quality against breast cancer in the EU, which is expected of life, often with lasting detrimental effects. to be a watershed moment for Polish healthcare, Pavel Poc S&D, Czech Republic

Pavel Poc is a Vice-Chair of the Parliament’s fires. He submitted a parliamentary question asking environment, public health and food safety whether the Commission would be undertaking committee. He has been active in promoting any legislative initiatives to tackle the issue of fire cancer awareness, authoring a declaration on fumes. He has also asked the Commission whether fighting colorectal cancer in the EU. He has also it plans to present proposals to regulate industrially- been praised for his work in fire safety issues, produced trans fatty acids, which raise the risk particularly fire fumes, the main killer in building of heart disease, in food marketed in the EU.

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Mady Delvaux S&D, Luxembourg

Mady Delvaux was elected to the European world’s first parliament to discuss and create a legal Parliament in 2014, and is a Vice-Chair of its legal framework for robotics. The Luxembourgish deputy affairs committee. She is rapporteur on civil law rules has stressed the importance of this, especially when on robotics. Delvaux is enthusiastic on the potential considering issues of standardisation, data protection, of robots, arguing that they could be revolutionary machine intelligence and safety. Before becoming an for the EU economy. Delvaux’s role is extremely MEP, Delvaux was Luxembourg’s education minister. important; the European Parliament will be the Kaja Kallas ALDE, Estonia

Kaja Kallas sits on the Parliament’s industry, research prevent entrepreneurs from creating innovative and energy committee and is a substitute on the companies. She believes regulation must not internal market and consumer protection committee. hinder technological advancements. An MEP She is the ALDE group’s spokesperson on digital since 2014, Kallas was previously a competition issues, and is rapporteur on towards a digital lawyer. She is no stranger to EU affairs – her single market act. She is vocal in her defence of father is former Commission Vice-President Siim SMEs, arguing that borders in the digital world Kallas, who served under former Commission Angelika Niebler EPP, Germany

Angelika Niebler has been praised for her long- Crutcher’s as Counsel on media, entertainment standing dedication to ICT policy in the EU. She has and technology and privacy, cybersecurity and been an MEP since 1999, and has worked on several consumer protection. The German deputy is a key dossiers. She was Parliament’s rapporteur on member of the industry, research and energy the 1998 telecoms review. In September last year, committee. She recently submitted a parliamentary alongside her parliamentary work, Niebler joined question on breach of the EU consumer protection the Munich office of law firm Gibson, Dunn and directive by Chinese traders in eCommerce.

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PRACE is funded by the PRACE For more information: members. The Implementation Phase Marjolein Oorsprong of PRACE receives funding from the (Communications Oicer) EU’s Seventh Framework Programme M.Oorsprong@sta.prace-ri.eu (FP7/2007-2013) under grant T: +32 2 613 09 27 agreement RI-312763 and from the EU’s Horizon 2020 Research and www.prace-ri.eu HPC for Innovation Programme (2014-2020) Innovation: under grant agreement 653838. when Science meets Industry PRACE is a proud PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC sponsor of the www.linkedin.com/company/prace 2016 MEP Award 10-12 MAY 2016 for ICT policy Justice and civil liberties

Jan Albrecht Greens/EFA, Germany

Jan Albrecht has been an MEP since 2009 and is a is also the civil liberties committee’s opinion Vice-Chair of Parliament’s civil liberties, justice and rapporteur on the transatlantic trade and investment home affairs committee. A lawyer by training, he partnership (TTIP) and trade in services agreement is especially active on issues of privacy and data (TiSA). He is outspoken on the issue of mass protection. He was Parliament’s rapporteur on the surveillance, pressing governments to respond EU general data protection regulation, which will to Edward Snowden’s NSA revelations. In 2013, replace the existing regulation from 1995. Albrecht Albrecht arranged for MEPs to submit questions to Anna Maria Corazza Bildt EPP, Sweden

An MEP for Sweden since 2009, Anna Maria Corazza committee, for which she was opinion rapporteur on Bildt was born in Rome, Italy, and retains close ties the situation in the Mediterranean and the need for to her country of her birth; she owns a parmesan a holistic EU approach to migration on behalf of the export company and a hotel on the outskirts of EPP group. Corazza Bildt is active in promoting the Parma. Bildt is a Vice-Chair of Parliament’s internal rights of children and was instrumental in setting up market and consumer protection committee. She the Parliament’s children’s rights intergroup. She is also sits on the women’s rights and gender equality married to former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt.

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O Y F Roberta Metsola EPP, Malta

Roberta Metsola was elected to the European Parliament’s proposals on addressing the ongoing Parliament in 2013, and was one of Malta’s first refugee crisis. She has repeatedly called on member female MEPs. She has been in charge of one of states leaders to show responsibility in dealing Parliament’s most important dossiers, serving as with the crisis by taking urgent and meaningful co-rapporteur on the situation in the Mediterranean action. Metsola was previously Vice-President of and the need for a holistic EU approach to migration. the Youth Convention on the Future of Europe and In this role, she will need to work on outlining was closely involved in the negotiation and drafting

28 regional policy

Tamás Deutsch EPP, Hungary

Before becoming an MEP in 2009, Tamás Deutsch and is rapporteur on investment for jobs and was already active in Hungarian politics. A founding growth: promoting economic, social and territorial member of current ruling party Fidesz, he was an cohesion in the Union. In the report, he highlights MP between 1990 and 2009 and served as youth the role cohesion policy can play in helping smaller affairs and sports minister. He was also Vice-President regions use resources more effectively. He also of the Hungarian Olympic committee. Deutsch sits passionately believes in the right to internet access, on Parliament’s regional development committee coordinating a consultation in Hungary that will allow Matthijs van Miltenburg ALDE, Netherlands

Matthijs van Miltenburg is in his first term as an and territorial cohesion in the Union. He studied MEP, but is already heavily involved in a number international law, working for the Dutch ministry of of key regional policy dossiers. He is the ALDE transport, public works and water management. group shadow rapporteur on cohesion policy He is also involved in transport policy, and is the and the review of the Europe 2020 strategy, the Liberal group’s shadow rapporteur on drones for urban dimension of EU policies and Investment civil use. Colleagues praise van Miltenburg for his for jobs and growth: promoting economic, social honesty, integrity and professionalism, saying he Kerstin Westphal S&D, Germany

Kerstin Westphal has been involved in politics for as well as a ‘one-stop shop’ for cities – a contact over 30 years, and became an MEP in 2009. She point for local authorities dealing with European is a member of Parliament’s regional development legislation. Before joining the European Parliament, committee and was rapporteur on the EU dimension Westphal trained in childcare and later as a of urban policies, which was adopted by a large nursery school teacher. She continued to teach in majority last year. The document calls for better nursery school until she was elected as an MEP. coordination of EU policies related to urban issues,

29 research and Supported by: innovation

Michał Boni EPP, Poland

An MEP since 2014, Michał Boni is active in the European Parliament. In a written question, he asked field of research and innovation. He is a founding the Commission what measures it intended take member of Parliament’s digital agenda intergroup to ‘support the successful deployment of mHealth’. and is the civil liberties, justice and home affairs Boni believes new technologies could be a ‘game committee’s opinion rapporteur on towards a digital changer’ for the healthcare sector, but that this will single market act. Boni is particularly interested in require clear rules on data exploring and sharing. mHealth and has hosted events on the topic at the Eva Kaili S&D, Greece

Eva Kaili sits on Parliament’s industry, research and to the Hellenic Parliament in 2009, and was the energy committee and is also Chair of the delegation PASOK party’s youngest MP. She became an MEP in for relations with the Nato parliamentary assembly. 2014. Kaili is a Vice-Chair of Parliament’s science and She studied architecture and engineering and later technology options assessment panel, which works international relations. Before entering politics, she to provide MEPs with impact assessments of new worked as a journalist and anchor for major Greek technologies, and organises meetings with politicians television network Mega Channel. She was elected and representatives of the scientific community. Hans-Olaf Henkel ECR, Germany

An MEP since 2014, Hans-Olaf Henkel is a Vice- Aerospace and Ringier AG. He is Parliament’s ECR Chair of Parliament’s industry, research and energy group shadow rapporteur on towards a digital committee. Before his election, he headed IBM’s single market act and is the industry committee’s Europe, Middle East and Africa division. He was opinion rapporteur, on behalf of his group, on President of German research institute Leibniz- updating copyright laws. He is interested in Gemeinschaft and a member of the supervisory Horizon 2020, and has asked the Commission boards of Bayer AG, Continental AG, DaimlerChrysler several questions relating to it, including on how

30 sport and Supported by: physical activity

Santiago Fisas Ayxelà EPP, Spain

Santiago Fisas Axyela is outspoken on the expertise to speak with authority on the challenges importance of pursuing active, sporting lifestyles facing all levels of sport. Fisas is a member of the in order to promote health. The Spanish deputy international trade committee and a substitute has been an MEP since 2009 and is a former on the Culture committee. He has brought his Secretary of State for Sports. He is a member of expertise to bear for the latter, acting as lead on the Spanish Olympic Committee, and is one of only their report on the ‘European dimension in sport’. a small number of MEPS with the knowledge and Emma McClarkin ECR, UK

Emma McClarkin is a champion of women’s sport covers all levels. At a local constituency level, active participation in sport and is a Vice-Chair of she supports her local sports clubs, listing their details Parliament’s sports intergroup. The UK deputy has on her personal website. At the same time, she consistently promoted the importance of sport since recognises the importance of high-level sport and becoming an MEP since 2009, hosting a United has actively pressed for greater accountability and Nations meeting in Brussels dedicated to sport in better governance within professional sports bodies. education and employment. McClarkin’s interest in Marc Tarabella S&D, Belgium

First elected to Parliament in 2004, Marc Tarabella to bring prospective Fifa presidential candidates has worked hard to keep the issue of sport on to a hearing at the Parliament. He has also raised the political agenda. The Belgian deputy is Co- a number of written questions to the Commission Chair of Parliament’s sports intergroup, and has on the issue of how to ensure data privacy for taken an active role in pursuing improved sports athletes who are subject to regular drug testing. governance. Following the recent financial scandals surrounding Fifa, Tarabella was instrumental in efforts

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Urmas Paet ALDE, Estonia

Elected to Parliament in 2014, Urmas Paet was journalist. He is a member of Parliament’s budgets nominated in last year’s best newcomer category. committee. Paet is a supporter of the transatlantic Before becoming an MEP, he was Estonia’s foreign trade and investment partnership, and is confident affairs minister, and his country’s longest-serving it will help boost EU growth and jobs. He submitted minister since the re-establisment of Estonian a question to the Commission, asking why the independence. He also served as culture minister. negotiations had not yet been concluded and Before getting into politics, Paet worked as a when the agreement might be concluded. Viviane Reding EPP, Luxembourg

A veteran of Brussels, the Luxembourgish deputy committee, she was rapporteur on Parliament’s is now in her third term as an MEP, having first recommendations to the Commission covering the served between 1989 -1999 before her time in the negotiations for the Trade in Services Agreement. Barroso Commissions. Since returning to Parliament She is also member of the digital agenda intergroup, in 2014, she has led calls for reformed investment strongly believing that a well-functional digital protection mechanisms and for a digital internal market demands coherent data protection rules. market. As a member of the international trade Virginie Rozière S&D, France

Geographical protection for specialist food products in Parliament. Rozière believes that providing EU plays a major part on their success and sustained protection to these non-agricultural products would quality. However, this does not – currently – apply immediately benefit up to 800 products from all over to non-food products. French deputy Rozière is Europe, a number that would quickly increase. In trying to change this. As rapporteur on the dossier, addition, it would protect traditional skills and provide her resolution to extend this scheme to artisanal welcome protection against unfair competition. non-food products gained overwhelming support

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Merja Kyllönen GUE/NGL, Finland

As a weekly commuter from rural northern Finland of Europe’s most important services and is vital and a member of Parliament’s transport and for employment and value creation. Kyllönen is tourism committee, Merja Kyllönen is well-versed responsible for the transport committee’s opinion on in the performance of European transport. Her the digital single market strategy and was shadow stated ambition is to make it ‘smoother, safer rapporteur on a number of dossiers, including and greener’. An MEP since 2014, the Finnish delivering multimodal integrated ticketing in Europe, deputy believes that transport infrastructure is one sustainable urban mobility and implementation Dominique Riquet ALDE, France

As a Vice-Chair of the transport and tourism In his role as Chair of the intergroup on long-term committee, Dominique Riquet has championed investment and reindustrialisation, he also takes the importance of transport since his election to a strong interest in transport funding. This group Parliament in 2009. The French deputy was shadow provides a platform for horizontal discussions rapporteur on the fourth rail package and provided between parliamentary committees on identifying an opinion on both the European Maritime Safety bottlenecks and obstacles to relevant investment. Agency and the European Aviation Safety Agency. Peter van Dalen ECR, Netherlands

Peter van Dalen is a member and former Vice-Chair the EU’s marine, maritime transport and tourism of Parliament’s transport and tourism committee. sectors. He has also raised the issue of lack of He has taken a keen interest in transport issues prospects for inland waterway carriers via a number since joining Parliament in 2009. The Dutch deputy of questions to the European Commission. has been shadow rapporteur on a number of key transport dossiers, including inland waterway vessels and enhancing sustainable growth in

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Claudia Monteiro de Aguiar EPP, Portugal

Since her election to Parliament in 2014, Claudia and led a well-received conference, the first in Monteiro de Aguiar has continually raised the a series of events, aimed at examining those challenges facing tourism in both in her home issues likely to inhibit or stimulate the tourism country of Portugal and across Europe. She is the sector in Europe in the short and medium term. EPP group shadow rapporteur on new challenges and concepts for the promotion of tourism in Europe. In addition, Monteiro de Aguiar organised Claudia Tapardel S&D, Romania

Ana Claudia Tapardel has made the development of events in Brussels to help inform policy on the of tourism an important part of her parliamentary needs of European tourism. She recently pressed career since her election in 2014. She created the the Council, via a written question, to expand parliamentary intergroup on tourism to foster the the designation of 2018 as the European Year exchange of ideas between the EU institutions, the of Cultural Heritage to that of European Year of member states and external stakeholders. The Cultural Heritage and Tourism Development. Romanian deputy has also organised a number István Ujhelyi S&D, Hungary

István Ujhelyi has involved himself deeply in on how to improve coordination between national promoting tourism since his election to Parliament tourism boards, and also raised the issue of in 2014. He is a Vice-Chair of both the transport the need for measures to restore confidence in and tourism committees and leader of Parliament’s tourism within Europe following the tragic attacks tourism task force, where he has defending Europe’s in Paris. Ujhelyi has also called for measures on position as a leading tourism destination. The travel visas to help increase tourism from China. Hungarian deputy has quizzed the Commission

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