VoteWatch Europe reached out to several MEPs to find out more about their opinion regarding different European initiatives. This series of interviews will provide more qualitative insights about the positioning of MEPs on policy areas such as environment, trade, employment, foreign and security policy, etc. It should be seen as a complement to our qualitative tools, including our advanced mappings of MEPs, which you can find here.

List of available interviews:

• • Northern Ireland Protocol

• David McAllister (EPP) – December 2021

• Barry Andrews (Renew) – December 2021




• • Conference on the Future of Europe

• Eleonora Evi (Greens/EFA) – December 2021

• Damian Boeselager (Greens/EFA) – December 2021

• Alin Mituța (Renew) – December 2021

• Jordi Solé (Greens/EFA) – December 2021

• Brando Benifei (S&D) – January 2022




• • Due Diligence

• Heidi Hautala (Greens/EFA) – October 2021

• Lara Wolters (S&D) – October 2021

• Axel Voss (EPP) – October 2021

• Isabelle Schömann (European Trade Union Confederation) – February 2022

• Véronique Willems & Luc Hendrickx (SMEunited) – February 2022




• • Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)

• Adolfo Aiello (EUROFER) – February 2022

• Mohammed Chahim (S&D) – October 2021

• Nicolae Ștefănuță (Renew) – October 2021




• • EU Hydrogen Strategy

• Bart Groothuis (Renew) – November 2021




• • EU Social Policy

• Agnes Jongerius (S&D) on EU minimum wages – September 2021

• Luca Visentini (European Trade Union Confederation) – February 2022




• • EU Foreign and Security Policy

• Lukas Mandl (EPP) – October 2021




• Mick Wallace (The Left) – October 2021




• • EU-Turkey Relations

• Loucas Fourlas (EPP) – October 2021

• Faruk Kaymakcı – January 2022




• • EU-UK Trade relations

• Luisa Santos (BusinessEurope) – November 2021




• • Corruption, Tax Fraud and Media’s Freedom in the EU

• Ramona Strugariu (Renew) – November 2021




• • EU-India Relations

• Søren Gade (Renew) – December 2021




• • EU-Lebanon Relations

• Pedro Marques (S&D) – December 2021




• • Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act)

• Dragoș Tudorache (Renew) – February 2022

• Birte Dedden (Uni Europa) – February 2022