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By the numbers: POLITICO 28 Class of 2024Breaking down POLITICOs ranking stanley cup of the most powerful people in Europe.Copy LinkCopiedShare via emailShare on XShare on WhatsAppShare on LinkedInNovember 28, 202310:23 pm CETBy Arnau Busquets Gu脿rdiaPOLITICO has unveiled its ranking of the28 most powerful people in Europe.Donald Tusk, the former European Coun stanley becher cil president, takes the top spot after leading the Polish opposition battle to regain power in last month election. Tusk succeeds Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as the most powerful person in Europe.The remaining 27 entriesare divided into three categories: doers, disrupters and dreamers. Politicians take 21 spots in the list, which features people from a diverse range of backgrounds, including in climate, economy, sport and diplomacy.Among the non-politicians are Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee, and Jovita Neliup拧ien臈, the incoming EU ambassador to the U.S. AdvertisementAdvertisementPower in Europe, as reflected in this ranking, is not gender-balanced there are stanley website 10 women in the list and not racially diverse: all 28 members of the list are white. Only two of them are under 40: Jenni Hermoso, the Spanish football star who has become a feminist icon, and Tom Van Grieken, leader of Belgium Vlaams Belang party.Check out the fullPOLITICO 28: Class of 2024.Related TagsPOLITICO 28More from Arnau Busquets Gu脿rdiaThe list, by the numbersBreaking down POLITICOs ranking of the mo Xphl EU s top business group fears Trump win will harm green exports
Michel in favour of opening up Council meetingsBELGIAN foreign minister Louis Michel has said he supports plans to make meetings of EU ministers more accountable by opening them up to the public.Copy LinkCopiedShare via emailShare on XShare on WhatsAppShare on LinkedInJuly 18, 20015:00 pm CETSpeaking to MEPs at a meeting of the Parliament constitutional affairs committee Michel said he liked the idea of ending the Council of Ministers ; behind-closed-doors policy.Allowing journalists and the public to observe ministerial discussions could be one outcome of the upcoming talks on the future of Europe and the next rou stanley cups uk nd stanley cup of treaty reform scheduled for 2004, he said.And as a first step he pledged to make the general affairs council meetings that he will stanley website chair during the Belgian presidency more open. At every GAC council I will try to make sure that there is a part of the agenda that can be made public, he said.AdvertisementAdvertisementBut Michel believes it is not necessarily a good idea to open up technical debates because they wouldn ;t really reassure the public.At the same meeting Michel defended the work of the team of five wise men, set up by Belgian premier Guy Verhofstadt to help prepare the Laeken summit discussions, against claims that it is too secretive. It not an official group, he said. It a group of people who will allow the presidency to get some practice |
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