POLITICO: Kati Piri #11 in MEP Top 40

POLITICO: There’s no hot-button issue hotter than migration in Europe today.  The EU’s migration policy could stand or fall according to her work.  Piri has human rights and migration experience.  An immigrant herself, Piri was born in Hungary and has worked as a democracy consultant in Moldova, Armenia and Georgia. 

Political group: Socialists & Democrats (S&D)

Country: The Netherlands

Position: Turkey rapporteur for Parliament

Trajectory: Up.  Not ranked in 2016

Age: 37

Perspective: Progressive pragmatist

Key interests: Human rights in Eastern Europe and its neighborhood

Memorable fact: Former intern to Frans Timmermans, who is effectively the Commission’s Turkey rapporteur