Brussels and Strasbourg
Seventy-five Members of the European Parliament (or, in a few instances, their Assistants) expressed interest in talking with me, and I managed to arrange conversations with fifty-five of them. Nearly half of the MEPs spoke with me twice (23/55), and a handful spoke with me three times (5). If I had been able to get off my duff more consistently last fall then the rates of second and third conversations would have been higher. I also was able to talk with a range of administrators and staff – including assistants, political advisers to various secretariats, and functionnaires in other permanent departments of the European Parliament.
Two-thirds of the Members I spoke with are up for re-election. Voting is on the 7th of June.
those are good numbers, yes??
Indeed! I am not complaining. 🙂
The distribution is pleasingly diverse. (I have to update/confirm the numbers to include the final month.)