Micheál Martin  

Taoiseach of Ireland  |   Fianna Fáil Party Leader 

Micheál Martin is leader of Fianna Fáil and Taoiseach of Ireland, first from 2020–2022 and again since January 2025. A former teacher, he has represented Cork South-Central in the Irish Parliament since 1989 and held multiple ministerial portfolios (1997–2010). He led Fianna Fáil from 2011, serving as opposition leader until 2020, and as Tánaiste and Foreign Affairs and Defence Minister (2022–2024).  ​

Beate Meinl-Reisinger  

Minister of European and International Affairs of Austria | NEOS Party Leader

Beate Meinl-Reisinger is the leader of NEOS. She previously worked at the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, the Federal Ministry of Economy and Labour, and as a parliamentary assistant in the European Parliament. Elected to the National Council in 2013, she later served as Chair of the NEOS group in Vienna City Hall (2015–2018) and of the NEOS Parliamentary Group from 2018. Since 3 March 2025, she has been Austria’s Federal Minister for European and International Affairs. 

Rob Jetten

Prime Minister of the Netherlands | D66 Party Leader

Rob Jetten is leader of D66 since 2023 and Prime Minister of the Netherlands since February 2026. He became active in politics in Uden (2004), chaired Jonge Democraten, served as local councillor in Nijmegen (2010), and was elected to the Second Chamber in 2017. He became the youngest D66 parliamentary leader in 2018, Minister of Climate and Energy in 2022, led the party through the 2023 and 2025 snap elections, and became the youngest and first openly gay Dutch Prime Minister. 

Sepp Schellhorn  

State Secretary for Simplification | NEOS, Austria

Sepp Schellhorn is the Austrian State Secretary for Simplification. Prior to entering politics, he built a career as professional restaurateur and hotelier, operating commercial hospitality businesses in Salzburg. He was first elected to the Austrian National Council in 2014 for NEOS and became the party's spokesperson for economic affairs. From 2021 until 2024, he stepped away from his political duties to focus on his business. He returned to parliament in 2024 and was reelected MP following the parliamentary elections. In March 2025, he was appointed State Secretary for Simplification as part of a three-party coalition between NEOS, the ÖVP and the SPÖ.

Thomas Byrne

Minister of State for European Affairs and Defence | Fianna Fáil, Ireland

Thomas Byrne is Minister of State for European Affairs and Defence in the Irish government. Working as a solicitor in Meath County, he was elected the youngest Fianna Fáil Member of the Irish Parliament in 2007. Elected senator in 2011, he was re-elected to the Dáil in 2016. From 2020 until 2024, he was consecutively Minister of State for European Affairs and for Sport and Physical Education. At the formation of the new Irish government, he was appointed Minister of State for European Affairs and Defence in January 2025.

Robert Golob

Gibanje Svoboda Party Leader  |  Slovenia

Robert Golob is party leader of Gibanje Svoboda and Prime Minister of Slovenia since 2022. With a PhD in electrical engineering, he co-founded and chaired an energy trading company until 2021. He was State Secretary at the Ministry of Economic Affairs from 1999 to 2000, member of the local council of Nova Gorica between 2002 and 2022. In 2022, he took over the small extra-parliamentary Z.DEJ, renamed it unto the Freedom Movement and won the legislative election of April 2022.  

Marta Kos

European Commissioner | Slovenia

Marta Kos is the European Commissioner for Enlargement, nominated by Slovenia and appointed in late 2024. From 1997 till 1999, she managed the communication of the Slovenian government. From 2013 till 2020, she was consecutively appointed ambassador to Germany and to Switzerland. She resigned in 2020 due to her disagreement with the policies of populist Prime Minister of the time Janez Janša. The former swimming champion and journalist has been involved with Gibanje Svoboda since 2022. 

Hadja Lahbib

European Commissioner | MR, Belgium

Hadja Lahbib was appointed as the European Commissioner for Preparedness, Crisis Management and Equality in late 2024. She began her career as a journalist, war correspondent, and TV anchor before entering politics in 2022 as Belgium’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, appointed by Mouvement Réformateur. In 2023, she negotiated the release of humanitarian worker Olivier Vandecasteele from Iran, and in 2024 she ran in the Brussels regional election before stepping down to take up her European Commission role.  

Michael McGrath

European Commissioner | Fianna Fáil, Ireland

Michael McGrath is the European Commissioner for Democracy, Justice and Rule of Law, appointed in late 2024. From Cork, he studied commerce and became an accountant. He served on a city council (1999–2007), was elected to the Irish Parliament (2007–2024), and held government roles as Minister for Public Expenditure and Minister for Finance (2020–2024).

Kajsa Ollongren

EU Special Representative for Human Rights | D66, The Netherlands​

Kajsa Ollongren was appointed the EU Special Representative for Human Rights in June 2025. She began her career in the Dutch civil service (1992–2014), working in the Economy Ministry and the Prime Minister’s office. Active in D66 since 2006, she later served as deputy mayor of Amsterdam, then as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations (2017–2021) and most recently as Minister of Defence (2022–2024).  

Stéphane Séjourné

Executive Vice-President of the Commission | Renaissance, France​​

Stéphane Séjourné is Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for Prosperity and Industrial Strategy. Trained in European and public law, he worked in political cabinets (2007–2019), advised Emmanuel Macron (2014–2019), and was elected MEP in 2019, leading the Renew Europe group from 2021. He led Renaissance (2022–2024) and was French Foreign Affairs Minister in January 2024 before joining the Commission with the internal market portfolio.

Georges-Louis Bouchez, MP

MR Party Leader, Belgium​​​

Georges-Louis Bouchez is the president of Mouvement Réformateur. In 2019 he served as the party’s campaign spokesperson before being elected to the Senate. On 28 November 2019, he succeeded Charles Michel as party president, and in 2024 he was re-elected both as party leader and as a member of Parliament.

Mariana Leitão

Iniciativa Liberal Party Leader | Portugal

Mariana Leitão is the leader of Iniciativa Liberal and heads its parliamentary group. A graduate in international relations and expert bridge player, she worked in business administration before joining IL in 2019. She served on Oeiras city council (2021), became Secretary General of IL’s parliamentary group (2023), and was elected MP for Lisbon in 2024, re-elected in 2025. She assumed party leadership in July 2025.  

Josephine Ballon

CEO of NGO HateAid

Josephine Ballon is a lawyer and a digital rights activist. In November 2019 she joined the German NGO HateAid as Head of Legal. Since September 2023, she has been leading the organisation together with Anna-Lena von Hodenberg as CEO. Josephine Ballon is advocating to improve the legal framework and access to justice for those affected by online violence, notably testifying in the European Parliament. In December 2025, she was sanctioned by the Trump administration for her advocacy, along with her co-CEO, other digital rights leaders and former Renew Commissioner Thierry Breton.