Ranking: Swedish politicians have little influence in the European Union

the organization EUmatrix.eu I collected one classification More than the most politically influential European Parliamentarians in the past year. Political influence refers to the ability of members to change legislation, win votes, and shape debate.

– This is an objective, qualitative and quantitative analysis aimed at highlighting the members of Parliament who draft laws on behalf of more than 440 million EU citizens, said Doro Peter Frantescu, President EUmatrix.eu And the former president of VoteWatch, who did just that Similar ratings.

The ranking is based on four different areas such as leadership and legislative responsibility. Not unexpectedly, Maltese Parliament Speaker Robert Mitsula ends up at the top. In second place is Manfred Weber, the leader of the largest party group EPP. Finnish ecologist Heidi Ottala was ranked third.

The first Swedish EU parliamentarian on the list is ranked 114 – Alice Bah Konke of the Green Party. Most other EU countries have at least one member that ranks higher than that. Only four other EU countries – Cyprus, Lithuania, Slovenia and Hungary – do not have members that rank higher than Sweden.

Two and three on the Swedish list are Helen Fritsson of the Social Democrats and Karin Karlsbrough of the Liberals.

The least influential members of the Swedish Parliament in the European Union according to the assembly are Christian Democrats David Lega and Sarah Sky Tidal, who are ranked 603 and 606 respectively out of a total of 703 members in the assembly. (The article continues below the table).

Below the EU average

Looking at the number of members in each EU country, the parliamentarians of Malta (who hold the position of Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies), Luxembourg and Finland stand out with the highest average scores of influence. Sweden is below the EU average.

Swedish parliamentarians in the European Union score relatively low in the networks category – parliamentarians in only two countries have a lower average. Many Swedish members are serving their first term and thus have not had time to gain the influence that more experienced members have been able to gain. But this is not the full explanation because Swedish members are below average in the other three categories.