Johan Van Overtveldt named the fifth most influential MEP

Johan Van Overtveldt has been named the fifth most influential Member of the European Parliament by EU Matrix. EU Matrix measures the political dimension and effectiveness of European policymakers. Last year, Van Overtveldt was also given a place, he was sixth in the ranking of the most influential MEP within his powers. This ranking however, is across all policy domains. This makes Johan the first Belgian MEP to score so high.

According to EU Matrix, Johan owes his fifth place to “his chairmanship of the Committee on Budgets, as well as his position in the Bureau of the ECR The N-VA is a member of the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), a conservative, eurorealistic parliamentary group in the European Parliament. The N-VA shares their realistic view of the European project and also advocates for the correct and intensive application of the subsidiarity principle. For example, we must not be afraid to ask ourselves if it would be better to leave certain European initiatives to the Member States. The N-VA also identifies with the emphases that the ECR places on the social-economic issues. Since the 2014 elections, the ECR has become the third largest parliamentary group in the European Parliament. ECR Group. He has strengthened his influence by taking on the role of rapporteur on key legislative procedures, mainly on economic and budgetary affairs.”

Best legislative work

Last year, Johan Van Overtveldt was also awarded for his work when he was named the sixth most influential politician by VoteWatchEurope. His legislative work was favourably received then as well, something for which he was even awarded the best MP this year.

Work hard with your team every day

In an initial response, Johan especially thanks his team: “It is a great honour to work hard with my team every day on often tough cases.”