MEPedia

Welcome to the MEPedia Portal on Spinprofiles
Welcome to the MEPedia Portal on SpinProfiles. It profiles current Members of the European Parliament focusing in particular on issues of transparency, conflict of interest and the revolving door. An A-Z list of articles on both individuals and institutions is here. The editors of the MEPedia Portal are William Dinan and Barçın Uluışık. SpinProfiles has a policy of strict referencing and is overseen by a managing editor and a sysop and several Associate Portal editors.

What is MEPedia? MEPedia is a resource for members of the public across Europe to find out basic information about selected MEPs, their financial and political interests, and their voting history and comments on issues related to transparency, accountability and conflicts of interest. We hope that these webpages will become a useful tool for European citizens to track the performance of their elected representatives in Brussels. At present this site is only available in English, but we hope, over time, to expand to include more languages, more profiles, and more issues. European Parliament Elections 2009 European Parliament European Parliament elections will take place from 04-07 June 2009. Eleven part-sessions will take place in Strasbourg and four two-day part-sessions will take place in Brussels.

Categories All pages associated with the MEPedia Portal are listed here. There are also a number of distinct categories listed below: MEP - Pages on MEPs Conflicts of Interest - Pages on MEPs with conflicting interests Political Parties - Pages on political parties that are represented in the European Parliament Revolving Door - Pages on people who change have taken positions in both government and private corporations How You Can Contribute

References and Resources

• European Parliament, Calendar of part-sessions 2009 - European elections 4-7 June 2009, accessed 07 March 2009.
• European Parliament, Your MEPs, accessed 07 March 2009.
• Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 07 March 2009.
• Rowell, Andy, "Too Close for Comfort?" Spinwatch, July 2008, accessed 26 November 2008.

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