"I am Fabio and I am the head of unit at the European Parliament's Directorate of Human Resources. I have been working for the European institutions since 2001.

I have an amputated leg. We must not be afraid, we must give ourselves the means to face a new situation. Do not go in the dark, come here and think that everything will be fine and that the Parliament will take care of everything. No institution in the world will be able to take care of everything. Preparing for a new environment is especially applicable for people with disabilities. Someone with a disability already knows that they have to approach things differently... prepare themselves differently too."

“I love cycling and Brussels provides plenty of opportunities to enjoy it, particularly in summer. From June to end of September, the best way to start my weekend is the Brussels Roller Bike Parade (Bruxelles Roller Parade) that allows you to ride around the city along with hundreds of other cyclists in a secure way, accompanied by lively music that makes it feel like a big mobile outdoor party. The Beau Vélo de RAVeL provides an additional opportunity for enjoying cycling followed by a concert during summer weekends in Brussels and Wallonia.”

“Hello, my name is Katharina and since 2018 I have been working as an Economic Analyst at the European Commission’s Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN). Currently, I am coordinating the implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Plans in Member States. It is an exciting work to contribute to the implementation of NextGenerationEU, with the biggest spending programme of the European Union so far.

I am a trained economist and before joining the European Commission as an official, I worked in the public administration in Austria and later as Seconded National Expert and Contract Agent in the European Commission’s Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion (DG EMPL) on the implementation of the European Semester and the European Social Fund.

What makes the work at the European Commission so stimulating and motivating is that I can make a difference by contributing to policy-making with my analytical skills and by creating solutions for European citizens. On top this, I very much enjoy working in such a dynamic and international environment.

Check out the EPSO website and apply!”

“Culture has always been part of my life and in particular the theatre. I’m not even an amateur actor but I have discovered in Brussels a variety of theatres catering to all tastes. Theatre in Brussels is highly divers and multicultural and where you can see plays in French, Greek, Dutch, English, German, etc. Brussels offers also a very attractive live music scene whether it be in small intimate venues or in large, sophisticated concert halls.”

“My career as an economist at the European Commission started at the Joint Research Centre, back in 2010, as a regional and innovation economist. In 2013, I joined the Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs, where I oversaw the Research and Innovation dossier and of research activities in the field of structural reforms and contributed to the European Semester policy cycle. In 2016, I moved to Rome as European Semester Officer at the Representation of the European Commission to Italy, a bridge between Brussels and Italian National Stakeholders. In 2019, I took a leave and worked as Head of European Affairs at Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, the Italian National Promotional Bank. In 2022, I re-joined the Joint Research Centre. Here, I am the team leader of the European Semester Project and I coordinate JRC’s scientific contribution to the European Commission's monitoring of Member States’ economic and fiscal reforms.

All this to say that my career path shows how heterogeneous and interesting the career of an economist at the European Commission can be, and it starts by applying!”

“I first crossed the door of a European Commission building back in 2005, as a visiting young economic policy expert from Greece. EU economic policies have been in the centre of my professional activities, and over time, working for the EU has become one of my central professional targets. I passed the EPSO competition in 2018 and now I work as an economic analyst in DG ECFIN. My main responsibility is the economic surveillance of Member-States and in particular their macroeconomic and budgetary performance and compliance with the commonly agreed rules.

Working for the European Commission is demanding but also a unique experience. It is not only the friendly and empowering work environment but also the fact that you interact and work with a diversified crowd of very competent professionals on a daily basis. It is above all the inspiration from being part of an institution that materialises the vision of peace and prosperity in Europe. It is also the motivation from working in the interest of more than 400 million people and the challenge of making the life of all of us a little bit better through our work.”

“Since 2021, I’ve worked as an economic analyst/modeller at the Fiscal Policy Analysis unit of the Joint Research Centre (JRC), the scientific service of the European Commission. I lead the development and usage of models to analyse consumption taxes (incl. ‘green’ ones). My team provides scientific evidence to support Commission policies like the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, the Review of the Energy Taxation Directive or the European Semester, the macroeconomic surveillance framework of member states, during which latest cycle, we assessed the measures supporting households against the 2022 inflation shock.

I joined the Commission in 2012 and studied the impact on jobs and the environment of global value chains, productivity, and the digital economy. I have provided scientific background for Commission official policy documents in Corporate Taxation, International Trade and Internal Market, Productivity, Energy or Emissions. I often represent the JRC in groups and task forces of the Commission, G20 and UN.

Before joining the Commission, I was a visiting researcher at Tilburg University (the Netherlands). When doing a European PhD in Economics, I worked for the Andalusian Regional Statistical Institute and the Spanish Trade and Economic Office (Embassy of Spain in Chile). I lectured Quantitative Methods for more than ten years at Pablo de Olavide University (Seville, Spain), where I am Associate Professor on special leave to serve the Union.”

“I have been an official for the past year and a half, but I have been at the Court of Justice, first as a trainee then a temporary agent, since 2017 (with a break to continue my legal training). I trained as a translator, which I followed up with a law diploma – a requirement for lawyer linguists at the Court of Justice – before coming to Court as a trainee with the English language translation unit.

My working languages are French, German, Italian, Spanish and Greek – one of the aspects of working for the EU that I appreciate the most is how multilingualism is an integral part of everything we do, so my languages are put to practical use on a daily basis!”

“I have been working as a lawyer-linguist for the Spanish translation unit of the Court of Justice of the European Union since 2017. My main tasks include translating and revising translations of documents of the Court of Justice (judgments, orders, opinions...). Furthermore, I analyse and summarise references for a preliminary ruling submitted by Spanish courts.

My job allows me to combine my two areas of specialisation, i.e. the law and languages. In addition to working in a multilingual environment, carrying out my tasks autonomously and learning new languages, I consider it a privilege to translate the case law of the Court of Justice into my mother tongue and to be in close contact with developments and changes in European Union law.”