Brando Benifei, European Federalist, is from La Spezia, Italy, and is the Head of Delegation of the Italian S&D MEPs.
His main areas of work are Internal Market and Consumers Protection, Employment and Social Affairs, and Constitutional Affairs. He is rapporteur for the Single Market Program and shadow rapporteur for the European Social Fund Plus. He is active on youth policies, digitalisation and rights of persons with disabilities.

Claire Kilpatrick has been a Professor of Law at the EUI in Florence since June 2011, a Director of the Academy of European Law at the EUI since 2015 and was EUI Dean of Studies 2019-2022. Prior to coming to the EUI she worked at LSE, Cambridge University, Queen Mary University of London and Bristol University. Her interests lie mainly in the law and policy construction of Social Europe, especially the EU’s roles. She is the Principal Investigator of the ShaPE project.

He is the Director of the Historical Archives of the European Union since January 2013. He is also Co-director of the Alcide De Gasperi Research Centre on the History of European Integration at the European University Institute. Previously he worked for UNESCO, first at the Paris Headquarters as Records Management Specialist, then as Head of the Information and Knowledge Management Unit in the Regional Office for Asia and Pacific in Bangkok, Thailand. He is Associate Professor at the Alma Mater Europea University (AMEU) and regularly holds lectures in archival science and European integration history at the AMEU, the Archives School of the Florence State Archives, and the European College of Parma, Italy.

Marc currently pursues a PhD Research in European Union Social Law at the European University Institute. In the ambit of his work, he deals with the status of the “young worker” in European Union (Social) Law. He is interested in fundamental rights, in particular in the European system for their protection.

Jacopo Cellini (Ph.D., Scuola Normale Superiore and KU Leuven) is a research fellow at the Alcide De Gasperi Research Centre of the European University Institute and a visiting professor at the University of Tor Vergata, Rome. His research interests lie in the history of European integration and the impact of religion on post–Second World War European societies, with a particular focus on the political culture of European Christian Democracy.

Fausta Guarriello is full professor of Labour Law, Industrial Relations and Transnational Labour Law at University “G. D’Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara. Former Head of the Department of Legal and Social Sciences, Jean Monnet Chair and Jean Monnet Chair ad personam, she has been an appointed professor in the Faculty of Law at University LUISS Guido Carli in Rome and in the Faculty of Political Sciences at University Sapienza of Rome. Specialist in the field of labour law and industrial relations, also in the comparative dimension, as well as in the EU employment law and antidiscrimination law.

Claes-Mikael is Swedish and has worked for Swedish blue-collar union LO since 2007, primarily on collective bargaining. He has EU experience having worked in Brussels from 2003 to 2006, first for the EU Office of the Swedish Trade Unions and then for the ETUC. Claes-Mikael’s responsibilities at the ETUC include occupational health and safety, employment and labour market policies, workers’ mobility and free movement, Cohesion Funds and trade policy.

López Aguilar has been a Member of the European Parliament since the 2009 European elections. He has since been a member of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, the Special Committee on Organized Crime, Corruption and Money Laundering, the Committee of Inquiry into Money Laundering, Tax Avoidance and Tax Evasion. He has also taken part in monitoring mission for the Ukrainian parliamentary elections in 2012.

Valeria Ronzitti has been General Secretary of SGI Europe since 2012. She has been Vice-President of the European Movement International since November 2020. She is an active member of the REFIT Platform, where she represents the public services community, advising the Commission on how to make EU regulation more efficient and effective while reducing burdens and without undermining policy objectives. She is also a member of the High-level Task Force on Investment in Social Infrastructure.

Katrin Langensiepen has been a Member of the European Parliament since 2019, representing Germany for Alliance 90/The Greens within the Greens/EFA Group. In Parliament she serves as Vice-Chair of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs and is also active in the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, bringing her focus on accessible, fair social and labour policies. She is also a strong advocate for disability rights, social inclusion and equality.

Mr. Uebe specializes in areas related to social rights, skills development, quality jobs, and preparedness in the evolving labor market. Before his current role, Uebe held various positions within the European Commission, where he gained expertise in social policy, labor market reforms, and the European Union’s social dimension. His work is critical to the Commission’s efforts to create a fairer, more resilient Europe by advocating for inclusive growth and workforce readiness across member states.

Maarten Keune is a professor in social security and labour relations at the University of Amsterdam. Previously he was Director of the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS). He has held various positions at the International Labour Organisation and the European Trade Union Institute and has published widely on industrial relations, labour market and welfare state developments, and European integration. He holds a PhD in political and social sciences from the European University Institute in Florence.