The legal affairs committee, also known as JURI, made headlines this year when it dethroned European Commission designates, over conflicts of interests.
The move helped cement the enforcement status of a European Parliament that had in the past struggled to gain an equal foothold with member state capitals.
Lucy Nethsingha presides over JURI and is a UK national from Southampton, whose home country is prying itself away from the European Union.
A Liberal Democrat belonging ...
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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.