Accredited parliamentary assistants (abbr. APA) are chosen by a Member or a group of Members of the European Parliament to take care of the dirty work in their legislative activities. APAs’ prestige depends on the Parliamentarian they are working for. As such, it is in the APA’s interest to make so that their MEPMember of the European Parliament (MEP)A Member of the European Parliament (abbr. MEP) is the living proof that eurocrats are elected by the people, as in every well-functioning democracy. They change every five years, which is more or less the time they need is successful in their work and eventually gets re-elected, or they will suddenly be unemployed.

A few days after their appointment, APAs grow a vertical blue badge that sparkles in every social event, playing a fundamental role in mating rituals with traineesTraineeWhile everybody else was thinking of becoming an astronaut or a princess, a trainee, as a child, had only one dream: “Working in the European Institutions”. And they never gave it up! They sent their cv, they filled in and other wannabe EurocratsEurocratThe term Eurocrat (from the combination of ”European” and ”bureaucrat”) broadly indicates any official working for the European Union; it may have both a negative and a positive connotation, depending on who is speaking. They also have the power to let you enter the European Parliament and invite you to exclusive party and group events, so try to be friendly with them.