Who we are
The Directorate General for Internal Policies of the Union (DG IPOL) is responsible for organising the work of Parliament's committees dealing with internal policies and for assisting Members in the exercise of the legislative, budgetary and oversight powers conferred upon the European Parliament.
Secretariat of the Constitutional Affairs committee
The secretariat of the Constitutional Affairs committee (AFCO) is one of the units of the direction “Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs”. These units provide support to five EP committees (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, Legal Affairs, Constitutional Affairs, Women's Rights and Gender Equality, Petitions), to the President’s Cabinet and to other parliamentary bodies in shaping legislation and exercising democratic scrutiny over EU internal policies.
AFCO contributes to the legislative process, adopting reports which will be submitted to Plenary, conducts negotiations with the Council on EU legislation. AFCO also adopts own-initiative reports, organises hearings with experts, scrutinises the other EU bodies and institutions action and organises delegations to Member States or third countries.
Our AFCO secretariat is characterised by close and regular contacts with the Members of the parliamentary committee, organising meetings and providing support to the Chair, coordinators, rapporteurs, working groups or parliamentary delegations.
Your tasks
In our secretariat you will gain valuable insight into all the procedural and political aspects of the European Parliament and in particular of the Constitutional Affairs Committee.
During your internship, you will work across the full amount of the secretariat’s activities. You will assist the administrators in their daily work, participate in Committee meetings and attend EP internal and external events.
You are
- You have studied law or constitutional law;
- You have an excellent knowledge of English, both written and verbal, as well as of another official language of the EU;
- You have good organisation skills and you can meet strict deadlines.
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