Directorate-General for Economy, Transformation and Industry

The Directorate-General for Economy, Transformation and Industry (DG ECTI) supports the work of several key parliamentary committees and is committed to empowering Members of the European Parliament with the tools, expertise, and support they need to excel in their legislative, scrutiny, and budgetary roles. 

As a cornerstone of the European Parliament’s administrative structure, DG ECTI ensures the seamless functioning of committee activities, while fostering evidence-based decision-making informed by expert analysis and dedicated research services across the policy areas falling under its remit, including economic and monetary affairs, taxation, the internal market and consumer protection, industry, research and energy, the environment, climate, food safety, and public health.

DG ECTI retains a variety of parliamentary committees, one subcommittee and two policy departments: the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON), Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety (ENVI), Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE), Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO), Committee on Public Health (SANT), Economic Governance and EMU Scrutiny (EGOV), the Subcommittee on Tax Matters (FISC) and the Policy Departments for the Directorate for Economy and Growth and the Directorate for Transformation, Innovation and Health. The Directorate-General provides support to the Members of the various committees in their daily legislative & non-legislative work, to the President’s Cabinet and to other parliamentary bodies in shaping legislation and exercising democratic scrutiny over EU internal policies.

The Directorate-General (DG) and its various units contribute to the legislative process, i.e.. adopting reports submitted to the Plenary, conducting negotiations with the Council on EU legislation, adopting own-initiative reports, organising hearings with experts or petitioners, scrutinising other EU bodies and institutions’ actions and organising delegations to Member States or third countries.

We are characterised by our close and regular in-house contacts, ie. the hierarchy of the Directorate-General as well as the Secretariat-General of the European Parliament, parliamentary committee secretariats and Chairs, working groups or parliamentary delegations and tight and strong relations with national authorities. The Directorate-General coordinates financial dossiers, human resource aspects and provides support to Directors and Heads of Unit, while targeting the objectives of DG ECTI and assisting DG staff.

In our DG you will gain valuable insight into the procedural and political aspects of the European Parliament, particularly in all its above-mentioned competence fields.

During your internship, you will work across the full field of the Directorate-General’s activities and committees.

You will assist the Director-General and his private office, even one of the other above-mentioned secretariats in their daily work, participate in committee meetings and draft minutes, attend EP internal and external events, conduct research, draft background documentation on recurring subjects, contribute to the activities of the Director-Generals' private office and other unit secretariats, and provide overall administrative support.

Trainees are considered full members of our team and thus we are looking for passionate, motivated, proactive and communicative young graduates who are capable of working independently while still engaging in a multicultural environment.

For those dynamic and enthusiastic about legislative and non-legislative issues, with the ability to summarize content concisely and identify relevant sources of information to corresponding work of the different EU Institutions and/or national authorities.

We are seeking professional and confidential individuals familiar with the rules and policies of the European Parliament.

The European Parliament is dedicated to fostering an inclusive and equitable workplace. We welcome all candidates, regardless of their geographical, racial or ethnic origin, political or religious beliefs, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, civil status, or family situation.