Nominations for the MEP Awards 2026 are now open
Submit your nomination today
Nominations for the 22nd edition of the MEP Awards opened on 28th January 2026 and will close on 16th March 2026.
You can view all 12 of the categories and begin your nomination process here.
Please note we are only accepting nominations across 11 of the 12 categories. For the category ‘APA of the Year’ the winner will be chosen from one of the winners of the APA Awards announced at the ceremony on 28th January 2026.
If you would be interested in partnering with us at the 2026 event please email customer.service@theparliamentmagazine.eu.
The Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels
We are delighted that The Parliament MEP Awards 2026 ceremony will, once again, be held at the prestigious Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium.
The venue will provide a wonderful opportunity for guests to immerse themselves in Belgium’s rich artistic heritage.
Co-Hosts of the MEP Awards 2026
Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová MEP
(Renew, Slovakia)
Last year’s winner of the MEP Award for Best Use of Social Media, Slovak MEP Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová focuses on protection of children online, digital security, healthcare, the rule of law, and media freedom—proving that policy and engaging communication about the EU can mix.
Elected to the European Parliament for the first time in 2024 for Renew Europe, she serves on the LIBE and SANT committees as well as the FEMM and IMCO and is Vice-Chair of the Intergroup on Children’s Rights.
Maria Walsh MEP
(EPP, Ireland)
Elected in 2019 and re‑elected in 2024 for Ireland’s Midlands‑North West, she co‑founded and co‑chairs the Parliament’s Mental Health Intergroup. She sits on the Agriculture & Rural Development and Women’s Rights & Gender Equality committees (substituting on Justice & Home Affairs and Regional Development).
She is a multiple‑recipient of the MEP Awards, highlighting her leadership on mental‑health policy, agriculture, regional development, and women’s rights.
Watch the video from the MEP Awards 2025 ceremony
Thank you
Thank you...
Our thanks to our host for the evening Quaestor Marc Angel (S&D, Luxembourg) and to Mariam Zaidi for being our master of ceremonies.
We would also like to extend our thanks to our distinguished judges who had the unenviable task of deciding the winners.
We thank all those people across the EU who took time to nominate someone for an award. Without whose nominations the awards would not be possible.
To our partner organisations who have supported the event we also say a big ‘thank you’.
We would like to give special thanks to every MEP, APA and Parliamentary staffer, whether or not they were nominated, shortlisted or were a winner, for their dedication, hard work and support of European democracy. Thank you!
For more information on how to get involved in the 2026 edition of the MEP Awards, please contact MEPAwards@theparliamentmagazine.eu.
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Finally, nominations for the upcoming APA Awards are now open! Put forward someone whose dedication you think deserves recognition.
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