European School

European School École Européenne Schola Europaea
Address
Office of the Secretary-General of the European Schools, rue de la Science 23 Brussels , B-1040 Belgium
Information
Type	network of schools, recognised as public bodies, established by international treaty
Established	4 October 1953, Luxembourg by employees of the ECSC (initial establishment) 22 February 1960 (entry into force of international legal basis, signed in 1957 by the "Inner Six" countries)
Category	Nursery, Primary and Secondary Education
Board of Governors	32 members Ministers of Education of the 28 EU member states representative of the European Commission on behalf of the EU and Euratom representative of the European Patent Office on behalf of the European Patent Organisation representative of the Staff Committee representative of the federated Parents' Associations
Gender	Mixed
Enrolment	27,176 (2018-2019)
Main Regulatory Text	1994 Convention Defining the Statute of the European Schools
Diploma	European Baccalaureate
European Schools	Alicante Bergen Brussels I Brussels II Brussels III Brussels IV Frankfurt am Main Karlsruhe Luxembourg I Luxembourg II Mol Munich Varese
Future European Schools	Brussels V
Former European Schools	Culham
Website	http://www.eursc.eu

The European Schools (Latin: Schola Europaea) is a network of schools, which emphasise a multilingual and multicultural pedagogical approach to the teaching of nursery, primary and secondary students, leading to the European Baccalaureate as their secondary leaving qualification.

The first European School, founded in Luxembourg, in 1953, had the objective of providing an education to the children of employees of the institutions of the European Coal and Steel Community - a forerunner of today's European Union. Originally, a private initiative of employees of the ECSC, the concept attracted the attention of EU founding father, Jean Monnet as capturing the spirit of the post-war effort to reconcile and integrate Europe.

As of September 2017, there are thirteen European Schools located in six EU member states in close proximity to European institutions. Nonetheless, the Schools are neither EU bodies, nor under the full jurisdiction of the individual member states of the European Union. They are instead administered and financed through the international organisation "The European Schools", established by means of an intergovernmental treaty, the 1957 Statute of the European School, since repealed and replaced by the 1994 Convention Defining the Statute of the European Schools. All EU member states, as well as the EU itself, and the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) are party to this agreement. The Schools are legally recognised in all participating jurisdictions as public bodies.

Since 2005, upon a recommendation of the European Parliament, the title of an "Accredited European School" has been available for schools under national jurisdiction, which have been approved, by the Board of Governors of the European Schools, to offer the European Schools' curriculum and the European Baccalaureate. As of June 2019, there are eighteen Accredited European Schools located in thirteen EU countries, with a further three schools engaged in the accreditation process.

History

Foundation: An intergovernmental enterprise

Following the establishment of the institutions of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) in Luxembourg, in 1952, it became apparent that it was necessary to provide an education to the children of the officials of those institutions in their mother tongues. The lack of such provisions posed challenges in building an administration that reflected the diverse makeup of the ECSC's six founding member states, discouraging potential employees who heralded from outside the jurisdiction in which the institutions were based from relocating with their families. In 1953, employees of the ECSC established an association, financed by the High Authority of the ECSC, for the purpose of founding a school in Luxembourg providing nursery and primary education to the children of the institutions' officials. The school begun to operate on 4 October 1953, with teachers recruited and paid by the association.

However, by the spring of 1954, it was apparent that the solution was inadequate, with the school unable to provide a secondary education to its enrolees. The President of the High Authority of the ECSC, Jean Monnet, invited representatives of the education ministers of the six founding member states of the ECSC to Luxembourg for discussions on a school with intergovernmental status. The member state representatives transformed themselves into a Board of Governors, who would oversee the establishment of such a school. It was agreed that teaching staff would be seconded from the member states, who would continue to pay their salary, and that salaries would be harmonised by means of an additional supplement. On 12 October 1954, the first two years of the secondary school began to operate.

On 12 April 1957, the governments of the six ECSC member states signed the Statute of the European School, which took the form of an international treaty. Following ratification, the agreement entered into force on 22 February 1960. Under Article 6 of the Statute, the European School was to have the status of a public institution in the law of each of the contracting parties and was to have legal personality to the extent requisite for the attainment of its objectives. The organs of the school were to be a Board of Governors, which would have executive authority over the School, a Boards of Inspectors, an Administrative Board and a Head teacher. Article 8 provided that the Board of Governors of the European School was to consist of the "Minister or Ministers of each contracting party whose responsibilities include national education and/or external cultural relations", with the Board able to confer a position to a representative of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community, as per Article 27.

The spread of the European Schools

Following the foundation of the European Economic Community (EEC) and the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) in 1957 and the establishment of the school in Luxembourg, other European Schools were set up in Brussels and then in Mol, Belgium in 1958, in Varese, Italy in 1960, Karlsruhe, Germany in 1962, in Bergen, the Netherlands in 1963, and a second school in Brussels in 1974. In order to facilitate the setting-up of those new schools and to provide them with a legal basis, the governments of the member states signed on 13 April 1962 in Luxembourg a Protocol on the setting-up of European Schools with reference to the 1957 Statute of the European School.

In 1967, the institutions of the EEC, ECSC and Euratom were merged to form the European Communities. Consequently, the three organisations were represented on the Board of Governors by the European Commission of the European Communities, the successor institution to the High Authority of the ECSC. Taking advantage of the powers conferred to it by the 1957 Statute, the Board of Governors signed an agreement with the European Patent Organisation - a separate intergovernmental organisation - in December 1975 allowing for the creation, in 1977, of a European School in Munich, Germany for the education and instruction together of children of its staff. In 1973, the first enlargement of the European Communities sawthe United Kingdom, Denmark and Ireland join, who all likewise acceded to the 1957 Statute. In 1978, a European School was established at Culham, UK in order to serve the children of the staff posted to the Joint European Torus Joint Undertaking (JET), supervised by Euratom, for the development of a common nuclear fusion programme. By 1986, following the enlargement of the European Communities to include Greece, Spain and Portugal and their ratification of the Statute, the Schools were obliged to provide an education to the students of officials originating from the 12 EC member states. Finland acceded to the Statute in 1995 after its accession to the European Union.

Coping with EU enlargement

Pursuant to the incorporation of the European Communities into the European Union in 1993, and envisioning the enlargement in membership of the EU following the end of the Cold War, it was decided that the legal and organisational framework of the Schools needed an overhaul. On 21 June 1994 the Convention Defining the Statute of the European Schools, which repealed and replaced the 1957 Statute of the European School and its accompanying 1962 Protocol, was signed by all 12 then EU member states. On 1 October 2002 it came into effect, following ratification by all signatories. Following the subsequent enlargements of the EU, the acceding states have also acceded to the 1994 Convention, which now includes amongst its contracting parties (following the most recent accession of Croatia to the EU in 2013) all 28 EU member states, as well as the EU itself, and Euratom.

Principles and objectives

The historical significance of the first European School, founded a mere 8 years after the end of World War II, was not lost on its architects. Children, whose parents had fought on opposite sides of the conflict, would not only be taught together, but, as per the curriculum of the School, learn history and geography in a foreign language and from a foreign point of view. "May the Europe of the European schools definitively take the place of the Europe of the war cemeteries," René Mayer, head of the ECSC proclaimed upon the opening of a new custom building for the School on Boulevard de la Foire in Luxembourg, on 11 December 1957. This sentiment is echoed in the words inscribed in Latin on parchment and sealed in each of the European Schools' foundation stones. Translated into English, it reads:

Educated side by side, untroubled from infancy by divisive prejudices, acquainted with all that is great and good in the different cultures, it will be borne in upon them as they mature that they belong together. Without ceasing to look to their own lands with love and pride, they will become in mind Europeans, schooled and ready to complete and consolidate the work of their fathers before them, to bring into being a united and thriving Europe.

— Marcel Decombis, member of the cabinet of Jean Monnet and Head of the European School, Luxembourg between 1953 and 1960

Curriculum

Age/Year equivalency table

Primary School
Age	Name	Abbreviation
6–7	First Year	P1
7–8	Second Year	P2
8–9	Third Year	P3
9–10	Fourth Year	P4
10–11	Fifth Year	P5
Secondary School
Age	Name	Abbreviation
11-12	First Year	S1
12-13	Second Year	S2
13-14	Third Year	S3
14-15	Fourth Year	S4
15-16	Fifth Year	S5
16-17	Sixth Year	S6
17-18	Seventh Year	S7

The curriculum is common to all thirteen schools and is centrally controlled by the Board of Inspectors and the Board of Governors.

Secondary level

Compulsory subjects for Years 1–7 of the secondary school:

• First language (normally mother tongue)
• Second language (Usually one of English, French or German, with some schools providing a local language such as Spanish, Italian, Danish or Dutch as alternate option)
• Mathematics
• History (instructed in second language from Year 3)
• Geography (instructed in second language from Year 3)
• Ethics/religion (instructed in second language from Year 3)
• Physical education (instruction in second language is possible from year 3)

Compulsory for Years 1–3 of the secondary school:

• Art
• Music

Compulsory subjects for Years 1–5 of the secondary school:

• Third language (any EU official language, as long as a minimum number of students choose it in the same school)
• Natural sciences: Physics, Chemistry and Biology (usually combined for Years 1-3)

Compulsory subjects for Years 6–7 of the secondary school:

• Philosophy
• Physics and/or Chemistry and/or Biology (at least one science subject is obligatory)

Optional subjects:

• ICT (instructed in second language) and Latin in Year 3
• Economics (instructed in second language), Music, or a Fourth and Fifth language in Years 4–7

Foreign language education

All modern foreign languages offered are taught using the direct method where the lessons are taught in the language being learned, and the use of the student's native tongue is discouraged. These foreign languages lessons are shared with pupils from other language streams. The idea is to encourage the pupils to use the language they are learning as a means of crossing the communication barrier between themselves and pupils from other language streams. From Year 3 onwards of the secondary school, History and Geography as well as other secondary subjects such as Music are taught in each student's second language. Many of the pupils find themselves in a foreign country, so are surrounded by a foreign language. Some pick it up through language immersion, hence some lessons are taught in the national language of the host country.

European Baccalaureate

Main article: European Baccalaureate

The European Baccalaureate is the leaving certification of the European Schools, and should be distinguished from the International Baccalaureate (IB) and the baccalaureates of various national systems. It is a two-year course assessing the performance of students in the subjects taught in Years 6–7, and culminating in a final series exams taken at the end of Year 7. As per the multilingual ethos of the Schools, certain subjects are instructed and assessed in each student's respective second language. Details of the examinations are set out in the Annex of the Statute of the European School and in the regulations for the European Baccalaureate.

Those students undertaking the European Baccalaureate are required to study at least 8 and up to a maximum of 11 academic subjects, in addition to physical education and moral/religion, with different weightings according to the course choices made when commencing the Baccaluareate. The final mark is calculated as a percentage, where 60% is the minimum for a pass.

The European Baccalaureate is administered and directly supervised by an external examining board appointed annually by the Board of Governors. The examining board consists of up to three representatives of each member state, who must satisfy the conditions governing the appointment of equivalent examining boards in their respective countries. It is presided over by a senior university educator appointed by each member state in turn, assisted by a member of the Board of Inspectors of the Schools.

Article 5 (2) of the Statute provides that holders of the Baccalaureate shall:

• enjoy, in the Member State of which they are nationals, all the benefits attaching to the possession of the diploma or certificate awarded at the end of secondary school education in that country; and
• be entitled to seek admission to any university in the territory of any Member State on the same terms as nationals of that Member State with equivalent qualifications.

The first awards of the European Baccalaureate were made in 1959.

Common extra-curricula activities and events

Sports teams of the European Schools compete in the biennial Eurosport event, with the Schools alternating as hosts. In addition, students of the Schools have the opportunity to take part in the annual European Schools Science Composium, the winners of which represent the European Schools in the European Union Contest for Young Scientists.

The European Schools also cooperate to take advantage of their unique relationship to EU institutions, to provide students on an annual basis with the opportunity to take part in political simulations of EU meetings, held on the premises of the institutions themselves. Students get the opportunity to role-play as delegates of EU member state governments in a Model European Council, MEPs in a Model European Parliament, or international journalists covering the meetings.

The federation of student representatives of the Schools, CoSup, organises a "Europarty", held in a different European city each academic year, and open to any student of the European Schools over 16 years of age to attend.

Organs

Board of Governors

The Board of Governors is the common executive body of the European Schools, determining educational, administrative and financial matters. When it is not in session, its powers are exercised by its officially appointed Secretary-General.

Membership

The governing board is composed of the ministers of education of each of the EU member states, normally represented by senior civil servants from the ministries of education or foreign affairs, together with the representative of the European Commission, representing the EU and Euratom, and the representative of the European Patent Office. A representative designated by the Staff Committee and a representative of the parents designated by the Parents’ Associations are also members of the Board of Governors.

Preparatory Committees

Matters to be discussed by the Board of Governors first make their way through a range of preparatory committees, the most important of which are the Joint Teaching Committee and the Budgetary Committee. The Joint Teaching Committee gathers Inspectors and directors, together with representatives of teachers, parents and pupils and a representative of the European Commission and the European Patent Office. It examines proposals concerning the organisation and curricula of the schools. The Budgetary Committee, likewise, gathers finance officials from the EU member states, together with representatives of the European Commission and European Patent Office to examine the financial implications of educational proposals and the budgets of individual schools and of the General Secretariat in Brussels.

Boards of Inspectors

Supervision of the education provided by the European Schools is conducted by two Boards of Inspectors, one for the primary and nursery sections and one for the secondary section. One Inspector from each of the 28 EU member states sits on each Board.

Administrative Boards

Each European School has an Administrative Board responsible for the day-to-day administration and functioning of the each respective School. Chaired by the Secretary-General of the European Schools. Its other members are the director of the School, a representative of the European Commission, two elected representatives of the teachers, two representatives of the Parents’ Association, a representative of the administrative and socially staff and, at the European School of Munich, a representative of the European Patent Office. Bodies which have signed an agreement with a school and have at least 20 pupils on roll also have the right to be represented on the Administrative Board.

Directors (Head teachers) and teachers

Each head teacher is appointed by the Board of Governors for nine years. There are generally two deputy-head teachers, one for the secondary section and one for the primary and nursery sections. They are also appointed for nine years. Head and deputy-head teachers are appointed directly by the Board of Governors. While some full-time teachers are seconded by their national governments for a period up to nine years, others are hired locally within the member states in which the schools reside. Due to recruitment issues within the member states, these teachers are increasingly used as the primary category of teachers within the schools.

Staff Committees

Each European School elects, annually, two representatives of the teaching staff (one primary, one secondary) to form a European School Staff Committee which is represented on the Board of Governors, in the Preparatory Committees and on the Administrative Board of each School. In 2016, these roles were enlarged to include Locally Recruited Teachers (LRT) and two further representatives are elected annually. These representatives do not have voting rights, however they are able to attend meetings and represent the interests of LRTs vis-a-vis the School.

Complaints Board

In the European Schools system, the Complaints Board, an independent administrative court, represents the judiciary, owing to the Schools' unique intergovernmental legal basis.

Parents' Associations

Common to each European School, the respective Parents' Associations are responsible for overseeing the provision of school transportation, the running of canteen services and extra-curricula activities. Each Parents' Association is open to any parent or legal guardian who has a child enrolled in the Schools, and possesses a place on the Administrative Board of their respective European School. Via a body which federates all the Parents' Associations of the European Schools, InterParents, they participate in meetings of the Board of Governors of the European Schools, enabling them a voice in intergovernmental meetings which set the future direction of the organisation as a whole. Each Parents' Association is also a member of the Groupe Unitaire pour la Défense des Ecoles Européennes (GUDEE), which groups Parents’Associations, Trades-Unions and other organisations possessing an interest in the future of the European Schools together.

Pupils' Committees and CoSup

Regulations agreed by the Board of Governors of the European Schools recognise the right of the students of each School to organise and represent themselves in the administration and functioning of the Schools via a Pupils' Committee. Each European Schools' Pupils' Committee is democratically elected at the start of each academic year, headed by a president.

The Pupils' Committees of the European Schools are federated via CoSup, an acronym formed from its French title, Conseil Supérieur des Elèves. Each Pupils' Committee elects two representatives to send to meetings of CoSup. Accredited European Schools may also send representatives. As of 2006, CoSup is recognised by the Board of Governors of the European Schools as an official body. It is able to represent common student interests on the European Schools' Joint Teaching Committee and at the Board of Governors. CoSup possesses a common fund, able to financially support represented Pupils' Committees, when necessary. Amongst other duties, CoSup is responsible for organising the annual Europarty, held in a different European city each year, and open to any student of the European Schools over the age of 16 to attend.

CoSup meets four times per academic year and utilises a Qualified Majority Voting system, endowing each European School represented a number of votes proportional to its share of the total number of students enrolled across all European Schools. Each School receives an equal vote weighting for matters concerning the functioning of CoSup, such as its presidential elections, which occur at the last meeting of each academic year.

Locations

European Schools

There are thirteen European Schools, (sometimes designated as "Type 1" European Schools in official documents) found in eight municipalities, across six EU countries, in close proximity to EU institutions, or in the case of the European School, Munich, the European Patent Organisation. There are currently five European Schools in Belgium (four in Brussels and one in Mol) and discussions are currently being held about building a fifth school in Brussels at an undetermined future date.

School	Country	Founded/Opened in
European School, Luxembourg I (Kirchberg)	Luxembourg	1953
European School, Brussels I (Uccle/Ukkel)	Belgium	1958
European School, Mol	Belgium	1960
European School, Varese	Italy	1960
European School, Karlsruhe	Germany	1962
European School, Bergen	Netherlands	1963
European School, Brussels II (Woluwe)	Belgium	1974
European School, Munich	Germany	1977
European School, Brussels III (Ixelles/Elsene)	Belgium	2000
European School, Frankfurt am Main	Germany	2002
European School, Alicante	Spain	2002
European School, Luxembourg II (Bertrange/Mamer)	Luxembourg	2004
European School, Brussels IV (Laeken/Laken)	Belgium	2006
European School, Brussels V	Belgium	originally due in 2019, delayed until 2025 at the earliest

European School, Culham - United Kingdom - was opened in 1978 and closed on 31 August 2017.

Accredited European Schools

Since 2005, the title of an "Accredited European School" has been available for schools under national jurisdiction, which have been approved, by the Board of Governors of the European Schools, to offer the European Schools' curriculum and the European Baccalaureate. This accredited status groups together, what were formerly known as "Type II" and "Type III" European Schools, with the only difference being that "Type II" European Schools give priority, for enrolment purposes, to children of staff of the EU institutions and are therefore entitled to receive funding from the European Commission in proportion to the number of such EU staff pupils enrolled. As of June 2019, there are eighteen Accredited European Schools located in thirteen EU countries, with a further three schools engaged in the accreditation process.

School	Country	Opened	Initial accreditation agreement(s)
			Signed on	Years accredited
European School of Bruxelles-Argenteuil	Belgium	2016	13 March 2018	Nursery, Primary, Secondary (S1-S5)
European School, Brindisi	Italy	?	11 January 2017	Nursery, Primary, Secondary (S1-S5)
			19 January 2017	Secondary (S6-S7)
European School Copenhagen	Denmark	2014	10 June 2018	Nursery, Primary, Secondary (S1-S5)
European School The Hague	Netherlands	2012	11 January 2013	Nursery, Primary, Secondary (S1-S5)
			7 June 2018	Secondary (S6-S7)
Differdange & Esch-sur-Alzette International School	Luxembourg	2016	16 May 2017	Nursery, Primary, Secondary (S1-S5)
Centre For European Schooling, Dunshaughlin	Ireland	2002	16 August 2007	Nursery, Primary, Secondary (S1-S5)
Europa School UK Culham	United Kingdom	2012	26 January 2015	Nursery, Primary
			9 March 2018	Secondary (S1-S7)
European Schooling Helsinki	Finland	2008	20 January 2009	Nursery, Primary, Secondary (S1-S5)
			26 May 2011	Secondary (S6-S7)
School of European Education - Heraklion	Greece	2005	15 October 2008	Nursery, Primary
			3 September 2012	Secondary (S1-S5)
			14 May 2014	Secondary (S6-S7)
International School Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur	France	2007	24 May 2011	Secondary (S1-S5)
			4 September 2012	Secondary (S6-S7)
School for Europe of Parma	Italy	2004	26 July 2007	Nursery, Primary, Secondary (S1-S5)
			14 January 2009	Secondary (S6-S7)
Europäische Schule RheinMain, Bad Vilbe	Germany	2012	8 May 2013	Nursery, Primary, Secondary (S1-S5)
			4 September 2015	Secondary (S6-S7)
European School of Strasbourg	France	2008	16 November 2009	Nursery, Primary, Secondary (S1-S5)
			21 May 2013	Secondary (S6-S7)
Tallinn European School	Estonia	2013	11 February 2014	Nursery, Primary, Secondary (S1-S5)
			21 May 2013	Secondary (S6-S7)
International School Junglinster	Luxembourg	2018	14 May 2019	?
Ecole Internationale Edward Steichen	Luxembourg	2018	14 May 2019	?
Mondorf-les-Bains International School	Luxembourg	2018	14 May 2019	?
European School Ljubljana	Slovenia	2018	27 June 2019	?
Ecole Européenne De Lille	France	2019	pending
Ecole européenne de Paris La Défense	France	2019	pending
European School Templin	Germany	?	pending

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Brexit

As part of the UK's withdrawal from the EU, better known as Brexit, the UK government stated its intention to withdraw from the Convention Defining the Statute of the European Schools. Under the proposed Withdrawal Agreement, pending ratification by the UK, the UK will be bound by the Convention, as well as regulations adopted by the Board of Governors on Accredited European Schools until the end of the school year that is ongoing at the end of the transition period. The UK also commits itself in the Withdrawal Agreement to maintain the legal rights, as laid out in Article 5(2) of the Convention, of any former pupils, as well as those who are enrolled in a cycle of secondary studies in a European School before 31 August 2021 and acquire a European Baccalaureate after that date.

In the event of a failure of the UK to reach and ratify an agreement with the EU on a Withdrawal Agreement for exiting the EU, and the precipitation of a 'no-deal' Brexit, the UK would be bound by the Convention until the end of the 2019/2020 at the earliest, under the Convention's own rules laid down in Article 31(1) for a state wishing to leave the organisation.

Brexit poses substantial challenges for the Europa School UK - an Oxfordshire based Accredited European School formed by staff of the former European School of Culham. In an adjournment debate in the UK House of Commons on 10 January 2019, John Howell MP, and Nick Gibb MP noted that, under the present internationally agreed framework, only national schools that have received accredited status by the Board of Governors of the European Schools may offer the European Baccalaureate, and only national schools domiciled in EU member states qualify for accredited status. They further noted that though at present the proposed Withdrawal Agreement provides for the school's accredited status to be extended to 2021 to allow it to transition to a new curriculum, the school's accredited status is lost in the event of a 'no-deal' Brexit. Mr Gibb warned that though the Board of Governors of the European Schools were willing to allow, in the event of a 'no-deal' Brexit, the Europa School UK to offer the European Baccalaureate in partnership with the European School of Bergen for those sitting exams in 2020, this was unlikely to be replicated in the future.

Notable alumni

• Chris Adami (Brussels I) is a German professor of microbiology and molecular genetics, as well as professor of physics and astronomy at Michigan State University.
• Tommaso Allan (Culham) is a rugby union player for Italy and Perpignan
• Dick Annegarn (Brussels I) is a Dutch songwriter who worked most of the time in France. In his youth he lived in Brussels and he celebrated this city in his most famous song, called "Bruxelles".
• Henry Brett (Culham) is a British champion polo player.
• Ulrich Daldrup (Brussels I) is a German politician and academic. He is Professor of Business Administration and International Management at the Aachen University of Applied Sciences and a former Mayor of Aachen (1994-1999).
• Eric Everard (Brussels and Luxembourg I) is a Belgian manager, who created in 1988 the European Student's Fair. In 1997 he founded Artexis, one of the largest organizers of exhibitions and trade fairs in Europe.
• Giovanni Ferrero (Brussels) is an Italian business manager, chief executive of Ferrero SpA
• Max Gazzè (Brussels II) is an Italian songwriter and musician who worked in Belgium, France and in Italy. He has worked with many European artists including Stephan Eicher and Stewart Copeland.
• Karin Giegerich (Varese) is a German actress, who worked in Italy, Germany, Switzerland and France.
• Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (Brussels I) is a German film director who worked in Germany and in the United States. He is best known for writing and directing the 2007 Oscar-winning film The Lives of Others and The Tourist.
• Boris Johnson (Brussels I) is a British politician, leader of the Conservative Party, and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (July 2019 - ). He previously held the offices of Mayor of London (2008–2016), and Foreign Secretary of the UK (July 2016 – July 2018).
• Jo Johnson (Brussels I) is a British politician and former UK Minister for Universities and Science (May 2015 – January 2019) (July 2019 - September 2019), and Transport (January 2018 - November 2018).
• Rachel Johnson (Brussels I) is a British editor, journalist, television presenter, and author.
• Bas Kast (Munich) is a German journalist and writer.
• Christian Keysers (Munich) is a German neuroscientist. In 2004 he received the prestigious Marie Curie award.
• Thomas Larkin (Varese) is an ice hockey defender. He played with the Italian national ice hockey team.
• Viktor Lazlo (real name Sonia Dronier) (Mol) is a French singer, actress and writer. She worked in Belgium and France.
• Stella Maxwell (Brussels II) is a Victoria's Secret model. She was born in Belgium and attended the European School, Woluwe. She then moved to Australia at the age of 13.
• Elizabeth May (Luxembourg I) is a lawyer and athlete, who is the 2011 ITU Aquathlon World Champion and 2009 European Triathlon Championships silver medalist. She competed in the triathlon event at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics.
• Margherita Missoni (Varese) is the niece of Ottavio Missoni and the daughter of Angela, founders of the Missoni fashion house. After having worked for some years as a model, including for Estée Lauder Companies, she became the icon of the "Missoni acqua" perfume in 2006, thus becoming an active member of the Missoni family group.
• Brian Molko (Luxembourg I) is a songwriter, guitarist and lead vocalist of the band Placebo.
• Morten Helveg Petersen (Brussels I) is a Danish politician for the Danish Social Liberal Party and Member of the European Parliament (2014 - ). He previously served as a member of the Folketing (1998–2009).
• Sarah Teichmann (Karlsruhe) is a scientist at the University of Cambridge, UK.
• Ursula von der Leyen (Brussels I) is German politician and President of the European Commission (December 2019 - ). She was formerly a member of the Bundestag (2009 - 2019), and member of the German government under Chancellor Merkel, holding the positions of Federal Minister of Defence (2013 - 2019), Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs (2009 - 2013) and Federal Minister of Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (2005 - 2009).
• Marina Wheeler QC (Brussels I) is a British lawyer, author and columnist.
• Diederik Wissels (Brussels I) is a Dutch jazz pianist that studied at the Berklee college of music of Boston. He received many awards such as the Grand Prix de l’Académie Charles Cros, the Prix Adami and the Prix du Musicien Européen de l’Académie du Jazz. He played with great artists like Chet Baker, Joe Henderson and Toots Thielemans.

External links

• Official website