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The European Parliamentary Research Service officially opened on the 1st of November 2013. This new directorate-general emerged from a deliberate decision to merge two previously separate administrative units into a single research body.
Anders Rasmussen currently serves as the Director-General overseeing all strategic direction and internal coordination within the European Parliamentary Research Service. Anthony Teasdale became the first Director-General to lead this unified organization when it was established in 2013.
Policy analysts at the European Parliamentary Research Service cover six distinct areas including economic policies, structural policies, citizens' policies, budgetary policies, digital policies, and external policies. Two specialist teams focus specifically on monitoring EU climate action goals and the Next Generation EU recovery fund.
The merger brought together about 200 staff members in a budget-neutral arrangement to form the European Parliamentary Research Service. These employees operate under four main directorates supported by five horizontal units managing operations.
In 2019, EPRS received the European Ombudsman Award for Good Administration in the category of Excellence in communications. This recognition validated the effectiveness of their outreach strategy in making complex policies accessible to ordinary people.