DG for Parliamentary Research Services

Directorate-General for Parliamentary Research Services

The Directorate-General for Parliamentary Research Services provides Members with independent, objective and authoritative analysis of, and research on, policy issues relating to the European Union, in order to assist them in their parliamentary work.

The DG's four Directorates provide the following services to Members, parliamentary committees and the Institution as a whole:

responding to specific requests from individual Members for information, analysis and research in the policy fields covered by the European Union;
providing briefing notes and other analysis and research for Members collectively on policies and issues in these fields;
contributing on-line content in these fields for use as appropriate on the Parliament's external/internal websites;
maintaining on-line and paper collections of key published material in these fields for access by Members and staff of the Parliament;
offering a wide range of on-site and online library services, including management of reading rooms and collections, access to and training in information databases, and provision of intranet and internet services for Members and the public;
maintaining the historic archives of the Parliament, in conjunction with the Historic Archives of the European Union;
responding to citizens’ enquiries;
providing a wide range of specific ex-ante and ex-post impact assessment services to parliamentary committees, together with assessment of the added value of future or current EU policies, and appraisal of policy options in the fields of science and technology.

Director-General

Anthony TEASDALE
- Education:
  
  BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics; M.Phil in Politics (Oxford University)
  
  Professional experience:
  
  1986-88
  Administrator, EC Council of Ministers (DG Ecofin and Social Affairs)
  
  1988-90
  Special Adviser to UK Foreign Secretary and Deputy PM, Sir Geoffrey Howe
  
  1992-1995 and 1997-2002
  Head of London Office, EPP Group secretariat
  
  1996-1997
  Special Adviser to UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Kenneth Clarke
  
  2002-07
  Head of Policy Strategy and Legislative Planning, EPP Group secretariat
  
  2007-09
  Team Leader in Cabinet of EP President Hans-Gert Pöttering
  
  2009-12
  Deputy Chef de Cabinet to EP President Jerzy Buzek
  
  2012-2013
  Director for Impact Assessment and European Added Value, DG IPOL
  
  2013 to date
  Director-General for Parliamentary Research Services, DG EPRS
  
  Also:
  
  2011 to date
  Senior Visiting Fellow, European Institute, London School of Economics (LSE)
  
  2012
  Publication of The Penguin Companion to European Union (4th edition).