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The first edition of POLITICO 28. The top five include Brussels bigwig Margrethe Vestager and Belgian crooner Stromae. Who’s number one?
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The first edition of POLITICO 28. The top five include Brussels bigwig Margrethe Vestager and Belgian crooner Stromae. Who’s number one?
For this second edition, Frauke Petry and Michael O’Leary take second and third places on the podium. But who climbed to the top?
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This class includes 16 politicians, 5 people from media and 4 from the world of business. What about the rest of them?
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In this year’s ranking, we break the list up into doers, dreamers and disruptors, as well as an overall number one who embodies all three.
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Two years ago, our Politico 28 ranked 8 power people from Germany, 5 from France and 4 from the UK. Where are the other ones coming from?
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German chancellor Angela Merkel topped the list in 2021, and another familiar German was the top dreamer. So who are the dreamers and disrupters?
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Discover who this year’s most powerful person on the Continent is as well as who all our doers, dreamers and disruptors are.
The History of POLITICO 28
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For this second edition, Frauke Petry and Michael O’Leary take second and third places on the podium. But who climbed to the top?
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This class includes 16 politicians, 5 people from media and 4 from the world of business. What about the rest of them?
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In this year’s ranking, we break the list up into doers, dreamers and disruptors, as well as an overall number one who embodies all three.
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The fifth edition of POLITICO 28 had Greta Thunberg as the top dreamer and a familiar Frenchman as the most powerful person in Europe.
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In this year’s ranking, we break the list up into doers, dreamers and disruptors, as well as an overall number one who embodies all three.
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German chancellor Angela Merkel topped the list in 2021, and another familiar German was the top dreamer. So who are the dreamers and disrupters?
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