Antoine Ripoll

Spokesman of the EPP-ED Group's Chairman in the European Parliament

After various work assignments at OECD and the European Commission, Antoine Ripoll joins the European Parliament in 1988 as assistant to the UPE Group's Secretary General where he is in charge of political notes redaction, of the commissions follow-up and of the monthly newsletter.

In 1990, he becomes administrator for the UPE group, in charge of the press relations, the international relations and the coordination of the parliamentary work of the group.

Since 1999, he is administrator for the PPE-DE group in charge of the press services. In 2007, he became Spokesman and Head of Office of the EPP-ED Group's Chairman (the most influential political Group with 278 Members.

He speaks French, English, Italian.