September 17th, 2025

#BestBuddies 2025, meet our finalists

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Meet the finalists in each category:

EU institutions – Finalists

Manfred – MEP Inese Vaidere

Šotek – Jarka Chloupkova, Policy Advisor ECR Group in the European Parliament

Strudel – Zita Massing, APA to MEP Tilly Metz

Brussels Bubble – Finalists

Boris – Elien Van Stichel, BEPEFA

Indiana – Georgia Brooks, The Nine

Sprouty – Ana Matos Neves, journalist

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