Over the years, we have interviewed a number of Members of the European Parliament. In this section, they share their views on the campaign to make dementia a European priority.

2011

• Oana Antonescu (Romania) on the importance of making dementia a national priority
• Nessa Childers (Ireland) talking about her seminar “Shared Priorities – Dementia and Alzheimer policy in Europe and Ireland”
• Marisa Matias (Portugal) discusses the future of research in Europe
• Antonyia Parvanova (Bulgaria) talking about the socio-economics rights of people with dementia and their carers

2010

• Frieda Brepoels (Belgium) talking about the work of the European Alzheimer's Alliance
• Brian Crowley (Ireland) talking about the work of the European Alzheimer's Alliance
• Françoise Grossetête (France) on the future of the European Alzheimer's Alliance
• Sirpa Pietikäinen (Finland) talking about the challenges facing people with demetia in Finland
• Dagmar Roth-Behrendt (Germany) on the need for Member States to take action against dementia

2009

• Frieda Brepoels (Belgium) contributing to our Election Special in the Dementia in Europe Magazine
• Brian Crowley (Ireland) contributing to the Election Special and discussing the challenges faced by people with dementia and their carers in Ireland
• Françoise Grossetête (France) on the successes of the European Alzheimer's Alliance
• Maria Eleni Koppa (Greece) providing a view from Greece
• Astrid Lulling (Luxembourg) contributing to the Election Special
• Jan Masiel (Poland) contributing to the Election Special
• Linda McAvan (UK) contributing to the Election Special
• Claude Moraes (UK) contributing to the Election Special
• Elisabeth Morin-Chartier (France) contributing to the Election Special
• Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou (Greece) contributing to the Election Special
• Sirpa Pietikäinen (Finland) contributing to the Election Special
• Kathy Sinnott (Ireland) contributing to the Election Special
• Corien Wortmann-Kool (Netherlands) contributing to the Election Special
• Anna Záborská (Slovakia) contributing to the Election Special
• Dushana Zdravkova (Bulgaria) contributing to the Election Special

2008

• John Bowis (UK) on the European Pact for Mental Health
• Michael Cashman (UK) on the problems faced by gay and lesbian carers
• Françoise Grossetête (France) on the launch of the European Alzheimer's Alliance
• Katalin Levai (Hungary) on the launch of a Written Declaration on the fight against Alzheimer's disease
• Jan Tadeusz Masiel (Poland) discusses the challenges faced by people with dementia and their carers in Poland

2007

• Jan Andersson (Sweden) contributing to the 2007 Dementia in Europe Yearbook
• Karl-Heinz Florenz (Germany) contributing to the 2006 Dementia in Europe Yearbook