Amie Kreppel is the Director of the University of Florida’s Center for European Studies and European Union Studies Program. She has advised the State Department on the nature and development of the EU and is the author of a book, “The European Parliament and the Supranational Party System,” as well as more than a dozen articles in the field. Dr. Kreppel is also a founding member of the transAtlantic European Parliament Research Group (EPRG) housed at the London School of Economics.