€1,889 a Month European Parliament Traineeship
- Organization: European Parliament
- Type: Internship
- Location: Global
- Deadline: October 31, 2026
- Funding: Partially Funded
The European Parliament's Schuman traineeships place graduates in its Secretariat for five paid months, in Brussels, Luxembourg, Strasbourg or one of its Liaison Offices in EU member states. This intake runs from 1 March to 31 July 2027, and 514 traineeship offers are listed for it, 23 of them in the Parliament's research service, EPRS. The Parliament takes on around 1,000 Schuman trainees a year. **What you get:** - A monthly grant of €1,889 in Brussels and Luxembourg (2026 rate), adjusted for local living costs elsewhere, from €1,248.63 in Bulgaria to €2,468.92 in Ireland - A flat-rate travel allowance of €300 - Sickness and accident insurance taken out by the Parliament for the length of the traineeship - Two days of leave for each month of the traineeship - An extra 20 or 50 percent of the monthly grant for trainees with a recognised disability of 20 percent or more, plus reasonable accommodation **What you'll do:** - Work full time for five months in one Directorate-General, in fields such as communication, law, translation, international relations, EU internal policies, finance, IT, HR or administration - Pick up to three offers from the published list, each with its own unit, tasks and place of work - In EPRS units, help answer research requests from MEPs, write research published on the Parliament's website, and attend committee meetings and think tank events **Key dates:** - Applications open 1 October 2026 and close 31 October 2026 at 23:59 Brussels time - Shortlisting by the Directorates-General: 1 to 15 December 2026 - Offers made by the Trainee Outreach and Recruitment Unit: 1 December 2026 to 31 January 2027 - Traineeship runs 1 March to 31 July 2027 (the start can move by up to one month either way) **More information:** - Applications go through the Parliament's traineeship portal, ep-stages.gestmax.eu, where every offer is listed and can be filtered by field, Directorate-General and city - CVs must be in Europass format, with a motivation letter of at most one page for each offer - Shortlisted candidates may be invited to a short interview - The next window, for traineeships starting in October 2027, opens 1 May and closes 31 May
