"ALTwitter" - as in the alternate Twitter is the profiles of the Members of European Parliaments built on their Twitter metadata. In spite of the risks and challenges associated with the privacy of ineffectively regulated metadata, the beauty of the metadata which everyone should appreciate lies in its brevity and flexibility.

When you navigate to the profiles of the members of the parliament listed below, you will notice that these profiles give the essence of their interaction with Twitter and the data that they generate there. Without going through all their tweets, one can learn their areas/topics that they work, the device/mediums they use, the type of websites they refer, their sleeping/activity pattern, etc. The amount insight that can be derived from these metadata is indeed more interesting. We intend to present such artifacts in a separate blog post soon.

This open source project is a part of #hakunametadata series (with the earlier module on browsing metadata) is educate about the immense amount of information contained in the metadata that we generate by our day-to-day internet activities. Every bit of data used for this project is from the publically available information on Twitter. Furthermore, this project will be updated periodically and automatically to track the changes.

The below list of 618 members of the parliament is sorted alphabetically as per their last names.

AGEA Laura
AGEA Laura Italy
AKER Tim
AKER Tim United Kingdom
ALIOT Louis
ALIOT Louis France
ANDERSON Lucy
ANDERSON Lucy United Kingdom
ANDERSON Martina
ANDERSON Martina United Kingdom
ANDERSSON Max
ANDERSSON Max Sweden
ANDRIEU Eric
ANDRIEU Eric France
ANNEMANS Gerolf
ANNEMANS Gerolf Belgium
ARENA Maria
ARENA Maria Belgium
ARNOTT Jonathan
ARNOTT Jonathan United Kingdom
ARTHUIS Jean
ARTHUIS Jean France
ASHWORTH Richard
ASHWORTH Richard United Kingdom
ATKINSON Janice
ATKINSON Janice United Kingdom
AUKEN Margrete
AUKEN Margrete Denmark
AYUSO Pilar
AYUSO Pilar Spain
BAREKOV Nikolay
BAREKOV Nikolay Bulgaria
BASHIR Amjad
BASHIR Amjad United Kingdom
BATTEN Gerard
BATTEN Gerard United Kingdom
BAY Nicolas
BAY Nicolas France
BAYET Hugues
BAYET Hugues Belgium
BEARDER Catherine
BEARDER Catherine United Kingdom
BELDER Bas
BELDER Bas Netherlands
BELET Ivo
BELET Ivo Belgium
BENDTSEN Bendt
BENDTSEN Bendt Denmark
BJÖRK Malin
BJÖRK Malin Sweden
BOGOVIČ Franc
BOGOVIČ Franc Slovenia
BONI Michał
BONI Michał Poland
BORZAN Biljana
BORZAN Biljana Croatia
BOVÉ José
BOVÉ José France
BOYLAN Lynn
BOYLAN Lynn Ireland
BRANNEN Paul
BRANNEN Paul United Kingdom
BRIOIS Steeve
BRIOIS Steeve France
BROK Elmar
BROK Elmar Germany
BUCHNER Klaus
BUCHNER Klaus Germany
BUDA Daniel
BUDA Daniel Romania
BULLMANN Udo
BULLMANN Udo Germany
BUZEK Jerzy
BUZEK Jerzy Poland
CADEC Alain
CADEC Alain France
CAMP Wim van de
CAMP Wim van de Netherlands
CAMPBELL BANNERMAN David
CAMPBELL BANNERMAN David United Kingdom
CARTHY Matt
CARTHY Matt Ireland
CARVER James
CARVER James United Kingdom
CASA David
CASA David Malta
CASPARY Daniel
CASPARY Daniel Germany
CESA Lorenzo
CESA Lorenzo Italy
CHARANZOVÁ Dita
CHARANZOVÁ Dita Czech Republic
CHILDERS Nessa
CHILDERS Nessa Ireland
CHRISTENSEN Ole
CHRISTENSEN Ole Denmark
CLUNE Deirdre
CLUNE Deirdre Ireland
COBURN David
COBURN David United Kingdom
COELHO Carlos
COELHO Carlos Portugal
COLLINS Jane
COLLINS Jane United Kingdom
COMI Lara
COMI Lara Italy
CORBETT Richard
CORBETT Richard United Kingdom
COSTA Silvia
COSTA Silvia Italy
CRAMER Michael
CRAMER Michael Germany
CRISTEA Andi
CRISTEA Andi Romania
CSÁKY Pál
CSÁKY Pál Slovakia
DALEN Peter van
DALEN Peter van Netherlands
DALLI Miriam
DALLI Miriam Malta
DALTON Daniel
DALTON Daniel United Kingdom
DALUNDE Jakop
DALUNDE Jakop Sweden
D'AMATO Rosa
D'AMATO Rosa Italy
DANCE Seb
DANCE Seb United Kingdom
DANTI Nicola
DANTI Nicola Italy
DANTIN Michel
DANTIN Michel France
DATI Rachida
DATI Rachida France
DELI Andor
DELI Andor Hungary
DELLI Karima
DELLI Karima France
DELVAUX Mady
DELVAUX Mady Luxembourg
DE MASI Fabio
DE MASI Fabio Germany
DEPREZ Gérard
DEPREZ Gérard Belgium
DEUTSCH Tamás
DEUTSCH Tamás Hungary
DEVA Nirj
DEVA Nirj United Kingdom
DIACONU Mircea
DIACONU Mircea Romania
DLABAJOVÁ Martina
DLABAJOVÁ Martina Czech Republic
DODDS Anneliese
DODDS Anneliese United Kingdom
DODDS Diane
DODDS Diane United Kingdom
DOHRMANN Jørn
DOHRMANN Jørn Denmark
DUNCAN Ian
DUNCAN Ian United Kingdom
DURAND Pascal
DURAND Pascal France
ECK Stefan
ECK Stefan Germany
EICKHOUT Bas
EICKHOUT Bas Netherlands
ERNST Cornelia
ERNST Cornelia Germany
ERTUG Ismail
ERTUG Ismail Germany
EVANS Jill
EVANS Jill United Kingdom
EVI Eleonora
EVI Eleonora Italy
FAJON Tanja
FAJON Tanja Slovenia
FARAGE Nigel
FARAGE Nigel United Kingdom
FERBER Markus
FERBER Markus Germany
FORD Vicky
FORD Vicky United Kingdom
FOSTER Jacqueline
FOSTER Jacqueline United Kingdom
FOX Ashley
FOX Ashley United Kingdom
FREUND Eugen
FREUND Eugen Austria
GABRIEL Mariya
GABRIEL Mariya Bulgaria
GEIER Jens
GEIER Jens Germany
GERBRANDY Gerben-Jan
GERBRANDY Gerben-Jan Netherlands
GERICKE Arne
GERICKE Arne Germany
GIEGOLD Sev
GIEGOLD Sven Germany
GIEREK Adam
GIEREK Adam Poland
GILL Nathan
GILL Nathan United Kingdom
GILL Neena
GILL Neena United Kingdom
GIRLING Julie
GIRLING Julie United Kingdom
GODDYN Sylvie
GODDYN Sylvie France
GOERENS Charles
GOERENS Charles Luxembourg
GOMES Ana
GOMES Ana Portugal
GRAAFF Marcel de
GRAAFF Marcel de Netherlands
GRAPINI Maria
GRAPINI Maria Romania
GRIFFIN Theresa
GRIFFIN Theresa United Kingdom
GRIGULE Iveta
GRIGULE Iveta Latvia
GRZYB Andrzej
GRZYB Andrzej Poland
GUOGA Antanas
GUOGA Antanas Lithuania
HALLA-AHO Jussi
HALLA-AHO Jussi Finland
HÄNDEL Thomas
HÄNDEL Thomas Germany
HANNAN Daniel
HANNAN Daniel United Kingdom
HARKIN Marian
HARKIN Marian Ireland
HARMS Rebecca
HARMS Rebecca Germany
HAUTALA Heidi
HAUTALA Heidi Finland
HAYES Brian
HAYES Brian Ireland
HAZEKAMP Anja
HAZEKAMP Anja Netherlands
HEDH Anna
HEDH Anna Sweden
HELMER Roger
HELMER Roger United Kingdom
HEUBUCH Maria
HEUBUCH Maria Germany
HONEYBALL Mary
HONEYBALL Mary United Kingdom
HOOKEM Mike
HOOKEM Mike United Kingdom
HUDGHTON Ian
HUDGHTON Ian United Kingdom
HUITEMA Jan
HUITEMA Jan Netherlands
VELD Sophia in 't
VELD Sophia in 't Netherlands
JADOT Yannick
JADOT Yannick France
JAHR Peter
JAHR Peter Germany
JAKOVČIĆ Ivan
JAKOVČIĆ Ivan Croatia
JAMES Diane
JAMES Diane United Kingdom
JÁVOR Benedek
JÁVOR Benedek Hungary
JEŽEK Petr
JEŽEK Petr Czech Republic
JOLY Eva
JOLY Eva France
JONG Dennis de
JONG Dennis de Netherlands
JONGERIUS Agnes
JONGERIUS Agnes Netherlands
JOULAUD Marc
JOULAUD Marc France
JUREK Marek
JUREK Marek Poland
KAILI Eva
KAILI Eva Greece
KALLAS Kaja
KALLAS Kaja Estonia
KAMALL Syed
KAMALL Syed United Kingdom
KARAS Othmar
KARAS Othmar Austria
KARI Rina Ronja
KARI Rina Ronja Denmark
KARIM Sajjad
KARIM Sajjad United Kingdom
KARSKI Karol
KARSKI Karol Poland
KELLER Jan
KELLER Jan Czech Republic
KELLER Ska
KELLER Ska Germany
KELLY Seán
KELLY Seán Ireland
KIRTON-DARLING Jude
KIRTON-DARLING Jude United Kingdom
KOFOD Jeppe
KOFOD Jeppe Denmark
KOHLÍČEK Jaromír
KOHLÍČEK Jaromír Czech Republic
KÖLMEL Bernd
KÖLMEL Bernd Germany
KONEČNÁ Kateřina
KONEČNÁ Kateřina Czech Republic
KÓSA Ádám
KÓSA Ádám Hungary
KOVATCHEV Andrey
KOVATCHEV Andrey Bulgaria
KREHL Constanze
KREHL Constanze Germany
KUHN Werner
KUHN Werner Germany
KUKAN Eduard
KUKAN Eduard Slovakia
KYLLÖNEN Merja
KYLLÖNEN Merja Finland
KYUCHYUK Ilhan
KYUCHYUK Ilhan Bulgaria
LAMBERT Jean
LAMBERT Jean United Kingdom
LANGE Bernd
LANGE Bernd Germany
LANGE Esther de
LANGE Esther de Netherlands
LANGEN Werner
LANGEN Werner Germany
LAURISTIN Marju
LAURISTIN Marju Estonia
LEINEN Jo
LEINEN Jo Germany
LENAERS Jeroen
LENAERS Jeroen Netherlands
LE PEN Marine
LE PEN Marine France
LEWER Andrew
LEWER Andrew United Kingdom
LIESE Peter
LIESE Peter Germany
LIETZ Arne
LIETZ Arne Germany
LOONES Sander
LOONES Sander Belgium
LÓPEZ Javi
LÓPEZ Javi Spain
LUCKE Bernd
LUCKE Bernd Germany
LUNACEK Ulrike
LUNACEK Ulrike Austria
McAVAN Linda
McAVAN Linda United Kingdom
McCLARKIN Emma
McCLARKIN Emma United Kingdom
MACH Petr
MACH Petr Czech Republic
McINTYRE Anthea
McINTYRE Anthea United Kingdom
MACOVEI Monica
MACOVEI Monica Romania
MAEIJER Vicky
MAEIJER Vicky Netherlands
MALETIĆ Ivana
MALETIĆ Ivana Croatia
MARIAS Notis
MARIAS Notis Greece
MARTIN David
MARTIN David United Kingdom
MATIAS Marisa
MATIAS Marisa Portugal
MATO Gabriel
MATO Gabriel Spain
MAYER Alex
MAYER Alex United Kingdom
MAYER Georg
MAYER Georg Austria
MEISSNER Gesine
MEISSNER Gesine Germany
MELO Nuno
MELO Nuno Portugal
MICHEL Louis
MICHEL Louis Belgium
MICHELS Martina
MICHELS Martina Germany
MINEUR Anne-Marie
MINEUR Anne-Marie Netherlands
MLINAR Angelika
MLINAR Angelika Austria
MOI Giulia
MOI Giulia Italy
MOISĂ Sorin
MOISĂ Sorin Romania
MONOT Bernard
MONOT Bernard France
MOODY Clare
MOODY Clare United Kingdom
MORAES Claude
MORAES Claude United Kingdom
MORANO Nadine
MORANO Nadine France
MÜLLER Ulrike
MÜLLER Ulrike Germany
NAGY József
NAGY József Slovakia
NEGRESCU Victor
NEGRESCU Victor Romania
NEKOV Momchil
NEKOV Momchil Bulgaria
NICHOLSON James
NICHOLSON James United Kingdom
NIEDERMAYER Luděk
NIEDERMAYER Luděk Czech Republic
NILSSON Jens
NILSSON Jens Sweden
NÍ RIADA Liadh
NÍ RIADA Liadh Ireland
NOVAKOV Andrey
NOVAKOV Andrey Bulgaria
NUTTALL Paul
NUTTALL Paul United Kingdom
OBERMAYR Franz
OBERMAYR Franz Austria
O'FLYNN Patrick
O'FLYNN Patrick United Kingdom
OLBRYCHT Jan
OLBRYCHT Jan Poland
PABRIKS Artis
PABRIKS Artis Latvia
PAET Urmas
PAET Urmas Estonia
PAKSAS Rolandas
PAKSAS Rolandas Lithuania
PARKER Margot
PARKER Margot United Kingdom
PAVEL Emilian
PAVEL Emilian Romania
PETERLE Alojz
PETERLE Alojz Slovenia
PETIR Marijana
PETIR Marijana Croatia
PICULA Tonino
PICULA Tonino Croatia
PIEPER Markus
PIEPER Markus Germany
PIRI Kati
PIRI Kati Netherlands
POC Pavel
POC Pavel Czech Republic
POCHE Miroslav
POCHE Miroslav Czech Republic
POLČÁK Stanislav
POLČÁK Stanislav Czech Republic
PONGA Maurice
PONGA Maurice France
POSPÍŠIL Jiří
POSPÍŠIL Jiří Czech Republic
POST Soraya
POST Soraya Sweden
PRETZELL Marcus
PRETZELL Marcus Germany
PREUSS Gabriele
PREUSS Gabriele Germany
PROCTER John
PROCTER John United Kingdom
PROUST Franck
PROUST Franck France
RADEV Emil
RADEV Emil Bulgaria
RADOŠ Jozo
RADOŠ Jozo Croatia
RANGEL Paulo
RANGEL Paulo Portugal
REDA Julia
REDA Julia Germany
REDING Viviane
REDING Viviane Luxembourg
REGNER Evelyn
REGNER Evelyn Austria
REID Julia
REID Julia United Kingdom
REIMON Michel
REIMON Michel Austria
REINTKE Terry
REINTKE Terry Germany
REUL Herbert
REUL Herbert Germany
RIBEIRO Sofia
RIBEIRO Sofia Portugal
RODUST Ulrike
RODUST Ulrike Germany
ROHDE Jens
ROHDE Jens Denmark
ROLIN Claude
ROLIN Claude Belgium
ROPĖ Bronis
ROPĖ Bronis Lithuania
RUAS Fernando
RUAS Fernando Portugal
RÜBIG Paul
RÜBIG Paul Austria
SAÏFI Tokia
SAÏFI Tokia France
SANDER Anne
SANDER Anne France
SANT Alfred
SANT Alfred Malta
SARGENTINI Judith
SARGENTINI Judith Netherlands
SARVAMAA Petri
SARVAMAA Petri Finland
SAUDARGAS Algirdas
SAUDARGAS Algirdas Lithuania
SCHAAKE Marietje
SCHAAKE Marietje Netherlands
SCHLEIN Elly
SCHLEIN Elly Italy
SCHMIDT Claudia
SCHMIDT Claudia Austria
SCHOLZ Helmut
SCHOLZ Helmut Germany
SCHULZ Martin
SCHULZ Martin Germany
SCHULZE Sven
SCHULZE Sven Germany
SCHWAB Andreas
SCHWAB Andreas Germany
SEHNALOVÁ Olga
SEHNALOVÁ Olga Czech Republic
SEYMOUR Jill
SEYMOUR Jill United Kingdom
SIMON Peter
SIMON Peter Germany
SIMON Siôn
SIMON Siôn United Kingdom
SIPPEL Birgit
SIPPEL Birgit Germany
ŠKRLEC Davor
ŠKRLEC Davor Croatia
SMITH Alyn
SMITH Alyn United Kingdom
SMOLKOVÁ Monika
SMOLKOVÁ Monika Slovakia
ŠOJDROVÁ Michaela
ŠOJDROVÁ Michaela Czech Republic
ŠOLTES Igor
ŠOLTES Igor Slovenia
SORU Renato
SORU Renato Italy
SPYRAKI Maria
SPYRAKI Maria Greece
STAES Bart
STAES Bart Belgium
STANISHEV Sergei
STANISHEV Sergei Bulgaria
ŠTEFANEC Ivan
ŠTEFANEC Ivan Slovakia
STEINRUCK Jutta
STEINRUCK Jutta Germany
ŠTĚTINA Jaromír
ŠTĚTINA Jaromír Czech Republic
STEVENS Helga
STEVENS Helga Belgium
STIHLER Catherine
STIHLER Catherine United Kingdom
STUGER Olaf
STUGER Olaf Netherlands
ŠUICA Dubravka
ŠUICA Dubravka Croatia
SULÍK Richard
SULÍK Richard Slovakia
ŠULIN Patricija
ŠULIN Patricija Slovenia
SVOBODA Pavel
SVOBODA Pavel Czech Republic
SWINBURNE Kay
SWINBURNE Kay United Kingdom
SZANYI Tibor
SZANYI Tibor Hungary
TAKKULA Hannu
TAKKULA Hannu Finland
TANG Paul
TANG Paul Netherlands
TANNOCK Charles
TANNOCK Charles United Kingdom
TARABELLA Marc
TARABELLA Marc Belgium
TARAND Indrek
TARAND Indrek Estonia
TAYLOR Keith
TAYLOR Keith United Kingdom
TELIČKA Pavel
TELIČKA Pavel Czech Republic
THEURER Michael
THEURER Michael Germany
TOMAŠIĆ Ruža
TOMAŠIĆ Ruža Croatia
TOMC Romana
TOMC Romana Slovenia
TOOM Yana
TOOM Yana Estonia
TORVALDS Nils
TORVALDS Nils Finland
TOŠENOVSKÝ Evžen
TOŠENOVSKÝ Evžen Czech Republic
TRÜPEL Helga
TRÜPEL Helga Germany
ŢURCANU Mihai
ŢURCANU Mihai Romania
TURMES Claude
TURMES Claude Luxembourg
UJHELYI István
UJHELYI István Hungary
USPASKICH Viktor
USPASKICH Viktor Lithuania
VAIDERE Inese
VAIDERE Inese Latvia
VAJGL Ivo
VAJGL Ivo Slovenia
VALERO Bodil
VALERO Bodil Sweden
VALLI Marco
VALLI Marco Italy
VANA Monika
VANA Monika Austria
VAUGHAN Derek
VAUGHAN Derek United Kingdom
VAUTMANS Hilde
VAUTMANS Hilde Belgium
VÄYRYNEN Paavo
VÄYRYNEN Paavo Finland
VERHEYEN Sabine
VERHEYEN Sabine Germany
VERHOFSTADT Guy
VERHOFSTADT Guy Belgium
VILIMSKY Harald
VILIMSKY Harald Austria
VIRKKUNEN Henna
VIRKKUNEN Henna Finland
VOIGT Udo
VOIGT Udo Germany
VOSS Axel
VOSS Axel Germany
WARD Julie
WARD Julie United Kingdom
WEBER Manfred
WEBER Manfred Germany
WEBER Renate
WEBER Renate Romania
WERNER Martina
WERNER Martina Germany
WIERINCK Lieve
WIERINCK Lieve Belgium
WILLMOTT Dame Glenis
WILLMOTT Dame Glenis United Kingdom
WINKLER Iuliu
WINKLER Iuliu Romania
WOOLFE Steven
WOOLFE Steven United Kingdom
WÖLKEN Tiemo
WÖLKEN Tiemo Germany
ZAHRADIL Jan
ZAHRADIL Jan Czech Republic
ZALA Boris
ZALA Boris Slovakia
ZANNI Marco
ZANNI Marco Italy
ZDECHOVSKÝ Tomáš
ZDECHOVSKÝ Tomáš Czech Republic
ZELLER Joachim
ZELLER Joachim Germany
ZEMKE Janusz
ZEMKE Janusz Poland
ZĪLE Roberts
ZĪLE Roberts Latvia
ZIMMER Gabriele
ZIMMER Gabriele Germany
ZORRINHO Carlos
ZORRINHO Carlos Portugal
ZOVKO Željana
ZOVKO Željana Croatia
ZULLO Marco
ZULLO Marco Italy
ZVER Milan
ZVER Milan Slovenia