--- description: Find out how Roberta Metsola is shaping the future and defining the next generation of leadership. title: 2023 TIME100 Next: Roberta Metsola image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt69e6e51f29d4cbbc/698a4003e6e84a43742b06dd/time100-next-roberta-metsola-2023.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Sep 13, 2023 # Roberta Metsola ## Video: See Everyone on the TIME100 Next List [Watch (HLS stream): See Everyone on the TIME100 Next List](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/QxIk3IJu.m3u8) (1:58)  _Published 2023-09-13. TIME100 Next, our annual franchise recognizing the rising leaders in health, climate, business, sports, the arts and more._ by Ursula von der Leyen  Roberta Metsola Roberta MetsolaNicolas Economou—NurPhoto/Getty Images Last year, Roberta Metsola [made history](https://www.politico.eu/person/roberta-metsola/ "undefined") by becoming the youngest-ever president of the European Parliament. There is one mission above all that she has put at the heart of her presidency: reconnecting the European Union with its citizens. Whenever she travels to one of the bloc’s 27 member states, whatever the issues on the agenda, she always finds time to meet with local people. And she repeats a powerful message: Get involved. Do not ever give in to cynicism. You can be the engine of change. --- ### More from TIME --- Roberta also works tirelessly to make Euro­pean institutions better and more transparent. When some European lawmakers were accused of taking bribes during the Qatargate scandal, she advocated tougher anticorruption rules around lobbying and financial disclosures to uphold the Parliament’s credibility. She has made it very clear that politicians have to be role models. Roberta’s passion for Europe has led her to the highest seat in the European Parliament: now she is channeling it in the service of all Europeans. _Von der Leyen is the European Commission president_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2023/6308560/roberta-metsola/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2023/6308560/roberta-metsola/"},"headline":"Roberta Metsola","datePublished":"2023-09-13T11:00:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:19:45.972Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2023/6308560/roberta-metsola/","keywords":["TIME 100 Next","sponsorshipblock","time100nextartists23"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt69e6e51f29d4cbbc/698a4003e6e84a43742b06dd/time100-next-roberta-metsola-2023.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt69e6e51f29d4cbbc/698a4003e6e84a43742b06dd/time100-next-roberta-metsola-2023.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2023/6308560/roberta-metsola/","name":"Roberta Metsola"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"See Everyone on the TIME100 Next List","description":"TIME100 Next, our annual franchise recognizing the rising leaders in health, climate, business, sports, the arts and more.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/QxIk3IJu/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2023-09-13T11:00:00.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/QxIk3IJu.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2023/6308560/roberta-metsola/","duration":"PT1M58S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2023/6308560/roberta-metsola/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```