EU Parliament President Roberta Metsola has made it to Politico's annual ranking of the most influential people in Europe.

"In addition to the most powerful person on the Continent, the list is divided into three categories - doers, disrupters and dreamers - each representing a different type of power," Politico says

Metsola is identified as 'the young gun' in the dreamers category. It says that she took control of the European Parliament at a difficult moment: a month before Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine and just a week after the death of the institution's former President David Sassoli.

It said that over the past two years, Metsola "has steered the institution through turbulent times and positioned herself as a credible candidate for a second term."

It also said that Metsola came out of the gates strong, "becoming the first president of an EU institution to visit Ukraine after Vladimir Putin launched his lethal invasion (and strongly championing the war-struck country's efforts to join the EU since)."