“A number of European Parliament Committee on International Trade delegates were staying in the Taj Mahal hotel when it was attacked.[22] British Conservative MEP, Sajjad Karim (who was in the lobby when gunmen initially opened fire there) and German Socialist MEP, Erika Mann were last heard of hiding in different parts of the building.[23] Also reported present was Spanish MEP Ignasi Guardans Cambó, who was barricaded in a hotel room.[citation needed] Another British Conservative MEP, Syed Kamall reports that he along with several other MEPs left the hotel and went to a nearby restaurant shortly before the attack.[23] Kamill also reported that Polish MEP, Jan Masiel, was thought to have been sleeping in his hotel room when the attacks occurred and has not been heard from since.[23] Kamil and Cambó report that a Hungarian MEP’s assistant has been shot.[23][24]”-—Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/26_November_2008_Mumbai_attacks)
What are MEP’s, please?