  We used angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy to investigate the
electronic structure of EuFe$_2$As$_2$, EuFe$_2$As$_{1.4}$P$_{0.6}$ and
EuFe$_2$P$_2$. We observed doubled core level peaks associated to the pnictide
atoms, which are related to a surface state. Nevertheless, strong electronic
dispersion along the $c$ axis, especially pronounced in EuFe$_2$P$_2$, is
observed for at less one band, thus indicated that the Fe states, albeit
probably affected at the surface, do not form pure two-dimensional surface
states. However, this latter material shows reduced spectral weight near the
Fermi level as compared to EuFe$_2$As$_2$ and EuFe$_2$As$_{1.4}$P$_{0.6}$. An
anomalous jump is also found in the electronic states associated with the
Eu$^{2+}$ $f$ states in EuFe$_2$P$_2$.
