Strasbourg – Most Romanian MEPs current on Wednesday in Strasbourg voted in favor of the brand new European Fee, which was accepted by the plenary of the European Parliament with 370 votes in favor, 282 in opposition to, and 36 abstentions, in accordance with the minutes printed after the vote on the European legislative web site.
Thus, in favor of the brand new European Fee voted MEPs Rareş Bogdan, Daniel Buda, Gheorghe Falcă, Mircea Hava, Siegfried Mureşan, Adina Vălean (all members of the European Folks’s Occasion group), Dan Barna (member of the Renew Europe group), Dragoş Benea, Vasile Dîncu, Gabriela Firea, Maria Grapini, Roxana Mînzatu, Ştefan Muşoiu, Victor Negrescu, Dan Nica (all members of the S&D group) and Nicolae Ştefănuţă (member of the Greens group).
Among the many Romanian MEPs, Adrian Axinia, Gheorghe Piperea, Şerban-Dimitrie Sturdza, Claudiu Târziu, Georgiana Teodorescu (all members of the European Conservatives and Reformists group, ECR) and Luis-Vicenţiu Lazarus (non-affiliated) voted in opposition to the brand new EU government.
MEPs Lorant Vincze and Iuliu Winkler (each from the EPP group) abstained from voting.
Romania has 33 MEPs within the European Parliament.
Following the talk with the President of the European Fee Ursula von der Leyen relating to her new group and program for the following 5 years, deputies elected the faculty of commissioners by roll name vote. To be confirmed, the faculty of commissioners wanted the vast majority of the votes solid (Article 129 paragraph (7) of the EP Guidelines of Process).
This would be the second time period for Ursula von der Leyen as President of the Fee, following the election of her first Fee by the MEPs in July 2019.
Earlier than the vote, Ursula von der Leyen offered her group and program, the place she confirmed the portfolio adjustments requested by MEPs throughout the analysis course of. “We’re able to get to work instantly,” she stated, emphasizing the Fee’s intention to all the time be devoted to the struggle for freedom, sovereignty, safety, and prosperity.
After her official appointment by the European Council by certified majority, the brand new European Fee is predicted to take up its duties on December 1st. MEPs will monitor the Fee’s commitments for the following 5 years. (27.11.2024)
