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Romania’s designated commissioner, Roxana Mînzatu, received a favorable opinion in the specialized committees of the national parliament

by AI | 05.Nov 2024 | Europe in brief AI

Romania’s designated commissioner, Roxana Mînzatu, was heard by the specialized committees in the national parliament.

Roxana Minzatu, proposed for the position of European Commissioner on behalf of Romania in the field of 'People, Skills and Training', is being heard during the joint meeting of the European Affairs and Foreign Policy Committees of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies, at the Palace of the Parliament.

Bucharest – Roxana Mînzatu, proposed for the position of European Commissioner on behalf of Romania, was heard on Tuesday in Bucharest by the specialized committees of the national parliament, where she detailed the priorities of her portfolio as well as her role as Executive Vice President of the European Commission. The parliamentary committees for foreign policy and European affairs gave her a favorable opinion with 35 votes “for” and six “against”. Roxana Mînzatu, who is to hold the portfolio ‘People, Skills, and Training’ and take up a post as Executive Vice President of the European Commission, highlighted after the hearings that Romania is, for the first time, in the leadership of the community’s Executive.

During the hearings, Mînzatu emphasized the key role that Romania received in the eastern area of the European Union, that of Executive Vice President of the European Commission, alongside Spain, Finland, Italy, France, and alongside the High Representative for foreign policy from Estonia. As Vice President, she will coordinate preparations for emergencies, an area for which, along with crisis preparedness, “for the first time, key roles are assigned in the composition of the College of Commissioners”.

She added that, additionally, the role she will fulfill as European Commissioner refers to “an accumulation of portfolios from past exercises”, mentioning that she will be responsible for social policies, jobs, anti-poverty measures, as well as policies related to education and lifelong skills across the entire European Union.

Roxana Mînzatu underlined that the portfolio for which she is proposed accounts for almost 20% of the EU’s multi-annual budget: the European Social Fund Plus, nearly 145 billion euros, including national contributions (…), Erasmus Plus, the most popular tool known by so many young people and teachers – 26 billion euros, and the Social Climate Fund, which will be implemented starting in 2026, and for which we are making the programming now, and which will benefit households, individuals, SMEs, and carriers. “These are financial instruments, non-reimbursable funding, directly coordinated by the portfolio I have received,” added Roxana Mînzatu.

She also said she will coordinate two general directorates: the one dedicated to employment and social policies and the one dedicated to education and culture.

Romania’s designated European Commissioner, Roxana Mînzatu, will be heard on November 12th in Brussels by the competent committees of the European Parliament. (5.11.2024)