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Negrescu: Romania wants a European commissioner who manages economic topics

by AI | 17.Jul 2024 | Europe in brief AI

Romania is currently negotiating an important portfolio and wants to have a commissioner who handles economic matters.

MEP Victor Negrescu (S&D) (C) ALEX TUDOR / AGERPRES PHOTO

Romania is currently negotiating an important portfolio and wants to have a commissioner who manages economic issues.

Bucharest – Romania is currently negotiating an important portfolio and wants to have a commissioner who manages economic issues, but the architecture of the future European Commission will be very different from the current one and only after the portfolio is set will there be discussions about the designated person, said MEP Victor Negrescu (S&D) in a discussion with a group of Romanian journalists.

“There are several portfolios that manage topics of interest to us. The Prime Minister of Romania is the one authorized, according to the law, to make such a nomination. I am convinced that he will consult with colleagues from the Social Democratic Party and coalition colleagues and with, obviously, the other authorized structures, and will come up with a proposal that will pass,” said Negrescu, who on Tuesday became one of the 14 vice-presidents of the new European Parliament resulting from the European elections from June 6-9.

According to the MEP, the Prime Minister of Romania has already had a dialogue with the President of the European Commission regarding this subject, and the answer received “is a constructive, positive one,” discussions will be resumed in more detail after the vote in the EP plenary for the future President of the European Commission, scheduled for Thursday.

In his opinion, it is very important that Romania ensures that it has a commissioner “who does things, who has results, who fights for Europe to be more efficient, but also for Romania to be better represented.”

The MEPs will vote on Thursday to validate or not the second term of Ursula von der Leyen as President of the European Commission. This confirmation vote will take place on July 18 at 13:00 local time (11:00 GMT), after Ursula von der Leyen makes a statement in the EP plenary in the morning.

To be elected President of the European Commission, the 65-year-old German politician needs the votes of at least 361 of the 720 MEPs.