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Romanian PM Ciolacu seeks economic portfolio at the European Commission
euronews (in English)
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22/08/2024
Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu picked Social Democrat MEP Victor Negrescu as his candidate for the country's next European commissioner.
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Romania's Prime Minister Marjel Csolhacu met with European Commission President Ursula
00:07
von der Leyen in Brussels to discuss the country's candidate and portfolio in the new executive
00:13
term.
00:18
Similar to Italy and the Czech Republic, the Romanian leader declared he wanted his commissioner
00:23
to have a portfolio linked to economic policies.
00:53
Csolhacu's pick for the position is one of the vice presidents of the European Parliament,
01:12
the socialist MEP Victor Negrescu.
01:16
Bucharest also did not present a female name, despite Ursula von der Leyen requesting this
01:21
from all member states.
01:23
Negrescu justified his pick to Euronews by arguing that the last two Romanian commissioners
01:29
were women and emphasised his youth instead, as he is 39 years old.
01:34
I think what is important for the commission is to have someone that is involved at European
01:40
level, that has the experience necessary to be part of the European Commission.
01:43
Of course, I'm also young and I think we also need young people in the commission because
01:48
we want to be appealing to young citizens across Europe that have participated quite
01:57
to a large extent at European elections.
02:04
The prime minister will only make the official announcement on August 26th, after a final
02:09
battle with the other two parties in the government coalition, who have also presented
02:14
candidates.
02:18
Negrescu has been in the European Parliament for around a decade, interrupted by a year's
02:23
experience as Minister for European Affairs.
02:27
Ursula von der Leyen expects to receive the names of all the candidates from countries
02:31
by the end of August.
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