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Dragoş BENEA

Romania Romania S&D – Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats Partidul Social Democrat

Dragoş BENEA is a Member of the European Parliament from Romania, representing Partidul Social Democrat in the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) group. In the 10th parliamentary term (2024–2029), Dragoş has submitted 366 amendments, delivered 4 speeches, authored 1 report as rapporteur and 0 as shadow rapporteur, asked 2 questions, and filed 4 motions. Vote participation stands at 60.5% (3585 out of 5928 recorded roll-call votes within the Member's mandate period). All counts shown are raw figures from official European Parliament records, not adjusted for mandate length.

Parliamentary Activity

Activity Count EP Avg vs Avg EP Rank Country Group
Amendments 366 811.1 -445 534th/743 23rd/34 117th/138
Speeches 4 44.4 -40 707th/743 30th/34 133rd/138
Reports (Rapporteur) 1 0.8 +0 134th/743 6th/34 39th/138
Reports (Shadow) 0 3.8 -4 564th/743 21st/34 109th/138
Questions 2 39.7 -38 707th/743 30th/34 132nd/138
Motions 4 19.6 -16 380th/743 26th/34 51st/138
Opinions (Rapporteur) 2 0.6 +1 39th/743 2nd/34 12th/138
Opinions (Shadow) 0 2.7 -3 490th/743 20th/34 91st/138
Explanations of Vote 0 43.0 -43 394th/743 16th/34 90th/138
Vote Participation 60.5% 86.3% – 713th/745 30th/34 132nd/138

Each row orders Members by a single recorded metric; tied values share the same rank. Counts are raw and are not adjusted for mandate length; vote participation is the share of roll-call votes cast within each Member's mandate period. EP Avg = mean across all 745 tracked Members of the 10th term, including former Members. Data: European Parliament term 10 (2024–2029).

Roles and Memberships

Committees

Chair REGI – Committee on Regional Development
Substitute ECON – Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

Delegations

Member DLAT – Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly
Substitute DMER – Delegation for relations with Mercosur

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Committees and delegations

Dragoş BENEA holds the committee and delegation roles listed below in the 10th term (2024–2029).

Committees

  • Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON): Substitute, since 2024-07-19. Attended 1 of 39 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Committee on Regional Development (REGI): Chair, since 2024-07-23. Attended 15 of 27 committee meetings held during the membership

Delegations

  • Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (DLAT): Member, since 2024-09-19
  • Delegation for relations with Mercosur (DMER): Substitute, since 2024-09-19

Reports and opinions

Reports as rapporteur

All 1, most recent first.

  • 2025-07-02 A10-0129/2025 REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EU) 2021/1058 and (EU) 2021/1056 as regards specific measures to address strategic challenges in the context of the mid-term review (REGI)

Opinions as rapporteur

All 2, most recent first.

  • 2026-02-25 REGI_AD(2026)781447 OPINION on the interim report on the proposal for a Council regulation laying down the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034 (REGI)
  • 2025-04-02 REGI_AD(2025)770104 OPINION on a revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing world (REGI)

Amendments by procedure

Procedures with the most amendments Dragoş BENEA has tabled as author or co-author in the 10th term. Amendments are counted per procedure reference.

  • 2025/0240(COD): 110 amendments, latest 2026-06-23 (CJ71)
    EP document title: OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Fund for economic, social and territorial cohesion, agriculture and rural, fisheries and maritime, prosperity and security for the period 2028-2034 and amending Regulation (EU) 2023/955 and Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509
  • 2025/0084(COD): 78 amendments, latest 2025-06-20 (REGI)
    EP document title: REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EU) 2021/1058 and (EU) 2021/1056 as regards specific measures to address strategic challenges in the context of the mid-term review
  • 2024/2051(INI): 46 amendments, latest 2025-02-21 (REGI)
    EP document title: REPORT on a revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing world
  • 2024/2120(INI): 35 amendments, latest 2025-04-02 (REGI)
    EP document title: REPORT on the role of cohesion policy investment in resolving the current housing crisis
  • 2025/0545(COD): 25 amendments, latest 2026-04-24 (REGI)
    EP document title: OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a budget expenditure tracking and performance framework and other horizontal rules for the Union programmes and activities

Questions, motions and explanations of vote

Records as published on the European Parliament website, including co-signed texts. Each list says how far its records reach.

Written questions

All 1, most recent first. Records up to 2026-09-09.

  • 2025-10-17 Clarifications necessary as regards protection of the best interests of the child and respect for parental rights (E-10-2025-004108)

Questions for oral answer

All 1, most recent first. Records up to 2026-09-07.

  • 2026-03-11 Financing EU priorities in a sustainable, predictable and resilient way through a new EU own resource from the online gambling and betting services sector (O-10-2026-000014)

Motions for resolutions

All 4, most recent first. Records up to 2026-09-11.

  • 2025-10-17 RECOMMENDATION FOR A DECISION to raise no objections to Commission Delegated Regulation of 22 September 2025 amending Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the nomenclature for the dimensions and codes for the types of intervention for the ERDF, the ESF+, the Cohesion Fund and the JTF (B-10-2025-0460)
  • 2024-10-08 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on strengthening Moldova’s resilience against Russian interference ahead of the upcoming presidential elections and a constitutional referendum on EU integration
  • 2024-10-04 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on strengthening Moldova’s resilience against Russian interference ahead of the upcoming presidential elections and a constitutional referendum on EU integration (B-10-2024-0085)
  • 2024-09-18 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the devastating floods in central and eastern Europe, the loss of lives and the EU’s preparedness to act on such disasters exacerbated by climate change

Comparison with group and country means

Counts of Dragoş BENEA set against the mean of all Members of the EP, of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats group and of the Members from Romania. The word in brackets says whether the count is higher than, lower than or equal to that mean.

ActivityCountEP meanS&D meanRomania mean
Amendments366811.1 (lower)980.6 (lower)786.0 (lower)
Speeches444.4 (lower)47.4 (lower)51.0 (lower)
Reports (Rapporteur)10.8 (higher)1.1 (lower)0.7 (higher)
Reports (Shadow)03.8 (lower)2.7 (lower)3.1 (lower)
Questions239.7 (lower)34.3 (lower)25.1 (lower)
Motions419.6 (lower)8.2 (lower)19.5 (lower)
Opinions (Rapporteur)20.6 (higher)0.9 (higher)0.6 (higher)
Opinions (Shadow)02.7 (lower)1.9 (lower)2.3 (lower)
Explanations of Vote043.0 (lower)31.4 (lower)48.7 (lower)
Vote Participation60.5%86.3% (lower)85.8% (lower)78.2% (lower)

Means are taken over all tracked Members of the 10th term, former Members included. Counts are raw and not adjusted for mandate length.