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Virgil-Daniel POPESCU

Romania Romania EPP – European People's Party Partidul Naţional Liberal

Virgil-Daniel POPESCU is a Member of the European Parliament from Romania, representing Partidul Naţional Liberal in the European People's Party (EPP) group. In the 10th parliamentary term (2024–2029), Virgil-Daniel has submitted 896 amendments, delivered 11 speeches, authored 0 reports as rapporteur and 0 as shadow rapporteur, asked 3 questions, and filed 12 motions. Vote participation stands at 85.6% (5077 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 896 811.1 +85 261st/743 12th/34 53rd/193
Speeches 11 44.4 -33 656th/743 27th/34 158th/193
Reports (Rapporteur) 0 0.8 -1 263rd/743 9th/34 96th/193
Reports (Shadow) 0 3.8 -4 564th/743 21st/34 116th/193
Questions 3 39.7 -37 697th/743 26th/34 173rd/193
Motions 12 19.6 -8 202nd/743 13th/34 59th/193
Opinions (Rapporteur) 0 0.6 -1 223rd/743 11th/34 70th/193
Opinions (Shadow) 1 2.7 -2 369th/743 15th/34 53rd/193
Explanations of Vote 0 43.0 -43 394th/743 16th/34 88th/193
Vote Participation 85.6% 86.3% – 496th/745 14th/34 131st/193

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

Substitute ENVI – Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
Member ITRE – Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
Substitute CONT – Committee on Budgetary Control

Delegations

Substitute DARP – Delegation for relations with the Arab Peninsula
Member DSCA – Delegation to the EU-Armenia Parliamentary Partnership Committee, the EU-Azerbaijan Parliamentary Cooperation Committee and the EU-Georgia Parliamentary Association Committee
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Committees and delegations

Virgil-Daniel POPESCU holds the committee and delegation roles listed below in the 10th term (2024–2029).

Committees

  • Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT): Substitute, since 2024-07-19. Attended 0 of 42 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI): Substitute, since 2025-01-20. Attended 9 of 51 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE): Member, since 2024-07-19. Attended 22 of 37 committee meetings held during the membership

Delegations

  • Delegation for relations with the Arab Peninsula (DARP): Substitute, since 2024-09-19
  • Delegation to the EU-Armenia Parliamentary Partnership Committee, the EU-Azerbaijan Parliamentary Cooperation Committee and the EU-Georgia Parliamentary Association Committee (DSCA): Member, since 2024-09-19

Reports and opinions

Opinions as shadow rapporteur

All 1, most recent first.

  • 2026-06-16 ENVI_AD(2026)786680 OPINION on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives (EU) 2018/2001, (EU) 2019/944, (EU) 2024/1788 as regards acceleration of permit-granting procedures (ENVI)

Amendments by procedure

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

  • 2025/0399(COD): 193 amendments, latest 2026-05-20 (ITRE)
    EP document title: OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure, amending Regulations (EU) 2019/942, (EU) 2019/943 and (EU) 2024/1789 and repealing Regulation (EU) 2022/869
  • 2025/0400(COD): 97 amendments, latest 2026-05-27 (ENVI)
    EP document title: REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives (EU) 2018/2001, (EU) 2019/944, (EU) 2024/1788 as regards acceleration of permit-granting procedures
  • 2024/0061(COD): 79 amendments, latest 2025-03-31 (SEDE, ITRE)
    EP document title: REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Defence Industry Programme and a framework of measures to ensure the timely availability and supply of defence products (‘EDIP’)
  • 2024/2718(RSP): 74 amendments, latest 2024-09-11 (ENVI)
  • 2025/2006(INI): 67 amendments, latest 2025-03-21 (ITRE)
    EP document title: REPORT on electricity grids: the backbone of the EU energy system

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 3, most recent first. Records up to 2026-09-09.

  • 2025-07-22 Reassessing the timetable and safeguards for ETS2: preventing price shocks and ensuring social readiness (E-10-2025-003032)
  • 2025-05-19 Inclusion of nuclear energy production targets and deployment pathways in the revised PINC (E-10-2025-001997)
  • 2024-09-17 Recent increase in electricity prices in central and eastern Europe (E-10-2024-001736)

Motions for resolutions

All 12, most recent first. Records up to 2026-09-11.

  • 2026-06-16 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Russia’s unacceptable provocative actions and drone incursions into Romania, the Baltic states and Finland
  • 2026-06-15 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Russia’s unacceptable provocative actions and drone incursions into Romania, the Baltic states and Finland (B-10-2026-0304)
  • 2025-10-07 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on a united response to recent Russian violations of the EU Member States’ airspace and critical infrastructure
  • 2025-10-06 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on a united response to recent Russian violations of the EU Member States’ airspace and critical infrastructure (B-10-2025-0419)
  • 2025-09-05 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on strengthening Moldova’s resilience against Russian hybrid threats and malign interference
  • 2025-09-03 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on strengthening Moldova’s resilience against Russian hybrid threats and malign interference (B-10-2025-0355)
  • 2025-07-02 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Commission delegated regulation of 10 June 2025 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 to add Algeria, Angola, Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya, Laos, Lebanon, Monaco, Namibia, Nepal and Venezuela to the list of high-risk third countries which have provided a written high-level political commitment to address the identified deficiencies and have developed an action plan with the FATF, and to remove Barbados, Gibraltar, Jamaica, Panama, the Philippines, Senegal, Uganda an (B-10-2025-0318)
  • 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-10-2024-0080)
  • 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
  • 2024-09-17 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 (B-10-2024-0057)
  • 2024-07-17 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the need for the EU’s continuous support for Ukraine (B-10-2024-0007)

Comparison with group and country means

Counts of Virgil-Daniel POPESCU set against the mean of all Members of the EP, of the European People's Party 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 meanEPP meanRomania mean
Amendments896811.1 (higher)732.9 (higher)786.0 (higher)
Speeches1144.4 (lower)40.8 (lower)51.0 (lower)
Reports (Rapporteur)00.8 (lower)1.0 (lower)0.7 (lower)
Reports (Shadow)03.8 (lower)1.5 (lower)3.1 (lower)
Questions339.7 (lower)21.4 (lower)25.1 (lower)
Motions1219.6 (lower)23.1 (lower)19.5 (lower)
Opinions (Rapporteur)00.6 (lower)0.7 (lower)0.6 (lower)
Opinions (Shadow)12.7 (lower)1.3 (lower)2.3 (lower)
Explanations of Vote043.0 (lower)31.5 (lower)48.7 (lower)
Vote Participation85.6%86.3% (lower)86.1% (lower)78.2% (higher)

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