Nicolae Ștefănuță
MEP
Member of the European Parliament
for Romania
Assumed office
2019
Personal details
BornRășinari, Romania
Political partyIndependent (since 2023)[1]
Other political
affiliations		USR PLUS (2019–2023)
Alma materGeorgetown University

Nicolae Ștefănuță is a Romanian politician who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2019.[2]

Political career

In parliament, Ștefănuță serves on the Committee on Budgets and on the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. In 2020, he also joined the Special Committee on Beating Cancer.[3] Ștefănuță has been serving as the parliament’s lead rapporteur on the budget of the European Union for 2023.[4]

In addition to his committee assignments, Ștefănuță is part of the parliament's delegation for relations with the United States. He co-chairs the informal MEP Interest Group on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR).[5] He is also a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development,[6] the European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights,[7] the European Parliament Intergroup on Children’s Rights[8] and the European Parliament Intergroup on Traditional Minorities, National Communities and Languages.[9]

In March 2023, Ștefănuță left the Save Romania Union party and the Renew Europe parliamentary group for the Greens–European Free Alliance as an independent MEP.[10]

Political positions

In 2021, Ștefănuță joined seven other Romanian MEPs in co-signing a letter to Ursula von der Leyen and Maroš Šefčovič in which they call on the European Commission to stop the United Kingdom from holding EU nationals in immigration removal centers.[11]

References

  1. ↑ Griera, Max (24 November 2023). "Defecting MEP goes solo to build up Romania's troubled greens". www.euractiv.com. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  2. ↑ His MEP profile
  3. ↑ Members of the Special Committee on Beating Cancer European Parliament, press release of July 9, 2020.
  4. ↑ Andreas Rogal (12 January 2022), European Parliament’s Special Cancer Committee adopts final report The Parliament Magazine.
  5. ↑ MEPs join forces to boost European Parliament actions to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR) European Public Health Alliance (EPHA), press release of February 19, 2020.
  6. ↑ Intergroup on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development European Parliament.
  7. ↑ Members European Parliament Intergroup on LGBTI Rights.
  8. ↑ Intergroup on Children’s Rights European Parliament.
  9. ↑ Intergroup on Traditional Minorities, National Communities and Languages European Parliament.
  10. ↑ "Romanian MEP Nicolae Ștefănuță joins Greens/EFA Group from Renew". Greens/EFA. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  11. ↑ Cristina Gallardo (May 12, 2021), MEPs urge von der Leyen to tackle UK immigration detention of EU nationals Politico Europe.
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