Adrian Năstase is a Romanian jurist,academic/professor,blogger,and former politician who served as the prime minister of Romania from December 2000 to December 2004.
The Social Democratic Party is the largest social democratic political party in Romania and also the largest overall political party in the country,aside from European Parliament level,where it is the second largest by total number of political representatives,after the National Liberal Party (PNL). It was founded by Ion Iliescu,Romania's first democratically elected president at the 1990 Romanian general election. It is currently part of the National Coalition for Romania (CNR),which is a big tent grand coalition comprising also the National Liberal Party (PNL). The CNR formerly included the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR/RMDSZ) until mid June 2023.
Marian Harkin is an Irish independent politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Sligo–Leitrim constituency since the 2020 general election,and previously from 2002 to 2007. She previously served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2004 to 2019.
Dan Mircea Geoană is a Romanian politician and former ambassador who served as president of the upper chamber of the Romanian Parliament,the Senate from 20 December 2008 until he was revoked on 23 November 2011. From 21 April 2005 until 21 February 2010,he was the head of the Social Democratic Party,Romania's largest political party to this day. Furthermore,he was the candidate of the party for the position of President of Romania in the 2009 presidential election which he narrowly lost to Traian Băsescu.
Traian Băsescu is a Romanian conservative politician who served as President of Romania from 2004 to 2014. Prior to his presidency,Băsescu served as Romanian Minister of Transport on multiple occasions between 1991 and 2000,and as Mayor of Bucharest from 2000 to 2004. Additionally,he was elected as leader of the Democratic Party (PD) in 2001.
Academia Cațavencu is a Romanian satirical magazine founded in 1991 and made famous by its investigative journalism. Academia Cațavencu also owns Radio Guerrilla,an FM radio station with national coverage;Tabu,a women's magazine,Superbebe,a magazine for new parents,Aventuri la pescuit,a magazine for fishermen,24-FUN,a free magazine for teenagers,and Cotidianul,a daily newspaper.
Gianni De Michelis was an Italian politician,a member of the Italian Socialist Party (PSI),who served as minister in many Italian governments in the 1980s and early 1990s.
Monica Luisa Macovei is a Romanian politician,lawyer and former prosecutor,and former Member of the European Parliament from the European Conservatives and Reformists and formerly a member of the Romanian Democratic Liberal Party (PDL). She was the Minister of Justice of Romania in the first cabinet of Prime Minister Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu. In this position she was credited with implementing the justice reforms required for Romania to become a member state of the European Union. Macovei was also an independent candidate in Romania's 2014 presidential elections.
Daniel Marian Vanghelie is a Romanian politician,the former mayor of the 5th Sector of Bucharest (2000–2016) and a former member of the Romanian Social Democratic Party (PSD). He ran for a fifth term in 2016 as an independent but was defeated by social-democratic candidate Daniel Florea. Vanghelie came in 3rd place,receiving fewer votes than both the social democratic candidate and the liberal candidate,Ovidiu Raețchi.
Marian-Jean Marinescu is a Romanian politician and member of PNL,part of the European People's Party–European Democrats. Elected to the Chamber of Deputies for Dolj County,he became a Member of the European Parliament in January 2007,with the accession of Romania to the European Union. He is a Grand Officer of the Order of the Star of Romania. Marian-Jean Marinescu has been vice-president of the PPE Group for two legislatures,chair of the PPE Working Group "Budgets and Structural Policies",coordinator of the PPE working group for the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021–2027,Vice-Coordinator of the Transport and Tourism Commission (TRAN),vice-president of the "Sky and Space" Intergroup,member of the Board of Directors of the European Agency for Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GSA),ambassador and founding member of the Erasmus program for entrepreneurs . In the new legislature 2019 - 2024,Marian-Jean Marinescu continues his activity in the committees of which he was a member previously,namely:member in the Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN),alternate member in the Committee on Industry,Research and Energy (ITRE) and an alternate member of the Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT),as well as coordinator of the PPE group for transport policies. A fluent speaker of French and English,Marian-Jean Marinescu has a solid administrative experience at national level,being deputy in the Romanian Parliament,County Councilor - Dolj County Council - Municipal Councilor Local Craiova and Prefect - Dolj County Prefect Institution. During the activity,Marian-Jean Marinescu was twice awarded the MEP of the Year,in the Research - Innovation section,the Personality of the Year Award in the field of aviation,granted by the European Business Aviation Association (EBAA) in 2017,Red Arrow Award 2017 for Europe's Essential Commitment - Future Business Austria Conference. In the 2014 - 2019 legislature Marinescu was ranked the most active Romanian MEP,with a portfolio of 15 reports as principal rapporteur,20 alternative reports and 5 opinion reports,as well as one of the ones more influential Romanian MEPs,according to VoteWatch's April 2019 ranking.
The Democratic Liberal Party was a liberal-conservative political party in Romania. The party was formed on 15 December 2007,when the Democratic Party (PD) merged with the Liberal Democratic Party (PLD). On 17 November 2014 the PDL officially merged into the National Liberal Party (PNL),ceasing to exist. The PDL was associated with Traian Băsescu,who was previously leader of the PD and President of Romania from 2004 to 2014.
Sorin Frunzăverde was a Romanian politician. He served as the Minister of National Defense of Romania on two occasions as well as the Minister of Tourism and Ministry of Water,Forestry and Environmental Protection. He was also the President of the Caraș-Severin County Council a member of the Parliament of Romania and a Member of the European Parliament from 2007 to 2009. Formerly a member of the Democratic Liberal Party (PDL),he joined the National Liberal Party (PNL) in 2012.
Cristian Silviu Bușoi is a Romanian physician and politician. A member of the National Liberal Party (PNL),he was a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for TimișCounty from 2004 to 2007,and was a Member of the European Parliament from 2007 to 2013,a position he regained in 2014. He currently chairs the European Parliament's Committee on Industry,Research and Energy (ITRE).
In 2011,the European Commission’s Anti-fraud Office (OLAF) opened a formal investigation for corruption against four Members of European Parliament (MEPs)—Romanian Adrian Severin,Austrian Ernst Strasser,Spaniard Pablo Zalba Bidegain,and Slovenian Zoran Thaler—after an article in The Sunday Times claimed that they had tried to influence EU legislation in exchange for money. The Sunday Timesjournalists went undercover and approached 60 MEPs,posing as lobbyists and requesting votes to table or support certain amendments in exchange for money.
The Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) is the political group in the European Parliament of the Party of European Socialists (PES). The Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats was officially founded as a Socialist Group on 29 June 1953 which makes it the second oldest political group in the European Parliament after Renew Europe (Renew). It adopted its present-day name on 23 June 2009. Centre-left in orientation,the group mostly comprises social-democratic parties and is affiliated with the Progressive Alliance and Socialist International.
Pablo Zalba Bidegain is a Spanish economist and politician and has been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP),for the European People's Party,in office June 2009 to November 2016. From 2016 to 2018 he served as President of the Official Credit Institute (ICO).
The Microsoft licensing corruption scandal was a political scandal and criminal investigation in Romania,involving large bribes paid to Romanian government members in exchange for approving increases in license fees for Microsoft products. It was called the 'biggest ever' Romanian corruption case. However,most of the charges were dropped in 2018 as the statute of limitations had expired.
European Parliament elections were held in Romania on 26 May 2019.
DragoșTudorache is a Romanian politician of USR PLUS/USR who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2019.
