Romanian MEP

MEP Mircea Hava, former Mayor of Alba Iulia Municipality, on Thursday got elected Vice Chair of the European Parliament Delegation for relations with Canada, according to an announcement posted on his Facebook page.

A delegation of the European Parliament today is in Skopje to assess the country's progress in European reforms and the readiness for possible accession talks, reported the Bulgarian National Television. 

Prime minister Viorica Dancila on a working visit in Brussels met on Tuesday with the Chairman of the European People's Party group, Manfred Weber, whom she had "an open exchange of opinions" with regarding the situation in Romania, a release by the Romanian Gov't sent to AGERPRES informs.

The European Commision President, Jean-Claude Juncker, apologised on Wednesday to a Romanian MEP for the appearance of the phrase "Moldovan language" on the website of European Commision - calling it a "regrettable administrative error".

Romania's ruling Social Democrats readied on Monday for consultations with President Klaus Iohannis on naming a new Prime Minister, having impeached their own cabinet last week.

Iohannis stressed that his main concern was the new Prime Minister's integrity, adding that he would not appoint a candidate who had been sentenced for any type of crime, including corruption.

Romanian MEP Cristian Preda has said he asked the European Parliament in Strasbourg to discuss the ongoing political crisis in Romania, arguing that because of what he calls a democratic deficit in Romania's Parliament, a hearing of Prime Minister Ponta is needed.

Romanian MEP Emilian Pavel says the goal of Friends of Serbia group is to improve the relations between Serbia and the EP.

This should happen "with a view to its further progress in the EU integration process," the newly elected chairman of the informal group in the European Parliament said.

Romanian MEP Victor Negrescu of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) has asked the European Commission for measures that will make sure the rights of the migrants inside the European Union will not be violated in the wake of a recent decision by the EU Court of Justice in the case of a Romanian woman settled in Germany.

The European Parliament (EP) on Wednesday elected S&D MEP Ioan Mircea Pascu as its Vice President replacing Corina Cretu, who left to join the European Commission, informs a release of the EP.

Social Democrat MEP Ioan Mircea Pascu (of the Social Democratic Party, PSD) was elected on Tuesday in Strasbourg the coordinator of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) for the EP Committee on Security and Defence, according to a press release sent to AGERPRES on Wednesday.