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Dragoş BENEA

S&D · Romania

Group
S&D
Country
Romania
Roll-call participation
65.5 %ⓘ of 620 roll calls in office · chamber median 90.6 % · whole term, final votes
With majority line
94.6 %ⓘ of 406 votes where the group had a line · S&D median 97.1 %
More facts (5)
National party
PSD Partidul Social Democrat
In office
Since 16 Jul 2024
Against clear line
21 of 403 votesⓘ
Committees
ECON (substitute), REGI (chair)
Member id
197658
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Record

The member’s figures against the median of their group and of the chamber. Each vote counts the member in the group they belonged to that day.

Roll-call participation ⓘ

65.5 %

406 of 620 final votes while in office

S&D median: 89.5 % (−24.0 pts)

Chamber median: 90.6 %

With majority line ⓘ

94.6 %

384 of 406 votes where their group had a line

S&D median: 97.1 % (−2.5 pts)

Against clear line ⓘ

5.2 %

21 of 403 votes where their group had a clear line

17 opposite (for ↔ against), 4 abstained against the line

Abstention ⓘ

1.5 %

6 of 406 votes cast

Participation 65.5 % — S&D median 89.5 %, 137 members.ⓘ
Data as a table
Participation among the 137 members of the S&D with enough votes.
FigureParticipation
Dragoş BENEA65.5 %
S&D median89.5 %
Lowest in the group48.1 %
Highest in the group99.8 %
Members137
With majority line 94.6 % — S&D median 97.1 %, 137 members.ⓘ
Data as a table
With majority line among the 137 members of the S&D with enough votes.
FigureWith majority line
Dragoş BENEA94.6 %
S&D median97.1 %
Lowest in the group86.7 %
Highest in the group99.8 %
Members137
  • Whole term, 620 final votes; 620 of 794 decisions had a final vote recorded by name. The dots are the other members of S&D; no ranks.
  • “No vote recorded” is not the same as absent: leave, illness and chairing the sitting look the same.
  • A group’s line is inferred from its members’ votes — Parliament publishes no whip.

Votes, 5 928

Export

Every roll-call vote of the term with the member’s position, newest first.

Result: for–against–abstained. Majority line: how most of the member’s group voted that day (“Tie” when no position won). ≠ group marks a vote otherwise than a clear line (at least two thirds, with at least 10 members voting) of their group.
DateDecision and voteResultPositionMajority line
28 Nov 2024Georgia's worsening democratic crisis following the recent parliamentary elections and alleged electoral fraud Amendment 7 to paragraph 21 331 for, 98 against, 166 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
28 Nov 2024Georgia's worsening democratic crisis following the recent parliamentary elections and alleged electoral fraud Paragraph 12 — part 2 327 for, 214 against, 60 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
28 Nov 2024Georgia's worsening democratic crisis following the recent parliamentary elections and alleged electoral fraud Separate vote on paragraph 11 435 for, 101 against, 66 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
28 Nov 2024Georgia's worsening democratic crisis following the recent parliamentary elections and alleged electoral fraud Paragraph 10 — part 2 411 for, 121 against, 70 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
28 Nov 2024The shrinking space for civil society in Cambodia, in particular the case of the labour rights organisation CENTRAL Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 492 for, 5 against, 102 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
28 Nov 2024Georgia's worsening democratic crisis following the recent parliamentary elections and alleged electoral fraud Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 1 100 for, 418 against, 84 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
28 Nov 2024Georgia's worsening democratic crisis following the recent parliamentary elections and alleged electoral fraud Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 1 110 for, 451 against, 43 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
28 Nov 2024The increasing and systematic repression of women in Iran Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 562 for, 2 against, 30 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
28 Nov 2024Hong Kong, notably the cases of Jimmy Lai and the 45 activists recently convicted under the national security law Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 473 for, 23 against, 98 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
28 Nov 2024The increasing and systematic repression of women in Iran Amendment 1 to paragraph 1 177 for, 406 against, 10 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
27 Nov 2024Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Germany and Italy relating to floods occurred in 2024 Final vote on the motion for a resolutionPassed 660 for, 11 against, 4 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
27 Nov 2024Draft amending budget No 5/2024: adjustment in payment appropriations, update of revenues and other technical updates Final vote on the motion for a resolutionPassed 525 for, 75 against, 81 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
27 Nov 20242025 budgetary procedure: Joint text Joint text 418 for, 185 against, 67 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
27 Nov 2024Measures to reduce incidental catches of common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) and other small cetaceans in the Bay of Biscay Final vote on the motion for a resolutionObjection failed 123 for, 511 against, 42 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
27 Nov 2024Amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 as regards Vanuatu Final votePassed 627 for, 6 against, 37 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
27 Nov 2024Election of the Commission Election election of the commissionCommission elected 370 for, 282 against, 36 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
27 Nov 2024Presentation by the President-elect of the Commission of the College of Commissioners and its programme Final vote — text as a wholeRejected 154 for, 507 against, 19 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
27 Nov 2024Presentation by the President-elect of the Commission of the College of Commissioners and its programme Separate vote on paragraph 11 173 for, 455 against, 55 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
27 Nov 2024Presentation by the President-elect of the Commission of the College of Commissioners and its programme Separate vote on paragraph 7 204 for, 470 against, 6 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
27 Nov 2024Presentation by the President-elect of the Commission of the College of Commissioners and its programme Separate vote on paragraph 3 200 for, 480 against, 9 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
27 Nov 2024Presentation by the President-elect of the Commission of the College of Commissioners and its programme Final vote on the motion for a resolution 53 for, 608 against, 24 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
26 Nov 2024Genetically modified maize MON 94804 Final vote on the motion for a resolutionObjection passed 468 for, 166 against, 14 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
26 Nov 2024Genetically modified maize DP202216 Final vote — text as a wholeObjection passed 478 for, 165 against, 16 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
26 Nov 2024Genetically modified maize DP202216 Amendment 1, adding text after recital K 270 for, 290 against, 72 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
26 Nov 2024Genetically modified maize DP202216 Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 2 274 for, 232 against, 136 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: Abstained
26 Nov 2024Genetically modified maize DP23211 Final vote — text as a wholeObjection passed 474 for, 166 against, 17 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
26 Nov 2024Genetically modified maize DP23211 Amendment 1, adding text after recital K 270 for, 292 against, 70 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
26 Nov 2024Genetically modified maize DP915635 Final vote — text as a wholeObjection passed 478 for, 166 against, 17 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
26 Nov 2024Genetically modified maize DP915635 Amendment 1, adding text after recital L 270 for, 291 against, 68 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
26 Nov 2024Genetically modified maize DP23211 Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 2 276 for, 232 against, 138 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: Abstained
26 Nov 2024Genetically modified maize DP915635 Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 2 278 for, 229 against, 138 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: Abstained
26 Nov 2024Genetically modified maize MON 810 Final vote on the motion for a resolutionObjection passed 464 for, 163 against, 27 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
26 Nov 2024Genetically modified maize MON 89034 × 1507 × MON 88017 × 59122 and eight of its sub-combinations Final vote — text as a wholeObjection passed 476 for, 169 against, 14 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
26 Nov 2024Genetically modified maize MON 89034 × 1507 × MON 88017 × 59122 and eight of its sub-combinations Amendment 1, adding text after recital O 273 for, 290 against, 69 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: Against
26 Nov 2024Genetically modified maize MON 89034 × 1507 × MON 88017 × 59122 and eight of its sub-combinations Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 2 281 for, 233 against, 128 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: Abstained
26 Nov 2024Genetically modified cotton COT102 Final vote on the motion for a resolutionObjection passed 496 for, 143 against, 18 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
26 Nov 2024Genetically modified maize MON 89034 × 1507 × NK603 Final vote — text as a wholeObjection passed 474 for, 171 against, 13 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
26 Nov 2024Genetically modified maize MON 89034 × 1507 × NK603 Amendment 1, adding text after recital O 275 for, 288 against, 68 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
26 Nov 2024Genetically modified maize MON 89034 × 1507 × NK603 Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 2 281 for, 233 against, 124 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: Abstained
25 Nov 2024Wednesday’s agenda Wednesday’s agenda 415 for, 5 against, 3 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
25 Nov 2024Monday’s agenda – Request by The Left Group Monday’s agenda — Request by The Left Group 156 for, 277 against, 10 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
14 Nov 2024EU actions against the Russian shadow fleets and ensuring a full enforcement of sanctions against Russia Amendment 5 to recital G 252 for, 318 against, 64 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
14 Nov 2024EU actions against the Russian shadow fleets and ensuring a full enforcement of sanctions against Russia Paragraph 16 — part 2 482 for, 108 against, 40 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
14 Nov 2024EU actions against the Russian shadow fleets and ensuring a full enforcement of sanctions against Russia Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 15 131 for, 444 against, 57 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
14 Nov 2024EU actions against the Russian shadow fleets and ensuring a full enforcement of sanctions against Russia Paragraph 15 — part 2 477 for, 132 against, 21 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
14 Nov 2024EU actions against the Russian shadow fleets and ensuring a full enforcement of sanctions against Russia Amendment 4 to paragraph 4 167 for, 384 against, 78 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
14 Nov 2024EU actions against the Russian shadow fleets and ensuring a full enforcement of sanctions against Russia Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 2 76 for, 524 against, 34 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
14 Nov 2024EU actions against the Russian shadow fleets and ensuring a full enforcement of sanctions against Russia Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 2 116 for, 483 against, 36 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
14 Nov 2024EU actions against the Russian shadow fleets and ensuring a full enforcement of sanctions against Russia Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 1 113 for, 458 against, 65 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
14 Nov 2024UN Climate Change Conference 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan (COP29) Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 429 for, 183 against, 24 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For

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Roll-call participation

One cell per sitting while in office, shaded by the share of that day’s roll calls the member voted in. The official attendance register is kept separately by Parliament.

No vote recorded on 28 of 80 sittings with roll calls.

"No vote recorded" is not the same as absent: leave, illness and chairing the sitting look the same.

Data as a table

Voting neighbours

Members who voted the same way most often in the roll calls they both took part in, within and outside the member’s group (group at the date of each vote), over all roll calls of the term.

At least 200 shared roll calls over at least six months in office together. Within = both sat in the same group on the date of the vote; a member who changed group can appear on both lists. Baseline = the median agreement of all pairs of members of the groups the two sat in on the date of each shared vote (within: the group they shared; outside: the two groups), weighted by the votes they shared in each combination.

Within S&D

Agreement: roll calls where both cast the same position, of the roll calls both voted in while in the same group (“shared”); a count below 50 shared. Baseline: the median agreement of every pair of members of that group.
SelectMemberGroupCountryAgreementBaseline
Claudiu MANDA S&DRomania99 % of 1 770 shared93 %
Gabriela FIREA S&DRomania99 % of 2 470 shared93 %
Gheorghe CÂRCIU S&DRomania99 % of 2 439 shared93 %
Mihai TUDOSE S&DRomania99 % of 2 841 shared93 %
Ştefan MUŞOIU S&DRomania99 % of 2 997 shared93 %
Victor NEGRESCU S&DRomania98 % of 3 084 shared93 %
Andi CRISTEA S&DRomania98 % of 3 151 shared93 %
Dan NICA S&DRomania96 % of 2 663 shared93 %
Vasile DÎNCU S&DRomania95 % of 3 191 shared93 %
Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ S&DLithuania94 % of 3 370 shared93 %

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Outside the group

Agreement: roll calls where both cast the same position, of the roll calls both voted in while in different groups (“shared”); a count below 50 shared. Baseline: the median agreement of every pair of members of the groups the two sat in on those votes (groups at the date, weighted by the votes shared in each combination).
SelectMemberGroupCountryAgreementBaseline
Elisabetta GUALMINI changed group RenewItaly92 % of 1 157 shared86 %
Pina PICIERNO changed group RenewItaly90 % of 203 shared86 %
Jérémy DECERLE RenewFrance90 % of 1 676 shared86 %
Dainius ŽALIMAS RenewLithuania89 % of 3 227 shared86 %
Bernard GUETTA RenewFrance89 % of 3 066 shared86 %
Valérie DEVAUX RenewFrance89 % of 3 207 shared86 %
Marjan ŠAREC RenewSlovenia89 % of 3 161 shared86 %
Valérie HAYER RenewFrance89 % of 3 503 shared86 %
Nathalie LOISEAU RenewFrance89 % of 2 755 shared86 %
Yvan VEROUGSTRAETE RenewBelgium89 % of 2 736 shared86 %

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Work

Seats in committees, delegations and intergroups, and the dossiers the member leads, shadows or negotiates.

Seats

Body: the committee, delegation or intergroup, with its kind. Role: the member’s role in it. From, To: the dates of the seat (“now” while it lasts).
BodyRoleFromTo
Committee on Economic and Monetary AffairsECON CommitteeSubstitute19 Jul 2024now
Committee on Regional DevelopmentREGI CommitteeChair23 Jul 2024now
Delegation for relations with MercosurDMER DelegationSubstitute19 Sept 2024now
Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary AssemblyDLAT Parliamentary assemblyMember19 Sept 2024now
Intergroup on the Future of Education and Skills for a Competitive EuropeIG10-14 Intergroup / working groupMember29 Jan 2025now
Committee on Regional DevelopmentREGI CommitteeMember19 Jul 202422 Jul 2024

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Dossiers

Dossier: the procedure the declaration names (“No dossier named” for a delegation without one). Role: rapporteur, shadow rapporteur, negotiator or delegation. Committee: the committee that appointed them. Date: of the declaration.
DossierRoleCommitteeDate
Cohesion policy in the EU’s eastern border regions: strengthening territorial resilience and cross-border cooperationShadow rapporteurREGI24 Jun 2026
No dossier namedOpinion rapporteurREGI1 Dec 2025
Amending Regulations (EU) 2021/1058 and (EU) 2021/1056 as regards specific measures to address strategic challenges in the context of the mid-term reviewRapporteurREGI10 Jun 2025
Report named: Opinion on BUDG INI report on a a revamped long -term budgetOpinion rapporteurREGI18 Nov 2024
BUDG own - initiative reportShadow rapporteur for an opinionREGI22 Oct 2024
No dossier namedCommittee chairREGI22 Jul 2024

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Topics they work on (model-assigned)

Counts: dossiers they spoke on, led or amended, and their questions and motions.

In the chamber

Speeches and statements in plenary debates, newest first; the verbatim report is on Parliament’s site.

5 contributions recorded; 10 minutes of speaking time.

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Questions and motions, 4

Parliamentary questions and motions for resolutions the member authored or co-signed, newest first.

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Amendments tabled in committee, 28

Committee amendment documents that carry amendments by the member, with how many are theirs.

Date: of the amendment document. Text amended: the dossier and the document’s id. Committee: where the amendments were tabled. Amendments: how many in the document are the member’s.
DateText amendedCommitteeAmendments
16 Sept 2026Establishing the European Fund for Regional Development including for European Territorial Cooperation (Interreg) and the Cohesion Fund as part of the Fund set out in Regulation (EU) […] [NRP] and establishing conditions for the implementation of the Union support to regional development from 2028 to 2034 REGI-AM-792057 REGI10
7 Sept 2026Establishing the European Fund for Regional Development including for European Territorial Cooperation (Interreg) and the Cohesion Fund as part of the Fund set out in Regulation (EU) […] [NRP] and establishing conditions for the implementation of the Union support to regional development from 2028 to 2034 REGI-AM-792058 REGI7
27 Aug 2026Cohesion policy in the EU’s eastern border regions: strengthening territorial resilience and cross-border cooperation REGI-AM-791869 REGI17
23 Jul 2026Cohesion policy in the EU’s eastern border regions: strengthening territorial resilienceand cross-border cooperation REGI-AM-791870 REGI3
23 Jun 2026on 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 CJ71-AM-790097 CJ712
23 Jun 2026on 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 CJ71-AM-790098 CJ714
23 Jun 2026on 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 CJ71-AM-790099 CJ7113
23 Jun 2026on 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 CJ71-AM-790100 CJ716
23 Jun 2026on 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 CJ71-AM-790101 CJ713
23 Jun 2026on 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 CJ71-AM-790102 CJ719

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Connections

Dossiers they lead or shadow, committees, party, delegation and other related pages.

Political group

National delegation

  • Delegation Romania National delegation

Sources & citation

Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.

Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Data version
data version e994c83b5003 (27 Sept 2026) · methods: group-at-date v1, participation v1, abstention v1, loyalty v1, against-clear v1, cohesion v1, agreement v1, group-agreement v1, winning-side v1, similar-votes v1, scope v1, data-version v1 · methods
Retrieved
27 September 2026

Cite as

EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Dragoş BENEA”. Member record. memberId 197658. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/197658?page=112&scope=final&vscope=all (retrieved 27 September 2026). Official source: Member’s profile, European Parliament, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197658. Data: EP Open Data: member record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meps/197658?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0); data version e994c83b5003 (27 Sept 2026) · methods: group-at-date v1, participation v1, abstention v1, loyalty v1, against-clear v1, cohesion v1, agreement v1, group-agreement v1, winning-side v1, similar-votes v1, scope v1, data-version v1.
BibTeX
@misc{epw-member-197658,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Dragoş BENEA}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/197658?page=112&scope=final&vscope=all}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/197658?page=112&scope=final&vscope=all},
  urldate = {2026-09-27},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Member record. memberId 197658. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197658. Data: EP Open Data: member record (CC BY 4.0); data version e994c83b5003 (27 Sept 2026) · methods: group-at-date v1, participation v1, abstention v1, loyalty v1, against-clear v1, cohesion v1, agreement v1, group-agreement v1, winning-side v1, similar-votes v1, scope v1, data-version v1}
}