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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
11 Mar 2026European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2026 Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 404 for, 208 against, 20 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Mar 2026European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2026 Amendment 19 to recital B 176 for, 446 against, 6 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
11 Mar 2026European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2026 Amendment 24 to paragraph 22 187 for, 430 against, 8 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
11 Mar 2026European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2026 Amendment 23, adding text after paragraph 19 192 for, 429 against, 7 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
11 Mar 2026European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2026 Amendment 22 to paragraph 19 190 for, 438 against, 5 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
11 Mar 2026European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2026 Paragraph 17 — part 3 282 for, 335 against, 17 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Mar 2026European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2026 Paragraph 17 — part 2 287 for, 278 against, 49 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Mar 2026European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2026 Paragraph 17 — part 1 434 for, 173 against, 24 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Mar 2026European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2026 Amendment 21 to paragraph 9 196 for, 410 against, 6 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
11 Mar 2026European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2026 Amendment 15, adding text after paragraph 8 267 for, 278 against, 88 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Mar 2026European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2026 Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 6 299 for, 293 against, 41 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Mar 2026European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2026 Amendment 20 to paragraph 5 165 for, 461 against, 9 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
11 Mar 2026European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2026 Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 3 313 for, 270 against, 49 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Mar 2026European Semester for economic policy coordination 2026 Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 392 for, 219 against, 18 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Mar 2026European Semester for economic policy coordination 2026 Amendment 4, adding text after recital 3 71 for, 476 against, 84 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
11 Mar 2026European Semester for economic policy coordination 2026 Paragraph 32 — part 3 383 for, 220 against, 31 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Mar 2026European Semester for economic policy coordination 2026 Amendment 13, adding text after paragraph 30 70 for, 506 against, 56 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
11 Mar 2026European Semester for economic policy coordination 2026 Amendment 17, adding text after paragraph 28 183 for, 404 against, 37 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
11 Mar 2026European Semester for economic policy coordination 2026 Paragraph 28 — part 2 593 for, 23 against, 19 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Mar 2026European Semester for economic policy coordination 2026 Amendment 16 to paragraph 28 189 for, 415 against, 16 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
11 Mar 2026European Semester for economic policy coordination 2026 Amendment 15, adding text after paragraph 24 184 for, 441 against, 3 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
11 Mar 2026European Semester for economic policy coordination 2026 Paragraph 24 — part 2 444 for, 176 against, 9 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Mar 2026European Semester for economic policy coordination 2026 Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 22 79 for, 519 against, 36 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
11 Mar 2026European Semester for economic policy coordination 2026 Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 22 97 for, 367 against, 161 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: Abstained
11 Mar 2026European Semester for economic policy coordination 2026 Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 16 71 for, 388 against, 171 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: Abstained
11 Mar 2026European Semester for economic policy coordination 2026 Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 15 62 for, 535 against, 38 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
11 Mar 2026European Semester for economic policy coordination 2026 Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 14 58 for, 544 against, 27 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
11 Mar 2026European Semester for economic policy coordination 2026 Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 14 67 for, 501 against, 62 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
11 Mar 2026European Semester for economic policy coordination 2026 Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 11 107 for, 458 against, 65 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: Against
11 Mar 2026Gender pay and pension gap in the EU: state of play, challenges and the way forward, and developing guidelines for the better evaluation and fairer remuneration of work in female-dominated sectors Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 458 for, 72 against, 98 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Mar 2026Gender pay and pension gap in the EU: state of play, challenges and the way forward, and developing guidelines for the better evaluation and fairer remuneration of work in female-dominated sectors Separate vote on paragraph 53 379 for, 180 against, 68 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Mar 2026Gender pay and pension gap in the EU: state of play, challenges and the way forward, and developing guidelines for the better evaluation and fairer remuneration of work in female-dominated sectors Separate vote on paragraph 30 340 for, 155 against, 124 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Mar 2026Gender pay and pension gap in the EU: state of play, challenges and the way forward, and developing guidelines for the better evaluation and fairer remuneration of work in female-dominated sectors Separate vote on paragraph 29 418 for, 140 against, 70 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Mar 2026Gender pay and pension gap in the EU: state of play, challenges and the way forward, and developing guidelines for the better evaluation and fairer remuneration of work in female-dominated sectors Paragraph 10 — part 2 377 for, 163 against, 70 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Mar 2026Gender pay and pension gap in the EU: state of play, challenges and the way forward, and developing guidelines for the better evaluation and fairer remuneration of work in female-dominated sectors Paragraph 10 — part 1 449 for, 139 against, 39 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Mar 2026Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers: application EGF/2025/004 BE/Tupperware – Belgium Final vote on the motion for a resolutionPassed 562 for, 53 against, 19 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Mar 2026EU-Ecuador Agreement: cooperation between Europol and the Ecuadorian authorities competent for combating serious crime and terrorism Final vote on the draft Council decisionConsent given 586 for, 21 against, 11 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Mar 2026Council of Europe Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law Final vote on the draft Council decisionConsent given 455 for, 101 against, 74 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Mar 2026Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 as regards the extension of its period of application Final votePassed 458 for, 103 against, 63 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Mar 2026Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 as regards the extension of its period of application Amendment 12, adding text after recital 5 201 for, 413 against, 9 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
11 Mar 2026Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 as regards the extension of its period of application Amendment 18, adding text after recital 4 270 for, 325 against, 9 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
11 Mar 2026Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 as regards the extension of its period of application Amendment 10, adding text after recital 3 195 for, 424 against, 8 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
11 Mar 2026Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 as regards the extension of its period of application Amendment 3 to Article 1 488 for, 92 against, 45 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Mar 2026Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 as regards the extension of its period of application Amendment 2, adding text before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 — part 2 334 for, 251 against, 25 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Mar 2026Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 as regards the extension of its period of application Amendment 2, adding text before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 — part 1 469 for, 77 against, 70 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Mar 2026Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 as regards the extension of its period of application Amendment 5, adding text before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 235 for, 203 against, 174 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: Abstained
11 Mar 2026Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 as regards the extension of its period of application Amendment 1, adding text before Article 1; Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 540 for, 21 against, 60 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Mar 2026Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 as regards the extension of its period of application Proposal to reject the text 172 for, 435 against, 14 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
11 Mar 2026Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the European Commission Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 446 for, 100 against, 72 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
10 Mar 2026The upcoming European Research Area (ERA) Act Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 399 for, 78 against, 69 abstainedPosition: For 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 7669c786bb14 (1 Oct 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
1 October 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=37&scope=final&vscope=all (retrieved 1 October 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 7669c786bb14 (1 Oct 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=37&scope=final&vscope=all}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/197658?page=37&scope=final&vscope=all},
  urldate = {2026-10-01},
  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 7669c786bb14 (1 Oct 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}
}