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Virgil-Daniel POPESCU

EPP · Romania

Group
EPP PPE
Country
Romania
Roll-call participation
87.9 %ⓘ of 620 roll calls in office · chamber median 90.6 % · whole term, final votes
With majority line
98.9 %ⓘ of 545 votes where the group had a line · EPP median 95.6 %
More facts (5)
National party
PNL Partidul Naţional Liberal
In office
Since 16 Jul 2024
Against clear line
2 of 514 votesⓘ
Committees
CONT (substitute), ENVI (substitute), ITRE
Member id
257107
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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.

Period Whole term2024 (from July)20252026
Custom dates
Votes Final votes620All roll calls5 928

Roll-call participation ⓘ

87.9 %

545 of 620 final votes while in office

EPP median: 90.6 % (−2.7 pts)

Chamber median: 90.6 %

With majority line ⓘ

98.9 %

539 of 545 votes where their group had a line

EPP median: 95.6 % (+3.3 pts)

Against clear line ⓘ

0.4 %

2 of 514 votes where their group had a clear line

1 opposite (for ↔ against), 1 abstained against the line

Abstention ⓘ

0.6 %

3 of 545 votes cast

Participation 87.9 % — EPP median 90.6 %, 192 members.ⓘ
Data as a table
Participation among the 192 members of the EPP with enough votes.
FigureParticipation
Virgil-Daniel POPESCU87.9 %
EPP median90.6 %
Lowest in the group18.4 %
Highest in the group99.8 %
Members192
With majority line 98.9 % — EPP median 95.6 %, 192 members.ⓘ
Data as a table
With majority line among the 192 members of the EPP with enough votes.
FigureWith majority line
Virgil-Daniel POPESCU98.9 %
EPP median95.6 %
Lowest in the group67.8 %
Highest in the group99.0 %
Members192
  • Whole term, 620 final votes; 620 of 794 decisions had a final vote recorded by name. The dots are the other members of EPP; 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.

Show Final votesAll roll calls
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
18 Sept 2024Maximum residue levels for cyproconazole Final vote on the motion for a resolutionObjection passed 522 for, 127 against, 28 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: Against
18 Sept 2024Maximum residue levels for carbendazim and thiophanate-methyl Final vote on the motion for a resolutionObjection passed 516 for, 129 against, 27 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: Against
16 Sept 2024Wednesday’s agenda – Request by the ECR Group Wednesday’s agenda — Request by the ECR Group 437 for, 13 against, 11 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
16 Sept 2024Tuesday’s agenda – Request by the PfE Group Tuesday’s agenda — Request by the PfE Group 102 for, 279 against, 13 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
18 Jul 2024Request by The Left Group – Motion for adjournment of the vote on the election of the President of the Commission Request by The Left Group — Motion for adjournment of the vote 101 for, 531 against, 8 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 495 for, 137 against, 47 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Separate vote on recital E 482 for, 165 against, 22 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Amendment 13, adding text after paragraph 9 96 for, 537 against, 44 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Amendment 12, adding text after paragraph 8 113 for, 497 against, 58 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 8 57 for, 427 against, 177 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: Against
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Amendment 10, adding text after paragraph 8 63 for, 564 against, 42 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Paragraph 5 — part 7 414 for, 193 against, 62 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Paragraph 5 — part 6 418 for, 168 against, 71 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Paragraph 5 — part 5 468 for, 119 against, 79 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Paragraph 5 — part 4 393 for, 178 against, 75 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Paragraph 5 — part 3 457 for, 133 against, 79 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Paragraph 5 — part 2 450 for, 165 against, 46 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Paragraph 5 — part 1 483 for, 153 against, 32 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Amendment 9 to paragraph 5 35 for, 583 against, 45 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Paragraph 4 — part 3 498 for, 111 against, 52 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Paragraph 4 — part 2 518 for, 47 against, 76 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Paragraph 4 — part 1 456 for, 166 against, 26 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 3 180 for, 436 against, 30 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 3 194 for, 400 against, 53 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Paragraph 3 — part 1 476 for, 107 against, 42 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 1 91 for, 468 against, 20 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jul 2024Wednesday’s agenda – Request by the PfE Group Wednesday’s agenda — Request by the PfE Group 119 for, 337 against, 15 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
17 Jul 2024Wednesday’s agenda – Request by The Left Group Wednesday’s agenda — Request by The Left Group 149 for, 251 against, 16 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against

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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 14 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
Roll calls held at each sitting while in office and how many of them the member voted in.
SittingRoll callsVoted in
17 Jul 202411
18 Sept 202422
19 Sept 202466
8 Oct 202411
9 Oct 202420
10 Oct 202410
22 Oct 202450
23 Oct 202420
24 Oct 202420
14 Nov 202450
26 Nov 202480
27 Nov 202470
28 Nov 202460
17 Dec 202466
18 Dec 202477
19 Dec 202455
21 Jan 202511
22 Jan 202511
23 Jan 202544
11 Feb 202544
12 Feb 202544
13 Feb 202522
11 Mar 202540
12 Mar 202570
13 Mar 202530
1 Apr 202577
2 Apr 202599
3 Apr 202555
6 May 202544
7 May 20252020
8 May 20251211
22 May 202560
17 Jun 202588
18 Jun 202577
19 Jun 202566
8 Jul 202588
9 Jul 20251414
10 Jul 202577
9 Sept 202566
10 Sept 20251515
11 Sept 202586
7 Oct 202544
8 Oct 20251010
9 Oct 20251010
21 Oct 202588
22 Oct 202566
23 Oct 202555
13 Nov 20251616
25 Nov 20251313
26 Nov 20251010
27 Nov 20251110
16 Dec 20251111
17 Dec 20251111
18 Dec 202560
20 Jan 202666
21 Jan 202687
22 Jan 202688
10 Feb 202688
11 Feb 2026109
12 Feb 202688
24 Feb 202611
10 Mar 202699
11 Mar 20261212
12 Mar 202666
26 Mar 20261313
28 Apr 20261414
29 Apr 20261715
30 Apr 20261110
19 May 202633
20 May 20261212
21 May 20261010
16 Jun 20261010
17 Jun 20261616
18 Jun 202677
7 Jul 20261515
8 Jul 20261515
9 Jul 202644
15 Sept 20261212
16 Sept 20261614
17 Sept 20261010

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 EPP

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
Manfred WEBER EPPGermany98 % of 3 951 shared89 %
Gheorghe FALCĂ EPPRomania98 % of 4 423 shared89 %
Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA EPPRomania97 % of 3 898 shared89 %
Daniel BUDA EPPRomania97 % of 4 982 shared89 %
Siegfried MUREŞAN EPPRomania97 % of 4 882 shared89 %
Niels GEUKING EPPGermany97 % of 5 034 shared89 %
Sven SIMON EPPGermany97 % of 4 121 shared89 %
Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ EPPLithuania97 % of 4 084 shared89 %
Pekka TOVERI EPPFinland97 % of 4 471 shared89 %
Liudas MAŽYLIS EPPLithuania97 % of 4 954 shared89 %

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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
Urmas PAET RenewEstonia88 % of 4 540 shared82 %
Dan BARNA RenewRomania87 % of 4 471 shared82 %
Hilde VAUTMANS RenewBelgium87 % of 4 905 shared82 %
Eugen TOMAC RenewRomania87 % of 3 713 shared82 %
Ivars IJABS RenewLatvia87 % of 3 799 shared82 %
Katri KULMUNI RenewFinland87 % of 3 954 shared82 %
Olivier CHASTEL RenewBelgium87 % of 4 585 shared82 %
Bart GROOTHUIS RenewNetherlands86 % of 3 879 shared82 %
Jeannette BALJEU RenewNetherlands86 % of 4 449 shared82 %
Sophie WILMÈS RenewBelgium86 % of 3 408 shared82 %

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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 Budgetary ControlCONT CommitteeSubstitute19 Jul 2024now
Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food SafetyENVI CommitteeSubstitute20 Jan 2025now
Committee on Industry, Research and EnergyITRE CommitteeMember19 Jul 2024now
Delegation for relations with the Arab PeninsulaDARP DelegationSubstitute19 Sept 2024now
Delegation to the EU-Armenia Parliamentary Partnership Committee, the EU-Azerbaijan Parliamentary Cooperation Committee and the EU-Georgia Parliamentary Association CommitteeDSCA DelegationMember19 Sept 2024now
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food SafetyENVI CommitteeSubstitute19 Jul 202419 Jan 2025

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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
No dossier namedOfficial delegationITRE9 Sept 2026
No dossier namedOfficial delegationITRE29 Apr 2026
Amending Directives (EU) 2018/2001, (EU) 2019/944, (EU) 2024/1788 as regards acceleration of permit-granting proceduresOpinion rapporteurENVI10 Mar 2026
Guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure, amending Regulations (EU) 2019/942, (EU) 2019/943 and (EU) 2024/1789 and repealing Regulation (EU) 2022/869Shadow rapporteurITRE16 Feb 2026
No dossier namedOfficial delegationITRE25 Jul 2025

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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.

10 contributions recorded; 1 on behalf of their group; 16 minutes of speaking time.

Date: the sitting. Debate: the item debated, and the group when they spoke on its behalf. Kind: speech or written statement, with speaking time. Verbatim: the verbatim report on Parliament’s site.
DateDebateKindVerbatim
25 Mar 2026Energy security, independence and supply in the geopolitical context - ensuring market stability and affordable energy for industry and citizens (debate) Speech · 2 minRead
10 Mar 2026Presentation of the Energy Package (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
10 Mar 2026Presentation of the Energy Package (debate) Speech · 2 minRead
16 Dec 2025Phasing out Russian natural gas imports and improving monitoring of potential energy dependencies (debate) Speech · 2 minRead
8 Jul 2025Need for the EU to scale up clean technologies (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
18 Jun 2025Electricity grids: the backbone of the EU energy system (debate) Speech · 2 minRead
7 May 2025The role of gas storage for securing gas supplies ahead of the winter season (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
12 Feb 2025Competitiveness Compass (debate) Speech · 2 minRead
18 Sept 2024The devastating floods in Central and Eastern Europe, the loss of lives and the EU’s preparedness to act on such disasters exacerbated by climate change (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
17 Sept 2024State of the Energy union (debate) on behalf of EPPSpeech · 3 minRead

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Questions and motions, 10

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

Date: tabled. Title: the question or motion, with its id. Kind: written question or motion for a resolution, with the number of co-authors. Answer: the date of the answer to a question.
DateTitleKindAnswer
15 Jun 2026MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Russia’s unacceptable provocative actions and drone incursions into Romania, the Baltic states and Finland B-10-2026-0304Motion for a resolutionwith 32 co-authors—
6 Oct 2025MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on a united response to recent Russian violations of the EU Member States’ airspace and critical infrastructure B-10-2025-0419Motion for a resolutionwith 24 co-authors—
3 Sept 2025MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on strengthening Moldova’s resilience against Russian hybrid threats and malign interference B-10-2025-0355Motion for a resolutionwith 28 co-authors—
22 Jul 2025Reassessing the timetable and safeguards for ETS2: preventing price shocks and ensuring social readiness E-10-2025-003032Written questionwith 48 co-authors12 Nov 2025
2 Jul 2025MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Commission delegated regulation of 10 June 2025 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 to add Algeria, Angola, Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya, Laos, Lebanon, Monaco, Namibia, Nepal and Venezuela to the list of high-risk third countries which have provided a written high-level political commitment to address the identified deficiencies and have developed an action plan with the FATF, and to remove Barbados, Gibraltar, Jamaica, Panama, the Philippines, Senegal, Uganda and the United Arab Emirates from that list B-10-2025-0318Motion for a resolutionwith 48 co-authors—
19 May 2025Inclusion of nuclear energy production targets and deployment pathways in the revised PINC E-10-2025-001997Written questionwith 10 co-authors31 Jul 2025
4 Oct 2024MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on strengthening Moldova’s resilience against Russian interference ahead of the upcoming presidential elections and a constitutional referendum on EU integration B-10-2024-0080Motion for a resolutionwith 33 co-authors—
17 Sept 2024MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the devastating floods in central and eastern Europe, the loss of lives and the EU’s preparedness to act on such disasters exacerbated by climate change B-10-2024-0057Motion for a resolutionwith 24 co-authors—
17 Sept 2024Recent increase in electricity prices in central and eastern Europe E-10-2024-001736Written questionwith 18 co-authors6 Nov 2024
17 Jul 2024MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the need for the EU’s continuous support for Ukraine B-10-2024-0007Motion for a resolutionwith 50 co-authors—

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Amendments tabled in committee, 62

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
15 Jun 2026Amending Directives 2008/98/EC, 2010/75/EU, (EU) 2015/2193 and (EU) 2024/1785 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards simplification of some requirements and reduction of administrative burden ITRE-AM-789171 ITRE17
5 Jun 2026Establishing the European Competitiveness Fund ('ECF’), including the specific programme for defence research and innovation activities ITRE-AM-788898 ITRE12
27 May 2026Amending Directives (EU) 2018/2001, (EU) 2019/944, (EU) 2024/1788 as regards acceleration of permit-granting procedures ITRE-AM-788845 ITRE9
19 May 2026Guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure, amending Regulations (EU) 2019/942, (EU) 2019/943 and (EU) 2024/1789 and repealing Regulation (EU) 2022/869 ITRE-AM-788924 ITRE31
19 May 2026Guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure, amending Regulations (EU) 2019/942, (EU) 2019/943 and (EU) 2024/1789 and repealing Regulation (EU) 2022/869 ITRE-AM-788941 ITRE16
19 May 2026Guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure, amending Regulations (EU) 2019/942, (EU) 2019/943 and (EU) 2024/1789 and repealing Regulation (EU) 2022/869 ITRE-AM-788939 ITRE37
19 May 2026Guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure, amending Regulations (EU) 2019/942, (EU) 2019/943 and (EU) 2024/1789 and repealing Regulation (EU) 2022/869 ITRE-AM-788940 ITRE45
19 May 2026Guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure, amending Regulations (EU) 2019/942, (EU) 2019/943 and (EU) 2024/1789 and repealing Regulation (EU) 2022/869 ITRE-AM-785339 ITRE22
19 May 2026Guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure, amending Regulations (EU) 2019/942, (EU) 2019/943 and (EU) 2024/1789 and repealing Regulation (EU) 2022/869 ITRE-AM-788922 ITRE42
18 May 2026Establishing the European Competitiveness Fund ('ECF’), including the specific programme for defence research and innovation activities ITRE-AM-788897 ITRE10

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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.

Permalink
https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/257107?page=119&scope=final&vscope=all
Official source
Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Data version
data version f37e5638cded (25 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
25 September 2026

Cite as

EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Virgil-Daniel POPESCU”. Member record. memberId 257107. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/257107?page=119&scope=final&vscope=all (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Member’s profile, European Parliament, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/257107. Data: EP Open Data: member record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meps/257107?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0); data version f37e5638cded (25 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-257107,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Virgil-Daniel POPESCU}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/257107?page=119&scope=final&vscope=all}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/257107?page=119&scope=final&vscope=all},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Member record. memberId 257107. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/257107. Data: EP Open Data: member record (CC BY 4.0); data version f37e5638cded (25 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}
}