Iuliu Winkler

Late payments in the area of commercial transactions continue to have a dramatic impact on the European SME sector; therefore, the revision of Directive 7/2011 must be a priority for the future European Commission, says MEP Iuliu Winkler, First Vice-President of SME Europe of the European People’s Party (EPP). “Late payments in the area of …

European industry must be defended against unfair competition, said MEP Iuliu Winkler, Vice-Chair of the International Trade Committee (INTA), moderating a debate in the European Parliament on the launch of the European industry’s manifesto on fair competition in international trade and the application of EU trade defence instruments. “We believe that the representatives of European …

Entrepreneurs need freedom, especially the small and middle ones. They need to be supported through a reduction of bureaucracy, the cutting of red tape and an elimination of unnecessary administrative burdens; these were the main conclusions of talks on Tuesday with MEP Ivan Štefanec, President of SME Europe, an economic association affiliated to the European …

The countryside could have developed better had excessive centralisation and a high degree of red tape in Romania not affected drawing in European funds, MEP Iuliu Winkler said in Cluj-Napoca on Saturday. He indicated that the Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania (UDMR), in the opposition, suggests that the government should reallocate 2 billion euros from …

As we approach the end of this Parliament’s mandate, Iuliu Winkler takes a look back at the past five years, while also considering the remaining couple of months of this legislature under the Romanian Council Presidency. The trade contingent of our legislative work has been constructed under the aegis of the “Trade for All” strategy …

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Iuliu Winkler (EPP), Vice-Chair of the International Trade Committee in the European Parliament has co-hosted a working lunch, together with MEP Patricia Lalonde (ALDE) and the European Federation of Jewellery on sustainable value chains for minerals. His remarks, below: “It is a great pleasure for me to be here today, at the event organized together …

Speech at G20 PARLIAMENTARY FORUM Ladies and Gentlemen, fellow parliamentarians, We are gathering here in the frame of the G-20 Parliamentary Forum for the first time. It is great to see so many parliamentarians from all corners of the globe here today, which serves as a timely reminder of the importance of the parliamentary dimension …

A balanced and sustainable development is a key global priority, and this can only be obtained through effective cooperation in all the relevant international fora, was the main message of MEP Iuliu Winkler (RMDSZ, EPP), Vice-Chair of the Committee on International Trade (INTA) in the European Parliament (EP), this Wednesday. INTA and the EP´s Committee …

Iuliu Winkler, member of the European Parliament – EPP, Romania: “Just a little bit better than business as usual” “What we see is that action is needed. And what I see, from the trade point of view at least, is that we have again flamboyant words and optimistic declarations – even written ones – but …