Winkler, against the reduction of EU structural and investment funds after 2020

  The future of the EU’s Cohesion Policy beyond 2020 must be decided through a transparent debate based on concrete arguments and realistic assessments. It is not an exaggeration if I say that this debate is an essential part of the wider debate on the future of the EU. The European construction is based on …

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Romanian Entrepreneurs to tap into as many EU funding resources as possible over the next years

Entrepreneurs from Romania ought to tap into as many EU funding resources as possible in the next years, was the key message of MEP Iuliu Winkler, President of the RMDSZ Hunedoara County Organization, at the Entrepreneurship Forum in Kemer/Camar, where he gave a lecture entitled “EU support for businesses after 2020”, on Friday. “The planning …

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Winkler supports the active involvement of women in society and politics

  At its Congress in Zalau on May 13, the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania –  RMDSZ  – will introduce a binding quota of 15% for the representation of women at the level of the governing bodies of the county organizations, but also at national level, announced the President of the RMDSZ Hunedoara County …

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MEP Winkler: Brexit, newest danger threatening EU’s Cohesion Policy

European Union’s Cohesion Policy is increasingly more threatened by Brexit, which is the newest danger presaging an increasingly more uncertain future, according to Romanian MEP Iuliu Winkler of the European People’s Party (PEE). “Given that the mid-term debate on the revision of the EU 2014-2020 budget is getting vertiginously near, it is increasingly more evident …

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Conflict Minerals Regulation: efficient and SME-friendly

Conflict Minerals Regulation: efficient and SME-friendly   “The vicious circle has now been broken”, said Iuliu Winkler MEP during today’s debate on the Conflict Minerals Regulation in the European Parliament. The importers of tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold (3T&G), the so-called conflict minerals, will have to carry out mandatory due diligence checks on their suppliers …

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A vision for the future of the EU must not formalise present-day frustrations

A vision for the future of the EU must not formalise present-day frustrations If the Rome Declaration-to-be on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of our European Union will be about a vision of the multi-speed Europe, than it will become not less than the death certificate of the European project. I strongly believe the …

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From the five scenarios about the future of the EU, I believe in the sixth: an EU of the citizens

From the five scenarios about the future of the EU, I believe in the sixth: an EU of the citizens  In order to have a future, the EU needs to regain the trust of its citizens, states MEP Iuliu Winkler (EPP, RMDSZ), during a debate in the Brussels Plenum of the European Parliament (EP) following …

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Iuliu Winkler, re-elected as INTA Vice-Chair

Iuliu Winkler, re-elected as INTA Vice-Chair MEP Iuliu Winkler (EPP, RMDSZ) has been re-elected, this Monday, as Vice-Chair of the Committee on International Trade (INTA) of the European Parliament (EP). Under a Constitutive meeting at the half-point of the five-year mandate of the current EP legislature, INTA MEPs, based on the proposals of the political …

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Iuliu Winkler: the interests of Romanian citizens, a priority throughout the ´Brexit´ negotiations

Iuliu Winkler: the interests of Romanian citizens, a priority throughout the ´Brexit´ negotiations In a meeting held Thursday morning, in Strasbourg, with a delegation from the UK House of Lords, MEP Iuliu Winkler (RMDSZ, EPP) has expressed his determination to defend, throughout the ´Brexit´ negotiations, the interests of Romanian citizens that work, study or live …

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