Iuliu Winkler

January 1, 2025 is the day that will mark Romania’s full accession to the Schengen area together with Bulgaria. Today, [the 12th of December, 2024] in Brussels, the JHA Council formalized the decision that had already been politically agreed at the Budapest summit on November 22 organized by the Hungarian EU Presidency. After a delay …

The cost of living crisis, the issue of migration and a new social contract in Europe are expected to be the three big issues that will dominate the public debate in the European Parliament election campaign. They will also determine the political clashes in the coming period. Eurobarometer 2023 surveys clearly show that more than …

Over 90% of the European citizens are worried about the increase in the cost of living, MEP Iuliu Winkler (UDMR, EPP) said in a press conference in Deva, citing the Eurobarometer polls from 2023. MEP Winkler, who is Vice-Chair of the INTA Committee of the European Parliament, believes that this will be a main topic …

Europe’s reindustrialisation is absolutely necessary in a global context marked by volatility, aggressive competition and major supply chains distortions, said MEP Iuliu Winkler (RMDSZ, EPP), Vice-Chair of the Committee on International Trade (INTA), at the opening of the conference “Revitalising Europe’s industrial might: pathways to counter deindustrialisation” hosted in the European Parliament. According to the …

Remarks delivered by MEP Iuliu Winkler on the occasion of the official opening of the ARTECH exhibition in the European Parliament in Strasbourg 13.12.2022 Coincidences have a fascinating role in our lives! Often, they help to shed light on connected events, bringing them to the forefront. The same is happening in Strasbourg this week: I …

MEP Iuliu Winkler (RMDSZ, EPP), Vice-Chair of the European Parliament’s Committee on International Trade (INTA), met Australian Minister for Trade and Tourism Don Farrell in Brussels on Wednesday. “I had an excellent meeting with the Australian Minister for Trade and Tourism, Don Farrell, at the European Parliament. We discussed the EU-Australia Free Trade Agreement, the …

Speech delivered by MEP Iuliu Winkler during the Roundtable “Constitutional Reforms: Basis for Ensuring the Rule of Law, Security and Free and Fair Civil Society”, organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan, in the Press Club of Brussels.   Dear Ladies & Gentlemen, Your Excellency Mr. Vladimir Norov, Minister of Foreign Affairs Your …

We, Members of the EPP Group in the International Trade Committee, strongly support an EU Trade and Sustainable Development (TSD) policy built as a cooperative instrument. The aim of the TSD Chapters in new generation EU FTAs is primarily to improve the situation on the ground in partner countries. Clearly, a dialogue-based strategy complemented by …

In a guest contribution for Borderlex, four Members of the European Parliament call for a trade policy that is better adapted to the European Union’s new Critical Raw Materials strategy as it rolls out its Fit-for-55 climate package. Concluding outstanding free trade agreements with Chile and Australia is seen as part of the solution. One …

SME Europe, the economic and SME organisation of the European People’s Party, was among the most active EPP organisations even in the difficult context of the pandemic. This was one of the conclusions of the SME Europe General Assembly held this week in Brussels. The organisation’s First Vice-President, MEP Iuliu Winkler, pointed out that SME …