Iuliu Winkler

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 …

The European Union and Australia are like-minded partners with many common challenges. The Indo-Pacific is a strategic area of engagement for the EU, and an economic growth engine we must not ignore. Still, the way in which the AUKUS deal was done and the French submarine deal terminated is not reassuring EU-Australia relations. Nevertheless, despite …

The European Parliament has adopted its report on “A new EU-China strategy”. I worked as co-rapporteur for this file, covering the exclusive competences of INTA on trade and investment. The report is very important because it clarifies and consolidates the EU position in its strategic relationship with China. Key trade- and investment-related considerations include calls to …

Experience shows that the implementation of the EU Conflict Minerals Regulation has been successfully initiated and has started to produce effects.

Members of the Committee on International Trade (INTA) voted on Thursday by a large majority the opinion drafted by MEP Iuliu Winkler (UDMR, EPP) on the new EU-China strategy, which discusses the latest developments in the bilateral trade and investment relationship. ”The last months have brought significant changes in the EU-China relationship as the COVID-19 …