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Nicolae Ștefănuță

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Nicolae Ștefănuță
MEP
Member of the European Parliament
for Romania
Assumed office
2019
Personal details
BornRășinari, Romania
Political partyIndependent (since 2023)[1]
Other political
affiliations		USR PLUS (2019–2023)
Democratic Liberal Party (2007–?)[2]
Democratic Party (until 2007)
Alma materGeorgetown University

Nicolae Ștefănuță or Nicu Ștefănuță is a progressive[3] Romanian politician who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2019.[4]

Political career[edit]

In 2007, Nicolae Ștefănuță was a member of the Democratic Party and assistant to Monica Iacob Ridzi. He was appointed to head the new department of European politics and affairs.

Ștefănuță was elected as MEP in 2019. In parliament, he serves on the Committee on Budgets and on the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. In 2020, he also joined the Special Committee on Beating Cancer.[5] Ștefănuță has been serving as the parliament’s lead rapporteur on the budget of the European Union for 2023.[6]

In addition to his committee assignments, Ștefănuță is part of the parliament's delegation for relations with the United States. He co-chairs the informal MEP Interest Group on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR).[7] He is also a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development,[8] the European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights,[9] the European Parliament Intergroup on Children’s Rights[10] and the European Parliament Intergroup on Traditional Minorities, National Communities and Languages.[11]

In March 2023, Ștefănuță left the Save Romania Union party and the Renew Europe parliamentary group for the Greens–European Free Alliance as an independent MEP.[12]

After the 2024 European elections, Ștefănuță has become the first independent in Romanian history to get a mandate. He got 3.04% which is above the 3% needed to get in as an independent.[13]

Political positions[edit]

In 2021, Ștefănuță joined seven other Romanian MEPs in co-signing a letter to Ursula von der Leyen and Maroš Šefčovič in which they call on the European Commission to stop the United Kingdom from holding EU nationals in immigration removal centers.[14]

He participated in a pro-Palestinian rally in Bucharest on 19 May 2024.[15]

Personal life[edit]

Ștefănuță's father, also named Nicolae, was a PSD member and later switched to PDL.[16] He led the Sibiu branch of the Veterinary and Food Safety Directorate (DSV) for years. The transition of Nicolae Ștefănuță Sr. from PSD to PDL was related to the management position at DSV Sibiu. He was deputy director at DSV Sibiu until 2012. After the PDL lost the elections, he left the leadership position. He continues to work at that institution and currently as a senior advisor. Nicolae Stefunuta senior was prosecuted for a prejudice of 500.000 RON. According to an România Liberă article, „director General of the Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety Directorate Sibiu (DSVSA), Nicolae Ștefănuță, is investigated by the officers of the General Inspectorate of the Romanian Police because he purchased laboratory equipment without any auction from several companies of the same associate. According to investigators, seven times more money than the actual price of the equipment went into the pockets of Ștefănuță Sr's protege. (.) Officers of the Fraud Investigation Directorate have determined that the total damage to the state budget by the management of DSVSA Sibiu amounts to over 500.000 RON”.[17]

Nicu Ștefănuță is married to American Carolyn Blake, Senior Manager of Research and International Policy at the US Chamber of Commerce.[18]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Griera, Max (24 November 2023). "Defecting MEP goes solo to build up Romania's troubled greens". www.euractiv.com. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  2. ^ https://lumeapolitica.ro/europarlamentare-2019/nicolae-stefanuta-usr-plus-aghiotantul-monicai-ridzi-de-la-pdl-cu-un-tata-traseist-cercetat-penal-pentru-coruptie/?amp=1
  3. ^ https://panorama.ro/cum-arata-progresismul/
  4. ^ His MEP profile
  5. ^ Members of the Special Committee on Beating Cancer European Parliament, press release of July 9, 2020.
  6. ^ Andreas Rogal (12 January 2022), European Parliament’s Special Cancer Committee adopts final report The Parliament Magazine.
  7. ^ MEPs join forces to boost European Parliament actions to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR) European Public Health Alliance (EPHA), press release of February 19, 2020.
  8. ^ Intergroup on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development European Parliament.
  9. ^ Members European Parliament Intergroup on LGBTI Rights.
  10. ^ Intergroup on Children’s Rights European Parliament.
  11. ^ Intergroup on Traditional Minorities, National Communities and Languages European Parliament.
  12. ^ "Romanian MEP Nicolae Ștefănuță joins Greens/EFA Group from Renew". Greens/EFA. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  13. ^ "Rezultate alegeri europarlamentare 2024. Europarlamentarul Nicu Ștefănuță a câștigat un nou mandat, din postura de independent". www.hotnews.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  14. ^ Cristina Gallardo (May 12, 2021), MEPs urge von der Leyen to tackle UK immigration detention of EU nationals Politico Europe.
  15. ^ https://www.agerpres.ro/comunicate/2024/05/20/comunicat-de-presa-europarlamentar-nicu-stefanuta--1297933
  16. ^ https://lumeapolitica.ro/europarlamentare-2019/nicolae-stefanuta-usr-plus-aghiotantul-monicai-ridzi-de-la-pdl-cu-un-tata-traseist-cercetat-penal-pentru-coruptie/
  17. ^ https://romanialibera.ro/special/aparatura-de-laborator-la-preturi-umflate-38764/
  18. ^ https://lumeapolitica.ro/europarlamentare-2019/nicolae-stefanuta-usr-plus-aghiotantul-monicai-ridzi-de-la-pdl-cu-un-tata-traseist-cercetat-penal-pentru-coruptie/
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