As of 8 Oct 2026, Virgil-Daniel POPESCU is a Romania MEP in European People’s Party (EPP); WheresMyMEP records 96.9% roll-call attendance, 211 notable vote records, 4 disclosed lobby meetings and declared outside income of €20,118–€22,130/year (data as of 8 Oct 2026).
Cite this: WheresMyMEP, data as of 8 Oct 2026, source European Parliament
EPP · Romania
Partidul Naţional Liberal (National Liberal Party)
Credited roll-call participation in each calendar month of the current 180-day window of the 10th term, from the same per-sitting counts as the headline figure. Officially excused sittings (Rule 162) are removed from that month's denominator — a gap in the line is a fully excused month. The dashed line is the mean of ranked MEPs' monthly rates. How this is calculated
Every plenary sitting day on which this MEP missed at least one roll-call vote, newest first. “Officially excused” means the Parliament's own record excuses the absence; those sittings are already credited in the figure above. Links open the Parliament's record for that day. How this works
Main votes over the last 180 days · data as of 8 Oct 2026
Share of recorded plenary roll-call votes where Virgil-Daniel POPESCU voted differently from the majority of their European Parliament political group, or of their national-party colleagues.
Different from European People’s Party (EPP) majority
0.0% (0 of 206)
The European People’s Party (EPP) average on the same method is 5.3%. Counted only when Virgil-Daniel POPESCU cast For, Against or Abstain and the group had a unique leading position.
Different from national-party majority
0.0% (0 of 206)
Partidul Naţional Liberal (National Liberal Party) · 8 sitting MEPs. Singleton delegations are excluded.
Source: HowTheyVote.eu export of European Parliament roll-call results. This is a count of recorded positions, not a judgment of motive. How this is calculated · Who breaks with their group most often
Computed from Virgil-Daniel POPESCU’s own roll-call record and how their group actually voted, rules, not guesswork.
91% accurate on 5,736 held-out votes
Suspending the application of the rules on extended producer responsibility for waste, waste electrical and electronical equipment and single use plastic waste (Omnibus VIII on environmental legislation)
2026-10-20 · European People’s Party (EPP) voted For in 96% of 1764 climate votes
Suspending the application of the rules on extended producer responsibility for batteries and waste batteries and packaging and packaging waste (Omnibus VIII on environmental legislation)
2026-10-20 · European People’s Party (EPP) voted For in 96% of 1764 climate votes
Transport: enforcement of passenger rights in the Union
2026-10-20 · European People’s Party (EPP) voted For in 86% of 1296 transport votes
Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3): Genetically modified soybean GMB151 x DAS-44406-6
2026-09-16
72% of 158 European People’s Party (EPP) MEPs voted Against · voted For in 90% of the last 20 cast votes
Gender inequalities in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditions
2026-09-16
48% of 155 European People’s Party (EPP) MEPs voted Against · voted For in 100% of 5 health votes · voted For in 90% of the last 20 cast votes
Banking Union – annual report 2025
2026-04-30
99% of 135 European People’s Party (EPP) MEPs voted For · voted For in 100% of 9 economy votes · voted For in 90% of the last 20 cast votes
Monitoring the application of European Union law in 2023, 2024 and 2025
2026-04-29
97% of 153 European People’s Party (EPP) MEPs voted For · voted For in 90% of the last 20 cast votes
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers: application EGF/2025/008 BE/Liberty - Belgium
2026-04-29
99% of 160 European People’s Party (EPP) MEPs voted For · voted For in 100% of 7 employment votes · voted For in 90% of the last 20 cast votes
Files in the 2024–2029 term where Virgil-Daniel POPESCU was appointed to write the Parliament’s report or a committee opinion, or to follow the file for their political group as shadow rapporteur.
Follows the lead committee’s report for their political group.
Guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure, amending Regulations (EU) 2019/942, (EU) 2019/943 and (EU) 2024/1789 and repealing Regulation (EU) 2022/869
2025/0399(COD) ↗ · appointed 16 Feb 2026
Follows another committee’s opinion for their political group.
Amending Directives (EU) 2018/2001, (EU) 2019/944, (EU) 2024/1788 as regards acceleration of permit-granting procedures
2025/0400(COD) ↗ · appointed 10 Mar 2026
Dates are appointment dates. The Parliament’s data doesn’t mark rapporteurs who were later replaced, so a role listed here may have ended; the linked Legislative Observatory (OEIL) file is the authoritative record. Source: European Parliament Open Data Portal · CC BY 4.0 · data as of 17 Oct 2026 · How we compile this
Declared to the European Parliament · Self-reported by the MEP
Estimated outside income
€20,118–22,130/year
Based on declared income bands
1 declared activity
4 board memberships
Source: European Parliament declarations · Self-reported · Last updated: 23 Mar 2026
View original declaration on europarl.europa.eu →Self-declared by the MEP, 10th term (since July 2024)
These lists link to declarations Virgil-Daniel POPESCU made to the European Parliament. They are self-declared by the MEP, and the linked EP document is the authoritative record. Having no declarations does not mean having no events: events paid for by EU institutions or bodies, national governments or political parties do not have to be declared, and a declaration can be missing or filed late.
No event declarations published on the EP website for this term. See Virgil-Daniel POPESCU's declarations on europarl.europa.eu ↗.
No entries for this MEP in the Parliament's register of gifts ↗ for this term.
Source: European Parliament website (MEP declarations; Register of gifts) · declarations retrieved 30 Sept 2026 · register retrieved 30 Sept 2026. What is listed
Meetings disclosed on the EU Transparency Register. These meetings are self-declared by MEPs. Not every MEP publishes meeting declarations, so a missing entry is not evidence that no meeting took place. A disclosed meeting is a recorded contact, not evidence that it influenced a vote.
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Meeting alerts →Declared meetings that name a file, the recorded role on that file, and the plenary roll-call, in date order.
2 meetings on 1 file
These meetings are self-declared by MEPs. Not every MEP publishes meeting declarations, so a missing entry is not evidence that no meeting took place. A disclosed meeting is a recorded contact, not evidence that it influenced a vote.
Source: European Parliament meeting declarations · EU Transparency Register · HowTheyVote.eu / EP roll-call · EP Open Data Portal (roles) · How we match meetings to files
Written questions to the Commission, the Council and other EU bodies, 10th term (since July 2024)
Written 3 · Priority 0 · 3 co-authored
Source: European Parliament Open Data Portal · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved from the EP 19 Oct 2026 · newest question tabled 15 Oct 2026. The Parliament publishes a question about one to two weeks after it is tabled, so the newest may not be listed yet. What is counted
Virgil-Daniel Popescu is a Member of the European Parliament for Romania, sitting with the European People’s Party (EPP), the centre-right group, and representing Partidul Naţional Liberal. The mandate in the 10th parliamentary term (2024–2029) began on 16 July 2024. Before joining the European Parliament, Popescu was a Member of the Romanian Parliament from December 2016 to 14 July 2024. During that time Popescu was Minister for the Economy, Energy and the Environment (November 2019 to December 2020) and Minister for Energy (December 2020 to June 2023). Popescu has been Vice-President of the Romanian National Liberal Party (PNL) since 2021 and an associate professor at the University of Craiova since 2008.
Summary grounded in cited sources
View official profile on europarl.europa.eu →Attendance is calculated based on roll-call votes in plenary sessions of the European Parliament. Committee votes are excluded. Abstaining counts as present; not voting counts as absent. Sittings for which the Parliament officially excused a Member (Rule 162: illness, serious family reasons, official mission, or pregnancy and maternity leave, which the Parliament excuses for three months before and six months after a birth) are credited, not counted as absences. We credit only what the Parliament's own record shows: the “excused” list in each sitting's minutes, or leave documented in another official Parliament document. An absence the Parliament has not recorded as excused counts as an absence, even if leave has been reported in the press. Notable votes are selected based on significance, close outcomes, and high participation.
Some attendance figures carry a context note, such as maternity or parental leave, illness or an official mission. Each note cites a press or official report, with its source and date, and is reviewed by us before it appears. Context notes never change the attendance figure. MEPs who missed every sitting of an entire plenary session are checked by a person before they appear in any bottom-of-ranking list. Full attendance methodology →