Ciolacu, chess at von der Leyen - Roxana Mînzatu, in the cards for the position of European Commissioner

Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu would be tempted to nominate Roxana Mînzatu, the current European deputy from the PSD, as our country's proposal for the position of European commissioner, according to social democratic sources cited by G4Media. The nomination of Roxana Mînzatu would represent the answer that Marcel Ciolacu offers to the request from Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, who insists on female candidates in an effort to ensure a gender balance in the new Community Executive. However, we mention that, at the discussion the Prime Minister had, on August 22, in Brussels with Ursula von der Leyen, Ciolacu put forward the name of Victor Negrescu - Vice President of the European Parliament, for the position of European Commissioner.

European deputy Roxana Mînzatu, 44 years old, has extensive experience, for almost 20 years, in the management of European funds and has been involved in several local or regional economic development projects. Mânzatu started to be active in politics in 2016, when she was elected deputy of Braşov. Previously, in 2015, she was appointed secretary of state in the Ministry of European Funds Later, after which she became president of the National Agency for Public Procurement. Roxana Mînzatu's political ascension continued, and in 2019 she became Minister of European Funds in the Dăncilă government, on which occasion she had the opportunity to demonstrate her skills in attracting and managing European funds. Between January 2022 and July 2024, he was secretary of state - coordinator of the Department for Integrated Evaluation and Monitoring of Programs Financed from Public and European Funds.

Roxana Mînzatu has a degree in political science, with studies in English, and has a career as a consultant and project manager in attracting non-reimbursable European funds. These qualifications reinforce his technocrat profile, required by Ursula von der Leyen for the future composition of the European Commission, which seeks to balance political interests with technical expertise.

In the future Community Executive, the Bucharest authorities want us to obtain an important economic portfolio. We mention that at the meeting in Brussels between Ursula von der Leyen and Marcel Ciolacu, the head of the European Commission would have suggested - according to some social-democratic sources - to the Romanian prime minister the name of Siegfried Mureşan, European deputy and vice-president of the European People's Party, but Ciolacu he preferred to support his own option, bringing up the name of Victor Negrescu. In this context, von der Leyen reiterated the importance of a female candidacy, indicating that it would be of great help if Romania proposed a woman, preferably with a technocrat profile.