Committee on Culture and Education

Bulgarian MEPs have made significant gains in the leadership of several European Parliament committees. Tsvetelina Penkova, representing the Socialists, has been elected as the first vice-chairman of the Committee on Industry, Research, and Energy. This marks Penkova's return to the role, having previously served on the same committee before the elections on June 9.

On September 27, 2019, the Central Electoral Bureau took note of the 14 final candidacies and the electoral signs submitted by political parties, electoral alliances, citizens' organizations belonging to national minorities and independent candidates, and on September 28, the following ballot order was established by registration of the candidates: 1. Klaus- Werner Iohannis, 2.

According to an unofficial information, Mariya Gabriel has been approved for a new term. The committees, which tested Gabriel's qualities  at the European Parliament in Brussels in the three-hour hearing for her entrusted Innovation and Youth portfolio, made the decision unanimously.

Romania potentially has the necessary mediation skills for the copyright file to be closed during its term at the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, Minister of Culture Valer-Daniel Breaz said on Tuesday in Brussels, where he presented to the European Parliament&#39;s Committee on Culture and Education (CULT) the priorities of the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the EU.<