On Thursday, MEPs elected Victor Negrescu (S&D, Romania) by acclamation to replace outgoing Quaestor Monika Beňová (Non-Attached, Slovakia).
Mr Negrescu was the sole candidate. Based on Parliament’s Rules of Procedure, a new Quaestor is elected to fill a vacancy in the existing order of precedence – so he has become Parliament’s third Quaestor.
The College of Quaestors (five in total) are primarily responsible for administrative and financial matters directly concerning MEPs. MEPs aim to ensure that the composition of the Bureau (comprising the President and Vice-Presidents, with Quaestors participating in an advisory capacity) broadly reflects the size of the political groups in Parliament.
“I am grateful to all my colleagues in @Europarl_EN & in particular our @TheProgressives colleagues for their unanimous support in becoming the next Quaestor of the European Parliament. Will continue to be a strong advocate for transparency & will offer my assistance to all MEPs,” Negrescu posted on Twitter.
