Virgil-Daniel POPESCU
PPE Romania CONTENVIITRE Shadow rapporteur
Data updated 6 Jul 2026 · meetings 16 Jul 2024 – 6 Jul 2026 · official EP meetings page ↗ · official EP profile ↗ · report an error
Disclosure volume
29
meetings published this term · rank 459 of 719
10
held as shadow rapporteur
29
distinct organisations met
41%
of meetings with a counterpart in the Transparency Register
17 Jul 2024 – 11 Mar 2026
first and most recent declared meeting
Shadow-rapporteur compliance
1 of 2
shadowed files with ≥1 related meeting on record (50%) · rank 97 of 628
10
meetings declared in shadow-rapporteur capacity
Lower-confidence figures. Matching is by procedure code only — meetings declared without a code will not match, and a low figure may simply mean no lobby meetings took place on those files.
| Procedure | Title | Committee | Role | Appointed | Related meeting on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/0399(COD) | Guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure, amending Regulations (EU) 2019/942, (EU) 2019/943 and (EU) 2024/1789 and repealing Regulation (EU) 2022/869 | ITRE | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 16 Feb 2026 | ✓ yes |
| 2025/0400(COD) | Amending Directives (EU) 2018/2001, (EU) 2019/944, (EU) 2024/1788 as regards acceleration of permit-granting procedures | ITRE | Shadow rapporteur (opinion) | 10 Mar 2026 | none matched |
Declared meetings (29)
Every row comes from the Parliament’s official meetings search; verify any entry on the MEP’s official meetings page ↗.
| Date | Capacity | Subject | Procedure | Organisation(s) | Register |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Mar 2026 | Shadow rapporteur | TEN-E | 2025/0399(COD) | CurrENT Europe | not in register |
| 11 Mar 2026 | Shadow rapporteur | TEN-E | 2025/0399(COD) | Eurelectric aisbl | registered ↗ |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Shadow rapporteur | Grids package | 2025/0399(COD) | Hydrogen Europe | registered ↗ |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Shadow rapporteur | Grids package | 2025/0399(COD) | TransnetBW GmbH | registered ↗ |
| 4 Mar 2026 | Shadow rapporteur | TEN-E | 2025/0399(COD) | RTE | not in register |
| 4 Mar 2026 | Shadow rapporteur | TEN-E | 2025/0399(COD) | Schneider Electric | registered ↗ |
| 4 Mar 2026 | Shadow rapporteur | TEN-E | 2025/0399(COD) | Wind Europe | not in register |
| 4 Mar 2026 | Member | transformarea companiei și impactul socio-economic în regiune | — | Philip Morris Romania | not in register |
| 3 Mar 2026 | Shadow rapporteur | de-risking cross border hydrogen infrastructure, TEN-E, CEF and the Competitiveness Fund | 2025/0399(COD) | Gasgrid Finland and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP)|CASCADE | not in register |
| 3 Mar 2026 | Member | prioritati in raport cu obiectivele asumate la nivel european | — | FPPG | not in register |
| 3 Mar 2026 | Shadow rapporteur | TEN-E | 2025/0399(COD) | DIGITALEUROPE | registered ↗ |
| 3 Mar 2026 | Shadow rapporteur | TEN-E | 2025/0399(COD) | ENTSO-E | not in register |
| 25 Feb 2026 | Member | the approach introduced in 2025 to adjusting the Regulated Asset Base (RAB) | — | Distributie Energie Oltenia (DEO) | not in register |
| 11 Feb 2026 | Member | Grids package and CCS | — | Total Energies | not in register |
| 17 Dec 2025 | Member | Europe-made solar PV panels and inverters | — | European Solar Manufacturing Council | registered ↗ |
| 10 Dec 2025 | Member | Conference Debate "The grids package: storage for system strength and affordability" | — | 50Hertz Transmission GmbH|ENGIE|Elia Transmission Belgium|Eurelectric aisbl|smartEn Smart Energy Europe|Wind Europe|Solar Power Europe|RTE|E.DSO|ENTSO-E | entry 1 entry 2 entry 3 entry 4 entry 5 |
| 9 Dec 2025 | Member | Conference Debate "The Romanian Deposit Return System and European policy perspective" | — | Union of European Beverages Association|RetuRo|Brewers of Europe | registered ↗ |
| 19 Nov 2025 | Member | Conference Debate "Neptun Deep and the future of the European energy security" | — | OMV Petrom SA|SNGN ROMGAZ SA | registered ↗ |
| 5 Nov 2025 | Member | prioritatile sectorului energetic din Romania in raport cu obiectivele asumate la nivel european | — | Federatia Patronatelor din Energie | not in register |
| 21 Oct 2025 | Member | key policy issues surrounding nuclear energy | — | Nucleareurope | not in register |
| 5 Mar 2025 | Member | sectorul energetic din Romania in context european | — | Federatia Patronala a Energiei | not in register |
| 29 Jan 2025 | Member | safe and sustainable nuclear technologies across Europe | — | Newcleo | not in register |
| 21 Jan 2025 | Member | aluminum production - priorities and issues | — | EUROMETAUX|ALRO S.A. | registered ↗ |
| 18 Sep 2024 | Member | EV charging industry | — | ChargeUp Europe | registered ↗ |
| 18 Sep 2024 | Member | Reduced emissions, innovation in logistics and energy efficiency | — | Geopost | not in register |
| 18 Sep 2024 | Member | The Nordic cooperation under Nordenergi for a cohesive electricity market | — | Renewables Norway | not in register |
| 17 Sep 2024 | Member | Digital policy issues of the upcoming legislative mandate, including the functioning of the internet. | — | CCIA Europe | not in register |
| 17 Jul 2024 | Member | Electrification, competitiveness and ETS | — | EDF Group (Electricite de France) | not in register |
| 17 Jul 2024 | Member | Policy Event with Commissioner Simson “The future of European energy policy: Challenges and opportunities to address during the new legislative mandate | — | Green Power Denmark|Energy Solutions | registered ↗ |