Dragos Pislaru

Vice-Chairs

MEP Dragos Pislaru, Renew Europe, Romania

An economist by heart, Dragoș holds a PhD in ecomomics at the National Economic Research Institute (INCE) of the Romanian Academy and an MA in International Relations from the London School of Economics.

He worked as a researcher, professor, consultant and successful entrepreneur, eventually serving as Romania’s Minister for Labour. He helped kickstart numerous international projects on social affairs, rural development, social policy, labour markets and digitalization, among other topics and ran one of the first start-up accelerators in Romania.

He is a firm believer in evidence-driven policy and in lifelong learning and upskilling as vital components for a healthy labour market and a prosperous economy. Dragoș is current Member of the European Parliament, where is coordinating the work of the Renew Europe Group in the Employment and Social Affairs Committee, while at the same time is following economic affairs, being most recently the EP Co-rapporteur on the Recovery and Resilience Facility. As a father of four boys, he is dedicated to the fight against child poverty and wants to champion the cause of EU support for children and youth.