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Mr Iulian BULAI (Romania, ALDE)

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Representative
Deputy
Save Romania Union

Camera Deputatilor
RO - 050563 - Bucarest
Romania

Working language: English

Declarations of interests:
2026 , 2025 , 2024 , 2023 , 2022

Declarations of interest regarding election observations (if applicable)

Latest news

08/06/2026 - Election observation PACE observers hail smooth early elections in Kosovo*, urge political compromise and swift election of the President 01/06/2026 - Election observation PACE to observe the early elections to the Kosovo* Assembly 26/01/2026 - Session PACE reviews the work of its subsidiary bodies since the last session 02/10/2025 - Session For a peaceful future, Europe must ‘do everything in its power’ to deter the threat from Russia 29/09/2025 - Session Presidential election in Poland ‘competitive and well managed’, but affected by ‘long-standing political polarisation’

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Chairperson: Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe since 23/06/2022
  • Vice-Chairperson: Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe from 24/01/2022 to 23/06/2022
  • Member: Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe from 21/01/2019 to 23/01/2022

In the Assembly

  • since 21/01/2019 Representative - Romania

In the committee(s) and sub-committee(s)

  • Ex officio (Rule 19.6 of the Rules of Procedure - Chairpersons of Political Groups): Special Committee on the New Democratic Pact (since 26/01/2026)
  • Ex officio (Rule 19.6 of the Rules of Procedure - Chairpersons of Political Groups): Committee on Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation (since 09/12/2025)
  • Ex officio (Rule 19.6 of the Rules of Procedure - Chairpersons of Political Groups): Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development (since 21/11/2025)
  • Ex officio (Rule 19.6 of the Rules of Procedure - Chairpersons of Political Groups): (Former) Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons (from 21/11/2025 to 08/12/2025)
  • Ex officio (Rule 19.6 of the Rules of Procedure - Chairpersons of Political Groups): Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (since 21/11/2025)
  • Ex officio (Rule 19.6 of the Rules of Procedure - Chairpersons of Political Groups): Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (since 21/11/2025)
  • Ex officio (Rule 19.6 of the Rules of Procedure - Chairpersons of Political Groups): Committee on Rules, Ethics and Immunities (since 12/04/2025)
  • Full Member: Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (since 23/01/2023)
  • Chairperson of Political Group: Presidential Committee (since 23/06/2022)
  • Chairperson of Political Group: Bureau of the Assembly (since 23/06/2022)
  • Chairperson of Political Group: Standing Committee (since 23/06/2022)
  • Ex officio (Rule 19.6 of the Rules of Procedure - Chairpersons of Political Groups): Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (since 23/06/2022)
  • Ex officio (Rule 19.6 of the Rules of Procedure - Chairpersons of Political Groups): Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (since 23/06/2022)
  • Ex officio (Rule 19.6 of the Rules of Procedure - Chairpersons of Political Groups): Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) (since 23/06/2022)
  • Ex officio (Rule 19.6 of the Rules of Procedure - Chairpersons of Political Groups): (Former) Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs (from 23/06/2022 to 11/04/2025)
  • Third Vice-Chairperson: Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) (from 24/01/2022 to 14/09/2022)
  • Member: Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) (from 24/01/2019 to 09/10/2022)
  • Full Member: Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (from 21/01/2019 to 18/03/2021)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Culture, Education and Democratic Values (since 28/01/2025)
  • Chairperson of Political Group: Sub-Committee on Conflicts concerning Council of Europe Member States (from 23/06/2022 to 26/01/2024)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Disability, Multiple and Intersectional Discrimination (from 26/01/2021 to 14/04/2021)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Disability, Multiple and Intersectional Discrimination (from 16/04/2019 to 29/01/2020)
  • Alternate of Ms Dumitrina MITREA (Full Member): Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development (since 07/04/2025)
  • Alternate of Ms Diana STOICA (Full Member): Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development (from 19/03/2021 to 22/01/2023)
  • Alternate of Ms Elena-Simona SPĂTARU (Full Member): Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (from 19/03/2021 to 06/04/2025)
  • Alternate of Mr Ion PRIOTEASA (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Culture, Education and Democratic Values (from 23/01/2024 to 26/01/2025)
  • Alternate of Mr Ion PRIOTEASA (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Culture, Diversity and Heritage (from 26/01/2023 to 21/01/2024)
  • Alternate of Mr Liviu-Marian POP (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Disability, Multiple and Intersectional Discrimination (from 30/01/2020 to 24/01/2021)
  • Alternate of Mr Alexandru Răzvan CUC (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Disability, Multiple and Intersectional Discrimination (from 24/01/2019 to 15/04/2019)

Interventions

Last speeches

22/06/2026 | 12:31:16 Thank you, President. Thank you, rapporteur. As this is your last time in the Assembly, I want to thank you for your work, your presence, your dedication, dear Laura, for what you did for this Assembly. It was important for us. Thank you. In recent days, Russia has intensified its attacks on Russia, on Ukrainian civilians. Last Tuesday it struck a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage site in the heart of Kyiv, the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra. This... 30/01/2026 | 11:03:11 Thank you, Ms. President. I've looked forward so much to this moment because I think you did very well. I want to congratulate you for the leadership over the past days. I think we should be a bit more generous and allow more time before judging people. That being said, on behalf of the Liberals, we wish you good luck, wisdom, inspiration and creativity for the coming two years. You have our full support for the good things you have proposed to do with this Assembly on behalf of all Europeans... 29/01/2026 | 18:41:16 Thank you very much, Mister President.  Dear rapporteur, dear colleagues,  Dear Mr Oleksii GONCHARENKO, there is no place for criticising your President. Here, we are all behind the Ukrainian people, behind your leadership, to do the best for our country, and we should have solidarity here. So there is no place for criticism for the greatest man in Europe, defending us from the brutal Russians wanting to destroy our identities and values. So, please refrain from that. We are all behind... 29/01/2026 | 10:33:13 Thank you, Madam President. Greenland is Denmark. Greenland is Europe. This is the clear choice of the people of Greenland. I salute the fact that we're holding this debate today. It is a sign of solidarity, but also a sign of recognition that we national parliamentarians take the situation seriously. We take security in the North Sea seriously. We take co-operation with allies seriously. And we take the state of the world order very seriously. I salute the declaration prepared by our Danish... 27/01/2026 | 12:55:14 Dear Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe President, Stimată doamnă președintă [Dear Madam President], Dear guests, I would like to begin by quoting Elie WIESEL, the Romanian-born Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate. "The opposite of love is not hatred, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of fate is not heresy, it's indifference. The opposite of life is not death, it's indifference." These words resonate deeply when we reflect...

Activities

Reports and committee opinions

30/09/2025 | Doc. 16272 | Report Russia: new threats to European democracies 08/04/2025 | Doc. 16152 | Report Russian war of aggression against Ukraine: the need to ensure accountability and avoid impunity 10/10/2023 | Doc. 15842 | Report Ensuring a just peace in Ukraine and lasting security in Europe

Motions, Written Declarations, Questions

01/07/2026 | Doc. 16386 | Written declaration Vladimir Putin's Russia should not be allowed to the Venice Biennale 01/07/2026 | Doc. 16457 | Motion for a resolution Regulatory sandboxes for quantum technologies: enabling innovation in line with Council of Europe values 24/06/2026 | Doc. 16447 | Motion for a resolution Hate crimes, intolerance and discrimination against Christians in Europe 24/06/2026 | Doc. 16450 | Motion for a resolution Restitution of the Romanian Treasure withheld by the Russian Federation 24/06/2026 | Doc. 16448 | Written declaration Erasure of Armenian cultural identity in the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan

Votes on adopted texts

25/06/2026 | Doc. 16421, vote on the draft text for recommendation Fighting back against transnational repression 25/06/2026 | Doc. 16421, vote on the draft text for resolution Fighting back against transnational repression 24/06/2026 | Doc. 16417, vote on the draft text for resolution Protecting democracy from disruptions caused by artificial intelligence 24/06/2026 | Doc. 16420, vote on the draft text for resolution The functioning of democratic institutions in Georgia 23/06/2026 | Doc. 16424, vote on the draft text for resolution The functioning of democratic institutions in Serbia