Dacian CioloÈ™

Dacian Cioloş ( born July 27, 1969 in Zalău ) is a Romanian agricultural engineer and a non-party politician. He is currently responsible for the area of ​​agriculture and rural development in the European Commission.

Life

After graduation Cioloş studied at the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine in Cluj / Cluj- Napoca and graduated in 1994 with a degree in Civil Engineering from the garden. After various internships and graduate studies in France, he received his doctorate in economics at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure Agronomique in Montpellier. From 2002 to 2003 he worked as a Task Manager for Agriculture and Rural Development at the EU Delegation in Romania.

Since January 2005, he worked in the Romanian Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development, October 2007 to December 2008 he held the office of minister in the liberal -dominated Cabinet Tăriceanu II 2010, he was dominated by the conservative government of Emil Boc as a member of the Barroso II Commission proposed.

Political positions

In his office is Cioloş scheduled for a reform of the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union until 2013. He wants to promote organic farming by the EU agricultural subsidies are more dependent on criteria such as environmental protection, sustainability and consumer protection. It is not expected to cut the amount of agricultural subsidies, the distribution between the different EU Member States, however, be balanced. Farmers who produce for the regional or local market should be in a better position compared to industrial farms. Under his leadership, the Uniform Administrative Committee fruits and vegetables has decided to ban the open olive oil jug in restaurants.