Meeting of the Chairpersons of COSAC 21−22 July 2019

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Draft as of 20 July 2019

Meeting of the Chairpersons of COSAC

21−22 July 2019, Helsinki

Preliminary list of participants

Réunion des présidents de la COSAC

21−22 juillet 2019, Helsinki

Liste préliminaire des participants

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MEMBER STATES – ÉTATS MEMBRES AUSTRIA, AUTRICHE, ÖSTERREICH

National Council, Conseil national, Nationalrat

Mr / M. Reinhold Lopatka

Head of Delegation, Member of the National Council, Chair of the Standing Sub-Committee on European Union Affairs

European People’s party (EPP)

Federal Council, Conseil fédéral, Bundesrat

Mr / M. Christian Buchmann

Head of Delegation, Member of the Federal Council, Chair of the EU Committee of the Federal Council

European People’s party (EPP)

Mr / M. Gerhard Koller

Delegation Staff, Head of Division for EU

Participation and European Relations

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BELGIUM, BELGIQUE, BELGIË

House of Representatives, Chambre des représentants, Kamer van volksvertegenwoordigers

Ms / Mme Katrien Joos Delegation Staff,

Assistant Advisor -

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2 Senate, Sénat, Senaat

Ms / Mme Iuna Sadat Delegation Staff,

Principal EU Advisor -

BULGARIA, BULGARIE, БЪЛГАРИЯ

National Assembly, Assemblée nationale, Narodno Sabranie

Ms / Mme Ivelina Vassileva

Head of Delegation, Vice Chairman of the Committee on European Affairs and Oversight of the European funds

European People’s party, EPP

Mr / M. Momchil Stanishev

Delegation Staff, Chief Expert in the Committee on European Affairs and Oversight of the European Funds

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CROATIA, CROATIE, HRVATSKA

Parliament, Parlement, Hrvatski sabor

Mr / M. Domagoj

Ivan Milosevic

Head of Delegation, Chairman of the European Affairs Committee

Mr / M. Josko Klisovic

Member of Delegation, Member of the

European Affairs Committee

Progressive Alliance of Socialists and

Democrats in the European Parliament, S & D Group

Ms / Mme Gabriela Kuharic Kojic

Delegation Staff, Advisor to the European Affairs Committee

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3 Ms / Mme Jelena Spiljak

Delegation Staff, Head of European Affairs Committee Secretariat -

CYPRUS, CHYPRE, ΚΥΠΡΟΣ

House of Representatives, Chambre des représentants, Vouli ton Antiprosopon

Mr / M. Nicolaos Tornaritis

Head of Delegation, Deputy Chairman of the House Standing Committee on Foreign and European Affairs

Ms / Mme Hara Parla Delegation Staff, Senior

International Relations Officer -

CZECH REPUBLIC, REPUBLIQUE TCHÈQUE, ČESKA REPUBLIKA

Senate, Sénat, Sénat

Mr / M. Vaclav Hampl

Head of Delegation,

Chairman of the Committee on EU Affairs

Ms / Mme Babeta Kucerova

Delegation Staff, Advisor to the Committee on EU

Affairs -

Chamber of Deputies, Chambre des députés, Poslanecká snĕmovna

Mr / M. Ondřej Benešík

Head of Delegation,

Chairman of the Committee on European Affairs

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DENMARK, DANEMARK, DANMARK

Parliament, Parlement, Folketinget

Mr / M. Soren Sondergaard Head of Delegation, Member of Parliament

European United Left/Nordic Green Left, GUE

Ms / Mme Christine Sidenius

Delegation Staff, EU

Special consultant

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ESTONIA, ESTONIE, EESTI

Parliament, Parlement, Riigikogu

Ms / Mme Anneli Ott

Head of Delegation, Chairwoman of the European Union Affairs Committee

Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for

Europe, ALDE

Ms / Mme Külli Kapper

Delegation Staff, Head of the Secretariat of the European Union Affairs Committee

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FINLAND, FINLANDE, SUOMI

Parliament, Parlement, Eduskunta, Riksdagen

Ms / Mme Satu Hassi

Head of Delegation, Member of

Parliament, Chair of the Grand Committee

The

Greens/European Free Alliance, Greens/EFA

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Mr / M. Jani Mäkelä

Member of Delegation, First Deputy Chairperson of the Grand

Committee

Identity and Democracy Group

Mr / M. Paavo Arhinmäki

Member of

Delegation, Second Deputy Chairperson of the Grand

Committee

Confederal Group of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left

Mr / M. Peter Saramo

Delegation Staff, Director, EU Secretariat

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Ms / Mme Anna Sorto

Delegation Staff, Counsel to the Grand

Committee -

FRANCE, FRANCE, FRANCE

Senate, Sénat, Sénat

Mr / M. Jean Bizet

Head of Delegation, Président de la

commission des affaires européennes

Ms / Mme Aude Bornens

Delegation Staff, Chef de service de la Commission des affaires européennes

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National Assembly, Assemblée nationale, Assemblée nationale

Ms / Mme Sabine Thillaye

Head of Delegation, Présidente de la Commission des Affaires européennes

Non-Attached Members, NA

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6 Mr / M. Frank Baron Delegation Staff,

Head of the Secretariat of the Committee

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GERMANY, ALLEMAGNE, DEUTSCHLAND

German Bundesrat, (Federal Council), Conseil fédéral allemand, Bundesrat

Mr / M. Rainer Robra

Head of Delegation, Member of the Committee on European Union Questions

Ms / M. Heike Raab

Member of the Committee on European Union Questions

Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European

Parliament, S & D Group

Ms / Mme Ute Müller

Delegation Staff, Head of the Secretariat of the Committee on European Union Questions

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German Bundestag, Bundestag allemand, Bundestag

Mr / M. Gunther Krichbaum Head of

Delegation, MP

Ms / Mme Heike Baddenhausen Delegation Staff,

Clerk -

Ms / Mme Luisa Welke Delegation Staff, Legal advisor -

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Ms / Mme Veronika Gruber Interpreter -

Mr / M. Bernd Saure Interpreter -

GREECE, GRÈCE, EΛΛAΣ

Hellenic Parliament, Parlement hellénique, Βουλή των Ελλήνων, Vouli ton Ellinon

Ms / Mme Despina Fola

Delegation Staff, Head of European Affairs Department

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HUNGARY, HONGRIE, MAGYARORSZAG

National Assembly, Assemblée Nationale, Országgyűlés

Mr / M. Richard Horcsik Head of

Delegation, Chairperson

Mr / M. Csaba Huszar

Delegation Staff, Permanent Representative Based in Brussels

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Mr / M. Csaba Gergely Tamás Delegation

Staff, Advisor -

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IRELAND, IRLANDE, IRELAND (ÉIREANN)

Parliament, Parlement, Houses of the Oireachtas

Mr / M. Terry Leyden

Head of Delegation, Vice-Chairman of the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs

Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, ALDE

Ms / Mme Rachel Breen

Delegation Staff, Junior Clerk, Joint Committee on European Union Affairs

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ITALY, ITALIE, ITALIA

Chamber of Deputies, Chambre des députés, Camera dei Deputati

Mr / M. Sergio Battelli

Head of Delegation, Chairman of the EU Union Policies Committee

Mr / M. Marco Caputo

Delegation Staff, Official; Head of the EU Policies

Committee Secretariat -

Ms / Mme Katia Ancona Delegation Staff, Assistant to Mr Battelli

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Mr / M. Claudio Olmeda Interpreter -

Ms / Mme Antonella Lasorsa Interpreter -

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9 Senate, Sénat, Senato

Mr / M. Ettore

Antonio Licheri

Head of Delegation, Chair of the

Committee on European Affairs, Senator

Mr / M. Davide

Alberto Capuano Delegation Staff -

LATVIA, LETTONIE, LATVIJA

Parliament, Parlement, Saeima

Ms / Mme Vita Anda Tērauda

Head of Delegation,

Chairperson of the European

Affairs Committee -

Mr / M. Girts Ostrovskis

Delegation Staff, Representative of the

Parliament of Latvia to the EU -

Ms / Mme Ieva Dēze Delegation Staff, Adviser -

LITHUANIA, LITUANIE, LIETTUVA

Parliament, Parlement, Seimas

Mr / M. Žygimantas Pavilionis

Head of Delegation, Deputy Chairman of the Committee on European Affairs

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10 Ms / Mme Renata Lygiene

Delegation Staff, Adviser to the Committee on European Affairs

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LUXEMBOURG, LUXEMBOURG, LUXEMBURG

Chamber of Deputies, Chambre des députés, Die Abgeordnetenkammer

Mr / M. Marc Angel Head of Delegation, Chairperson COSAC Delegation

Ms / Mme Rita Brors Delegation Staff, Secretary of COSAC- Delegation

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MALTA, MALTE, MALTA

House of Representatives, Chambre des représentants, Kamra tad-Deputati

Mr / M. Ian Paul Bajada Delegation Staff,

Manager II (Research) -

THE NETHERLANDS, PAYS-BAS, NEDERLAND

House of Representatives, Chambre des représentants, Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal

Mr / M. Habbo Siebold (Hayke)

Veldman

Standing Committee on European Affairs

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Herman Pieter Christiaan (Harm)

Buisman

Delegation Staff, Deputy Clerk of the Standing Committee on European Affairs

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Senate, Sénat, Eerste Kamer der Staten-Generaal

Ms / Mme Ria Oomen-Ruijten

Standing Committee on European Affairs

Ms / Mme Ilse Van den Driessche Delegation Staff -

POLAND, POLOGNE, POLSKA

Parliament, Parlement, Sejm

Ms / Mme Anita Czerwińska

Head of Delegation, Vice Chair of the European Union Affairs Committee

European Conservatives and

Reformists, ECR

Ms / Mme Joanna Heger

Delegation Staff, Secretary of the European Union Affairs Committee

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Senate, Sénat, Senat

Mr / M. Jarosław Obremski

Head of Delegation, Senator, Deputy Chairperson of the International Affairs and EU Committee

Reformists, ECR

Ms / Mme Lidia Spyrko vel Śmietanko

Delegation Staff, Head of the EU Unit in the Foreign Affairs and EU Committee, Chancellery of the Senate of Poland

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PORTUGAL, PORTUGAL, Portugal

Assembly of the Republic, Assemblée de la République, Assembleia da República

Ms / Mme Regina Bastos Head of Delegation, Deputy

Mr / M. Bruno Pinheiro

Delegation Staff, Permanent

Representative -

ROMANIA, ROUMANIE, ROMANIA

Chamber of Deputies, Chambre des députés, Camerei Deputaţilor

Mr / M. Angel Tîlvăr

Head of Delegation, Chairperson of the Committee on European Affairs

Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament, S

& D Group

Ms / Mme Maria Comănescu

Delegation Staff, Head of the Committee on European Affairs

Secretariat

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Senate, Sénat, Senat

Ms / Mme Gabriela Cretu

Head of

Delegation, Chair of the European Affairs Committee

Mr / M. Gabi Ionascu

Member of Delegation, Member of the European Affairs Committee

Ms / Mme Andreea Dumitru

Delegation Staff, Adviser of the European Affairs Committee

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SLOVAKIA, SLOVAQUIE, SLOVENSKO

National Council, Conseil national, Národná rada

Ms / Mme Iren Sarkozy

Head of Delegation, Member of the

Committee on European Affairs

Mr / M. Tomas Nagy

Delegation Staff, Officer, European Affairs Department

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SLOVENIA, SLOVÉNIE, SLOVENIJA

National Assembly, Assemblée nationale, Državni zbor

Mr / M. Igor Peček

Head of Delegation, The Committee on European Union Affairs (Chair), Member of Parliament

Ms / Mme Romana Novak

The Committee on European Union Affairs

(Undersecretary)

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Mr / M. Rok Dacar Delegation Staff -

Ms / Mme Maša Ocvirk Delegation Staff -

Ms / Mme Urša Vidrih Delegation Staff -

Ms / Mme Vojka Vuk Dirnbek Delegation Staff -

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Mr / M. Bojan Kekec

Head of Delegation, Chairman of the Commission for International Relations and European Affairs

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Ms / Mme Tjaša Fajdiga Delegation Staff,

Adviser -

SPAIN, ESPAGNE, ESPAÑA

Cortes Generales (Congress of Deputies and Senate), Congrès des députés et Sénat, Congreso de los Diputados y Senado

Ms / Mme Carmen Sánchez-

Abarca

Delegation Staff,

Clerk -

SWEDEN, SUÈDE, SVERIGE

Parliament, Parlement, Riksdagen

Ms / Mme Annika Qarlsson

Head of Delegation, First Deputy Chair of the Committee on European Union Affairs

Mr / M. Pål Jonson

Member of

Delegation, Second Deputy Chair of the Committee on European Union Affairs

Ms / Mme Caroline Jender Pamrin

Delegation Staff, Committee Secretary, The Committee on European Union Affairs

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UNITED KINGDOM, ROYAUME-UNI, UNITED KINGDOM

House of Lords, Chambre des lords, House of Lords

Lord Robin Teverson

Head of Delegation, Chair of the EU Energy and Environment Sub- Committee

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Mr / M. Christopher Johnson Delegation Staff, Principal Clerk of EU Select Committee

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Mr / M. Alasdair Love Delegation Staff,

National Parliament Representative

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House of Commons, Chambre des communes, House of Commons

Mr / M. Fraser McIntosh

Delegation Staff, National Parliament Representative -

Ms / Mme Jessica Mulley

Delegation Staff, Clerk, European Scrutiny Committee

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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT – PARLEMENT EUROPÉEN

Ms / Mme Mairead McGuinness

Head of Delegation, First Vice-President of the European Parliament

Mr / M. Antonio Tajani

Head of Delegation, Member of the European Parliament, Chair of the Committee for

Constitutional Affairs

Ms / Mme Deirdre O Hea Delegation Staff, Office of First Vice-President -

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Adviser -

Mr / M. François Némoz-Hervens Delegation Staff,

Administrator -

Mr / M. Pekka Nurminen

Delegation Staff, Head of the Institutional

Cooperation

Unit/Directorate for Relations with National Parliaments

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Ms / Mme Katrin Ruhrmann

Delegation Staff, Director for Relations with National Parliaments

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Ms / Mme Beatrice Scarascia Mugnozza Delegation Staff, Director -

CANDIDATE COUNTRIES - PAYS CANDIDATS ALBANIA, ALBANIE, SHQIPËRIA

Parliament of Albania, Kuvendi, Kuvendi

Ms / Mme Rudina Hajdari

Head of Delegation, Chair of the European Integration Committee and Chair of the Albanian Delegation

Ms / Mme Senida Mesi

Member of Delegation, Deputy Chair of the European Integration Committee

Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament, S &

D Group

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Mr / M. Denis Gila

Delegation Staff, Advisor, European

Integration Committee -

MONTENEGRO, MONTÉNÉGRO, CRNA GORA

Parliament of Montenegro, Parlement du Monténégro, Skupština Crne Gore

Mr / M. Slaven Radunovic Head of Delegation, Chairman of the European Integration Committee

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Mr / M. Adrijan Vuksanovic

Member of Delegation, Deputy Chairman of the European Integration Committee

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Ms / Mme Marija Milosevic Delegation Staff, Officer at the Secretariat of the European Integration Committee

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NORTH MACEDONIA, MACÉDOINE DU NORD, РЕПУБЛИКА СЕВЕРНА МАКЕДОНИЈА

Assembly of North Macedonia, Assemblée de Macédoine du Nord, Собрание на Северна Македонија

Ms / Mme Shpresa Hadri Member of

Delegation, MP

Ms / Mme Elizabeta Kancheska

Milevska Member of

Delegation, MP European People’s party, EPP

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Kondovska Delegation Staff,

Advisor -

SERBIA, SERBIE, SRBIJA

National Assembly, Assemblée nationale, Narodna skupština

Mr / M. Nenad Čanak

European Integration Committee

The

Greens/European Free Alliance, Greens/EFA

Ms / Mme Vesna Marković

Member of

Delegation, Member, European Integration Committee

Ms / Mme Aleksandra Jovanović

Delegation Staff, Senior Adviser, European Integration Department

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Ms / Mme Dejana Đurđević Delegation Staff,

Assistant to MP -

TURKEY, TURQUIE, TÜRKIYE

Grand National Assembly, Grande Assemblée nationale, Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi

Mr / M. Mehmet Kasım Gülpinar Head of Delegation, Chairperson -

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Mr / M. Uğur Kilinç Delegation Staff -

SPECIAL GUESTS – INVITÉS SPÉCIAUX ICELAND, ISLANDE, ÍSLAND

Althing, Althing, Alþingi

Ms / Mme Aslaug Arna Sigurbjornsdottir

Head of Delegation, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee

Reformists, ECR

Ms / Mme Gunnthora

Elin Erlingsdottir

Delegation Staff, Legal

Advisor -

NORWAY, NORVÈGE, NORGE

Storting, Storting, Stortinget

Mr / M. Michael Tetzschner Head of Delegation, Member of

Parliament

Mr / M. Per Sigurdsson Nestande Delegation Staff,

Senior Adviser -

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SWITZERLAND, SUISSE, SCHWEIZ

Federal Assembly, Assemblée fédérale, Bundesversammlung

Mr / M. Hans-Peter Portmann

Head of Delegation, Member of the Swiss National Council

Mr / M. Eric Nussbaumer

Member of Delegation, Member of the Swiss National Council

Ms / Mme Myriam Bertsch

Delegation Staff, Political

Advisor

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SPEAKERS – ORATEURS

Mr / M. Alain Lamassoure

Former MEP and Former French Minister

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Ms / Mme Tuula Haatainen Deputy Speaker of

Eduskunta -

Ms / Mme Tytti Tuppurainen Minister for European

Affairs -

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OTHER PARTICIPANTS

EUROPEAN COMMISSION, COMMISSION EUROPÉENNE

Mr / M. Christophe Keller

Relations with national Parliaments (unit SG G3), Senior Expert

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Mr / M. Detlev Clemens Deputy Head of Unit -

COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION – CONSEIL DE L'UNION EUROPÉENNE

Mr / M. Pawel Zamojski

Political Administrator, Council of the European Union

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OBSERVERS - OBSERVATEURS

Mr / M. Mile Prangoski

Minister Counsellor, Embassy of North

Macedonia in Sweden -

COSAC SECRETARIAT - SECRÉTARIAT DE LA COSAC

Mr / M. Kenneth Curmi Permanent Member of the COSAC Secretariat -

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22 Mr / M. Eero Säynäjäkangas

Member of the COSAC Secretariat, Parliament

of Finland -

Ms / Mme Tanja Babic Member of the COSAC

Secretariat, Croatian Parliament

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Mr / M. Luis Balsells Traver Member of the COSAC Secretariat, European Parliament

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Mr / M. Tudor Dobrinescu

Member of the COSAC Secretariat, Romanian Chamber of Deputies -

Ms / Mme Izabella Moldovan Member of the COSAC Secretariat, Romanian Senate

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