Committees

Role	Committee	Start	End
Substitute of	Committee on Industry, Research and Energy	2023/09/06
Substitute of	Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality	2023/09/06
Member of	Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection	2023/09/11

Delegations

Role	Delegation	Start	End
Substitute of	Delegation for relations with India	2023/09/06
Substitute of	Delegation for relations with the United States	2023/09/06
Member of	Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union, including the EU-Morocco, EU-Tunisia and EU-Algeria Joint Parliamentary Committees	2023/09/11
Member of	Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean	2023/09/11
Member of	Delegation to the Africa-EU Parliamentary Assembly	2024/01/01
Member of	Delegation to the OACPS-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly	2024/01/01

Contact

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Brussels

• Phone: 003222845563
• Fax:
• Office: Bât. ALTIERO SPINELLI 14G101
• Full Address
  • City: Bruxelles/Brussel
  • Zip: B-1047
  • Street: 60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60

Strasbourg

• Phone: 0033388177563
• Fax:
• Office: Bât. LOUISE WEISS T07088
• Full Address
  • City: Strasbourg
  • Zip: CS 91024 - F-67070
  • Street: 1, avenue du Président Robert Schuman

Rapporteur

Type	Dossier	Committee	Title
Responsible Committee	2023/0376(COD)	IMCO Internal Market and Consumer Protection	Amending ADR Directive and certain other consumer protection directives
Responsible Committee	2023/0375(COD)	IMCO Internal Market and Consumer Protection	Discontinuation of the European ODR Platform
Opinion Committee Shadow	2023/0131(COD)	['ITRE']	Authorisation and supervision of medicinal products for human use and governing rules for the European Medicines Agency
Joint Responsible Committee Shadow	2023/0085(COD)	['ENVI', 'IMCO']	Substantiation and communication of explicit environmental claims (Green Claims Directive)

Activities

Stats

By types

Amendments (472)
Institutional motions (1)
Plenary speeches (21)
Reports (2)
Shadow opinions (1)
Shadow reports (1)
Written explanations (22)
Written questions (4)

By dossiers

Count	Dossier Reference	Title
168	2023/0132(COD)	Medicinal products for human use
90	2023/0131(COD)	Authorisation and supervision of medicinal products for human use and governing rules for the European Medicines Agency
84	2023/0290(COD)
58	2023/0085(COD)	Substantiation and communication of explicit environmental claims (Green Claims Directive)
26	2023/2043(INI)	Addictive design of online services and consumer protection in the EU single market
24	2023/0323(COD)	Commercial transactions: combating late payment
20	2023/2115(INI)	Gender aspects of the rising cost of living and the impact of the energy crisis
4	2023/0373(COD)	Preventing plastic pellet losses to reduce microplastic pollution
2	2023/2973(RSP)	The EU priorities for the 68th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women
2	2023/0376(COD)	Amending ADR Directive and certain other consumer protection directives
2	2023/0375(COD)	Discontinuation of the European ODR Platform
1	2023/2670(RSP)	Resolution on the new European strategy for a better internet for kids (BIK+)
1	2023/0083(COD)	Common rules promoting the repair of goods
1	2022/0092(COD)	Empowering consumers for the green transition
1	2024/2655(RSP)	Inclusion of the right to abortion in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights

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Born

1984/07/19 - Barcelona

Education (qualifications and diplomas)

• 03/2022 : CERTIFICATE FOR RISING WOMEN LEADERS – Cambridge Judge Business School – Executive Education (Cambridge, United Kingdom)
• 10/2017 : CERTIFICATE IN EU DIPLOMACY & DIPLOMATIC SKILLS – College of Europe – Executive Education (Bruges, Belgium)
• 2014-2015 : POSTGRADUATE COURSE IN INTERNATIONAL ELECTION OBSERVATION AND ELECTION ASSISTANCE – University of the Basque Country (UPV-EHU)
• 2010-2011 : MASTER’S DEGREE IN LEADERSHIP IN POLITICAL MANAGEMENT – Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)
• 07/2010 : TRAINING COURSE FOR SHORT-TERM ELECTORAL OBSERVERS – Diplomatic School of the Foreign Affairs Ministry – Spanish Government
• 2006-2007 : OFFICIAL MASTER’S DEGREE IN CONTEMPORARY LATIN AMERICA AND ITS RELATIONS WITH THE EUROPEAN UNION Ortega y Gasset Foundation / Alcalá de Henares University (UAH) – Master thesis: Fiscal and political culture in Mexico – an approach from financial sociology
• 2002-2007 : DEGREE IN POLITICAL AND ADMINISTRATION SCIENCES – Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) and University of Kent (United Kingdom, 2006)

Professional career

• 2019-2023 : Head of the Cabinet of the President – Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats – EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
• 2014-2019 : Accredited Parliamentary Assistant in the Committee on Foreign Affairs – Spanish Delegation of the S&D Group – EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
• 2012-2014 : Accredited Parliamentary Assistant in the Committee on Development – Spanish Delegation of the S&D Group – EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
• 2009-2012 : Policy Advisor for EU and International Relations – SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL POLICY AND COOPERATION – SPANISH SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY (PSOE)
• 2009 : Parliamentary Assistant to the Socialist Spokesperson in the Foreign Affairs Committee – CONGRESO DE LOS DIPUTADOS (SPANISH PARLIAMENT)
• 2007-2008 : Researcher and professor assistant at UPF and coordinator of the Institut d’Educació Contínua (IDEC) and UPF programme ‘Máster en Gobierno y Gestión Pública en América Latina’ – UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA

Political career

• 2021- ... : Secretary for European and International Policy – Socialist Party of Catalonia (PSC)

Other activities

• 2018- ... : Vice-President of the Catalan Council of the European Movement (CCME)
• 2013-2015 : Participation as an OAS short-term election observer in Suriname’s presidential elections (May 2015) and in Azerbaijan’s presidential elections (October 2013)

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