Domènec Ruiz Devesa
Domènec Ruiz Devesa | |
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Member of the European Parliament for Spain | |
In office 2 July 2019[1][2] – 15 July 2024 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 3 March 1978 Alicante, Spain | (age 46)
Political party | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party |
Domènec Ruiz Devesa (born 1978)[3] is a Spanish politician of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) who served as a Member of the European Parliament from 2019 until 2024.[4]
Political career
[edit]Ruiz Devesa started his political career as a economic policy advisor to Jonás Fernández Álvarez, a member of the European Parliament since 2014. Together they co-edited a book on Charlemagne and the European Union.[5]
In 2019, Ruiz Devesa was elected as an MEP, and worked in the Committee on Culture and Education and the Committee on Constitutional Affairs. In 2021 he was appointed as a member of the Parliament's delegation to the Conference on the Future of Europe.[6] In 2022, he was the parliament's rapporteur on a proposal for an overhaul of European election rules that would give all EU citizens aged 18 and older a greater role in choosing the Commission president, allow them to vote for pan-European MEPs and choose postal voting.[7]
In addition to his committee assignments, Ruiz Devesa is a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development,[8] the European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights,[9] the European Parliament Intergroup on Trade Unions[10] and the Spinelli Group.[11] Ruiz Devesa suggested that the European Central Bank could consider helicopter money.[12][13]
References
[edit]- ^ "Key dates ahead". European Parliament. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- ^ "Key dates ahead". BBC News. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- ^ "Domènec Ruiz Devesa". European Parliament.
- ^ "Lista de los 54 eurodiputados elegidos este domingo en España". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 26 May 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ Fernández Álvarez, Jonás; Ruiz Devesa, Domenec, eds. (2021). Carlomagno en la Europa de hoy: contribuciones a las III Jornadas Carlomagno en Gijón. Investigación y debate. Madrid: Catarata. ISBN 978-84-1352-198-5.
- ^ Members of the delegation to the Conference on the Future of Europe Archived 10 June 2021 at the Wayback Machine European Parliament.
- ^ Victor Jack (3 May 2022), European Parliament votes in favor of reforming EU elections Politico Europe.
- ^ Intergroup on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development European Parliament.
- ^ Members European Parliament Intergroup on LGBTI Rights.
- ^ Intergroup on Trade Unions European Parliament.
- ^ Board & Members Spinelli Group.
- ^ Ruiz Devesa, Domenec, Pedro Marques, Guy Verhofstadt, Salvatore De Meo, José Gusmão, Jonas Fernández, Sandro Gozi, and Philippe Lamberts, “Written Question to ECB President on Helicopter Money”, November 6, 2020.
- ^ Lagarde, Christine. Letter to Domenec Ruiz Devesa, “Letter from the ECB President on Monetary Policy”, November 25, 2022. https://www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/pdf/other/ecb.mepletter221125_Devesa~be9008d61e.en.pdf.