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Jordi Cañas
Jordi Cañas Pérez (Barcelona, born 12 December 1969) is a Spanish politicians, Spanish politician who was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2019 to 2024. He previously was member of the Parliament of Catalonia between 2010 and 2014, during the IX and X legislature. Early life and education Degree in Geography and History, major in Prehistory and Ancient History, from the University of Barcelona. Political career Member of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia, Socialist Party of Catalonia (PSC) and the Socialist Youth of Catalonia (JSC) from 1987 to 2003. He left the socialist group due to a disagreement with the party's decision to sign the so-called "Tinell Pact", to form a Generalitat de Catalunya, Generalitat of Catalonia government, agreed between the PSC, Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC) and Iniciativa per Catalunya Verds, Iniciativa Per Catalunya Verds (ICV), after Parliament of Catalonia elections on 16 November 2003. He joined the Citizens' Party (Cat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordi Cañas 2023 (cropped)
Jordi () is the Catalan language, Catalan form of the ancient Greek name Georgios. Jordi is a popular name in Catalonia and is also given in the Netherlands and in Spanish-, English- and German-speaking countries. Jordi may also refer to: Saint George, Sant Jordi – patron saint of Aragon and Catalonia Saint George's Day, La Diada de Sant Jordi – Catalan holiday held on April 23 with similarities to Valentine's Day, traditionally men give women roses and women give men a book to celebrate the occasion. People Academics and business *Jordi Canals – economist and former business school dean *Jordi Galí – macroeconomist, professor, and author *Jordi Guimet – information engineer and pioneer in geographic systems *Jordi Montana – industrial design expert and Rector of the University of Vic *Jordi Nadal – economist and historian *Jordi Ustrell Aguilà – computer engineer and pioneer of Internet banking Activism * Jordi Casamitjana Art and media *Jordi Bernet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Citizens' Party (Catalonia)
Citizens (Spanish: ; ; shortened as Cs—C's until January 2017), officially Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (''Ciudadanos–Partido de la Ciudadanía'', CS), is a liberal political party in Spain. The party has been located in the centre to centre-right of the political spectrum. Citizens' political ideology was initially unclear beyond a strong opposition to Catalan independence and Catalan nationalism in general. The party initially presented itself as left-of-centre, holding social democratic and progressive liberal positions; however, it removed any mention of social democracy from its platform in February 2017, moving closer to the political centre. By 2018, it was judged by commentators to have drifted further away from the left, as its focus shifted to competing against the People's Party (PP) as the leading party of the Spanish right. Despite describing itself as postnationalist, it has been deemed by journalists and academics as professing a Spanish nationalist id ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Committee On The Internal Market And Consumer Protection
The Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) is a Committees of the European Parliament, committee of the European Parliament. Work of the committee The committee is responsible for: * Coordination at Community level of national legislation in the sphere of the European Single Market, internal market and of the customs union, in particular: ** The free movement of goods including the Harmonisation of law, harmonization of technical standards ** The right of establishment ** The freedom to provide services (other than in the financial and postal sectors) * Measures aiming at the identification and removal of potential obstacles to the functioning of the internal market; * The promotion and protection of the economic interests of consumers (other than public health and food safety issues) in the context of the establishment of the internal market. 8th European Parliament (2014–19) The committee chair, elected in June 2017, is Anneleen Van Bossuyt (European ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Parliament Magazine
''The Parliament Magazine'' is a monthly EU politics, policy and culture magazine. Its website, www.theparliamentmagazine.eu, is a forum for discussion on the latest developments in EU politics and policy, featuring regular contributions from prominent European policymakers, the magazine's editorial team and freelance journalists. History and profile ''The Parliament Magazine'' was founded in 1995. The magazine is owned by Dods, a British company that provides contact and biographical information about the Houses of Parliament and the Civil Service since 1832. It is one of the oldest political publishing houses in the world, and has produced essential publications for over 174 years. They also publish '' Dod's Parliamentary Companion''. ''The Parliament Magazine'' is based in Brussels, Belgium. It is published on a monthly basis as of September 2021, having previously been produced on a fortnightly basis. Contributors and editorial agenda The magazine is based upon contributi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Parliament Committee On Employment And Social Affairs
The Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL) is a Committees of the European Parliament, committee of the European Parliament. It is responsible for issues of employment and social policy, including labour rights, social security, inclusion, free movement for workers and pensioners, professional and vocational training, the European Social Fund, and Employment discrimination law in the European Union, employment discrimination law. During the Ninth European Parliament (2019–2024), the committee has 55 members. Since July 2024, it is chaired by Li Andersson from Finland. Members As of 13 April 2022, the 55 members of the committee are: Chairpersons References External links EMPL official website Committees of the European Parliament, Employment Long stubs with short prose {{EU-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rapporteur
A rapporteur is a person who is appointed by an organization to report on the proceedings of its meetings. The term is a French-derived word. For example, Dick Marty was appointed ''rapporteur'' by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe to investigate extraordinary rendition by the CIA. Rapporteur of the European Parliament The ''rapporteur'' is an eminent role in the legislative process of the European Parliament (EP). They are a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) responsible for handling a legislative proposal – both procedurally and with regard to its substance – on behalf of the European Commission, the Council of the European Union or the EP. Based on the relevant proposal, the ''rapporteur'' is appointed by the relevant Committees of the European Parliament charged with drawing up a legislative recommendation for the EP to vote on. The ''rapporteur'', therefore, has a substantial influence in the process leading to the adoption of EU-legislation. Thei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Parliament Committee On International Trade
The Committee on International Trade (INTA) is a Committees of the European Parliament, committee of the European Parliament. Its current chair, elected on 10 July 2019, is Bernd Lange. European Parliament press release 2014-07-07 INTA is responsible for matters relating to the establishment, implementation and monitoring of the EU’s common commercial policy and its external economic relations, including trade and investment legislation, bilateral, plurilateral and multilateral agreements and relations with the World Trade Organization, World Trade Organisation (WTO). With the Treaty of Lisbon, the Parliament has become a co-legislator in the Union’s Common Commercial Policy and has the final say on entry into force of all trade agreements. Moreover, the Union compe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renew Europe
Renew Europe (or simply Renew) is a liberal, centrist to centre-right, pro-European political group of the European Parliament founded for the ninth European Parliament term. The group is the successor to the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) group which existed during the sixth, seventh and eighth terms from 2004 to 2019, and under a variety of other names in earlier Parliaments. Renew Europe in the European Committee of the Regions is the sister group of Renew Europe. History In May 2019, speaking at a debate leading up to the 2019 European Parliament election, Guy Verhofstadt, president of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) group, announced that, following the election, the ALDE Group intended to dissolve and form a new alliance with French President Emmanuel Macron's "Renaissance" electoral list. During and following the European elections, the group temporarily styled itself "ALDE plus Renaissance plus USR PLUS". The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 European Parliament Election
The 2019 European Parliament election was held in the European Union (EU) between 23 and 26 May 2019. It was the ninth parliamentary election since the first direct elections in 1979. A total of 751 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) were elected to represent more than 512 million people from 28 member states. In February 2018, the European Parliament had voted to decrease the number of MEPs from 751 to 705 if the United Kingdom were to withdraw from the European Union on 29 March 2019. However, the United Kingdom participated alongside other EU member states after an extension of Article 50 to 31 October 2019; therefore, the allocation of seats between the member states and the total number of seats remained as it had been in 2014. On 26 May 2019, the centre-left and centre-right parties suffered significant losses, while pro-EU centrist, liberal and environmentalist parties and anti-EU right-wing populist parties made substantial gains. The European People's Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Javier Nart
Javier Nart Peñalver (; born 19 August 1947) is a Spanish journalist and politician who has been a member of the European Parliament since 2014, currently taking part in the Renew Europe group. From 2012 until 2019, he was a member of Citizens (Cs). Early life and education Nart was born on 19 August 1947 in Laredo, in the autonomous community of Cantabria. His father was the First Notary of Bilbao. Nart attended an Opus Dei school and was being prepared to join the Society of Jesus, something that did not suit him because he is nonreligious. Despite his unbelief, he says that he has "tremendous respect" for the Jesuits, particularly the ones he would later meet in his travels in Nicaragua. Nart studied law at the University of Barcelona, but also took up journalism because he wanted to make his way to Barcelona without his father. He jokes that he was a "picapleito" (bad lawyer) during the week, but citizen activist on the weekend. Writing career In his early career Nart work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Carlos Girauta
Juan Carlos Girauta Vidal (; born 12 March 1961) is a Spanish politician who served as Member of the Congress of Deputies in the 2016–2019 legislature. Previously, he has served as Member of the European Parliament from 2014 to 2016, representing Spain for the Citizens political party. Early life Girauta was born in Barcelona on March 12, 1961, the son of Andalusian lawyer Víctor Girauta Armada (who was linked to the LaRouche movement) and a Catalan language teacher and studied in a Jesuit school. He graduated in Law by the University of Barcelona and obtained an MBA from ESADE. He also started, but did not complete, a PhD in Philosophy. Political and journalistic career A former PSC member, Girauta later joined the PP and became a prolific contributor to conservative journalism from his Libertad Digital column, before becoming a Citizens member and candidate in the 2014 European election. For years he lent support to the conspiracy theory about the authorship of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
