Domènec Ruiz Devesa (born 1978) is a Spanish politician of the

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(PSOE) who served as a

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from

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until 2024.

Political career

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. In 2019, Ruiz Devesa was elected as an MEP, and worked in the

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and the

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. In 2021 he was appointed as a member of the Parliament's delegation to the

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. In 2022, he was the parliament's

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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. In addition to his committee assignments, Ruiz Devesa was a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development, the

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, the European Parliament Intergroup on Trade Unions and the

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. Ruiz Devesa suggested that the

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could consider helicopter money.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. In 2024 he was not included in the Electoral Lists and ceased to be an MEP at the start of the New European Parliament

References

Living people MEPs for Spain 2019–2024 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party MEPs 1978 births {{Spain-MEP-stub