Javier "Javi" López Fernández (; born 11 November 1985) is a Spanish politician who was first elected as a

Member of the European Parliament A member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been Election, elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament. When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the European Coal and S ...

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

Political career

In Parliament, López Fernández served on the

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from 2014 until 2019 before moving to the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and the

Subcommittee on Security and Defence The Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE) is a subcommittee of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the European Parliament. It is responsible for European security and defence policy, including institutions, capabilities and operations, as we ...

. In addition to his committee assignments, he is Chair of the Parliament's delegation to the

Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly The Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (EuroLat) is a trans-national body of 150 Parliamentarians from Europe and Latin America. It was established in 2006 to bolster EU-Latin American relations. It was described by Benita Ferrero-Waldner ...

. He is also a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Seas, Rivers, Islands and Coastal Areas.

Other activities

European Council on Foreign Relations The European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) is a pan-European think tank with offices in seven European capitals. Launched in October 2007, it conducts research on European foreign and security policy and provides a meeting space for decis ...

(ECFR), Member of the CouncilMembers of the Council

(ECFR).

References

Living people MEPs for Spain 2014–2019 MEPs for Spain 2019–2024 Socialists' Party of Catalonia MEPs 1985 births MEPs for Spain 2024–2029 {{Spain-MEP-stub