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European Artificial Intelligence Act – Agreement on trialogues

On 8 December 2023, after 36 hours of negotiation, an agreement was reached between the European Parliament and the European Council to finalise a legislative text regulating the European Artificial Intelligence Act (AIA). The Spanish Presidency has played an instrumental role in forging this agreement, including the contribution of the Spanish Socialist Delegation, which, through […]

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EU parliament adopts mental health report

On 12 December 2023, the European Parliament adopted oan own-initiative report on mental health. The document, negotiated in the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Health, was backed by a large majority of 482 votes in favour, 94 against and 32 abstentions. The text aims to improve the Commission’s initiative “A Global Approach to Mental Health”, in

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Nature Restoration Law approved in the European Parliament

On Wednesday 12 July 2023, the European Parliament adopted one of the most important dossiers of the European Green Deal: the Nature Restoration Law, whose main objective is to restore ecosystems and biodiversity in the European Union. The final report was adopted with 336 votes in favour, 300 against and 13 abstentions after the vote

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When life gives you lemons, make anti-poverty strategies

On the occasion of the Social Forum taking place today and tomorrow in Porto, I have published an article with Alba Huertas on the importance of a stronger social Europe in which recent European directives on minimum wages and wage transparency are implemented, while at the same time pending anti-poverty mechanisms, such as a minimum

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Anti-poverty schemes: towards a European minimum income

In this article, I highlight the importance of a minimum income system as an anti-poverty measure and the need to promote European legislation to make these systems effective and to serve as a safety net and social protection. You can access the article in Spanish here: https://www.eldiario.es/euroblog/sistemas-antipobreza-renta-minima-europea_132_10166068.html

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Agreement on the Social Climate Fund approved in the April 2023 plenary session

At the April plenary session in the European Parliament, we approved with 521 votes in favour the agreement on the Social Climate Fund made between the three European institutions in December 2022. The report was jointly dealt with by the Parliament’s Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and the Committee on Employment and

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European Parliament adopts report on the European Semester 2023

Last 15 March in the plenary session of the European Parliament we passed the European Semester report, for which I was rapporteur, setting out the employment and social priorities for the year 2023. In the following reports I explain the most important points and the socialist achievements of the report: https://euobserver.com/health-and-society/156837 https://valenciaplaza.com/eurodiputada-alicantina-estrella-dura-pide-ue-permita-aumentar-gasto-social-estados

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European Parliament adopts directive to improve working conditions for workers on digital platforms

On February 2nd, the European Parliament approved in its plenary session the initiation of interinstitutional negotiations on the proposal for a directive on improving working conditions in platform work. Therefore, the Parliament has set its position in order to start negotiations with the Council of the European Union. The text of the directive was negotiated

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