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What role does housing policy play in the city of the future? Without a doubt, the right to housing should be treated as a fundamental right so that all people can live with dignity and safety. The absence of decent housing not only affects physical and mental health, but also undermines the right to education, […]

In the meeting of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs on 2 September, I defended some considerations of the Group of Socialists and Democrats of the European Parliament on the general budget of the European Union for the year 2021. We believe that we must dedicate our best efforts and financial resources to protect

I have started the political term in the European Parliament by presenting some proposals by the EP Group of Socialists and Democrats on decent and affordable housing, during the meeting of the Employment and Social Affairs Committee that took place on 31 August 2020. Access to housing must be considered a fundamental right and must

In the Employment Committee of the European Parliament I have pointed out the importance of data concerning the impact of COVID on the mental health of workers and of implementing measures to avoid psychosocial risks derived from the pandemic in the workplace. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aimEHNUFOHY

On 19 June 2020, the European Parliament approved a resolution in which it asks the Commission to end labour abuses and frauds of cross-border and seasonal workers who have suffered, especially, since the COVID-19 crisis. I stressed during the plenary debate that it is necessary to end the negative image of the sector so that

In the Employment and Social Affairs Committee of the European Parliament, I have defended the need to promote the current measures and promote new legal frameworks for a correct coordination of the social security systems in all EU Member States. Let’s fight so that all workers can enjoy the same rights and protection in the

In a speech which I gave at the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs of the European Parliament, I asked the Commission to include COVID-19 in the group with the highest health risk in the classification of biological agents, and to review the Safety Framework and Occupational Health Directive recognising COVID-19 as an occupational hazard,

Together with Irina De Sancho, Senior Political Advisor on Employment and Social Policy at the European Parliament I published a response paper explaining how the fiscal and financial architecture of the EU should be changed, in order to protect the rights of citizens and the social welfare state in situations of economic crisis.   We

On the occasion of the World Day for Safety and Health at Work, I have published an article on the challenges that await us after Covid-19. I ask the European Commission to put mental health issues on the agenda of the next Strategic Framework of the EU to recognise anxiety, depression and burnout as occupational

This crisis, being in its genesis of health, will undoubtedly end, as it is already doing, in an economic and social crisis similar to the crisis of 2008. But if we do not want to repeat the same mistakes, it is urgent to implement the structural changes necessary to shield social rights and universal public