The coronavirus crisis already marks a before and after in the approach and development of Social Europe. It even seems to have called into question the very construction of the EU. But, in the same way that, in the case of human beings, adversities bring out both their most negative characteristics and their most positive […]
Post-Covid-19 Social Europe – the EU must be tough and mature Read More »
Together with socialist MEPs Alicia Homs and Lina Gálvez, I have asked the European Commission to design some assistance mechanism to assist European Union partners and European self-employed workers to mitigate the negative effects of the global COVID-19 pandemic. The measures being taken, such as confinement, together with the uncertainty of this situation, are leading
Together with my colleague, MEP Lina Gálvez, I have asked the European Commission to protect small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from technology giants such as Amazon, which decided to pass on the digital tax to companies that use their platform to sell their products. We have warned that Amazon is increasing the commission fees they
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Today, on World Social Justice Day, it is important to emphasise the need for decent wages to close the inequality gap. Below you find my intervention in the EMPL Commission of the European Parliament asking the European Commission for a community initiative that guarantees minimum wages throughout Europe.
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The digital revolution has increased social inequalities and between countries. It has created damage to the viability of social protection systems due to tax evasion resulting from the lack of control of the digital economy. In addition, social and labour standards are often not respected and precarious work is encouraged. That is why I asked
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The European Commission has prepared a European Green Deal, however, important questions inevitably emerge: will this proposal also be a New Deal for the European people? Will it offer relief for the poor and social justice for the many? The New Deal was a social contract with the American people at the beginning of the
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In the plenary debate on the urgency of addressing the situation of the homeless in Europe, I asked the European Commission to present as soon as possible a Recommendation to implement the Housing First model in all Member States. This model, which combines access to housing with access to social and health services, has proven
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Each decade that passes the middle class loses a percentage point of representation over the total population in advanced economies. To achieve an improvement in welfare levels, three main axes are necessary:– access to education– to universal health– and quality employment Read my article in diario.es
Invertebrate Europe Read More »
Together with my colleague, socialist MEP Alícia Homs, I have sent a written question to the European Commission urging them to take steps to advance the European pillar of social rights, through innovative solutions to include vulnerable groups in national health systems and statistics. Despite the assumption that European countries have achieved universal health coverage,
Together with my colleague, socialist MEP Alicia Homs, I have requested health coverage for all groups in society, including the most vulnerable such as children or homeless people, as well as greater cooperation between national health systems. The most vulnerable people are excluded from health coverage, which is unacceptable and does not respect the international
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