Domènec Ruiz Devesa

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ruiz and the second or maternal family name is Devesa.

Domènec Ruiz Devesa MEP
Member of the European Parliament for Spain
In office 2 July 2019[1][2] – 15 July 2024
Personal details
Born	3 March 1978 (1978-03-03) (age 46) Alicante, Spain
Political party	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party

Domènec Ruiz Devesa (born 1978)[3] is a Spanish politician of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) who served as a Member of the European Parliament from 2019 until 2024.[4]

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.[5]

In 2019, Ruiz Devesa was elected as an MEP, and worked in the Committee on Culture and Education and the Committee on Constitutional Affairs. In 2021 he was appointed as a member of the Parliament's delegation to the Conference on the Future of Europe.[6] In 2022, he was the parliament's rapporteur 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.[7]

In addition to his committee assignments, Ruiz Devesa is a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development,[8] the European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights,[9] the European Parliament Intergroup on Trade Unions[10] and the Spinelli Group.[11] Ruiz Devesa suggested that the European Central Bank could consider helicopter money.[12][13]

References

1. "Key dates ahead". European Parliament. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
2. "Key dates ahead". BBC News. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
3. "Domènec Ruiz Devesa". European Parliament.
4. "Lista de los 54 eurodiputados elegidos este domingo en España". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 26 May 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
5. Fernández Álvarez, Jonás; Ruiz Devesa, Domenec, eds. (2021). Carlomagno en la Europa de hoy: contribuciones a las III Jornadas Carlomagno en Gijón. Investigación y debate. Madrid: Catarata. ISBN 978-84-1352-198-5.
6. Members of the delegation to the Conference on the Future of Europe Archived 10 June 2021 at the Wayback Machine European Parliament.
7. Victor Jack (3 May 2022), European Parliament votes in favor of reforming EU elections Politico Europe.
8. Intergroup on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development European Parliament.
9. Members European Parliament Intergroup on LGBTI Rights.
10. Intergroup on Trade Unions European Parliament.
11. Board & Members Spinelli Group.
12. Ruiz Devesa, Domenec, Pedro Marques, Guy Verhofstadt, Salvatore De Meo, José Gusmão, Jonas Fernández, Sandro Gozi, and Philippe Lamberts, “Written Question to ECB President on Helicopter Money”, November 6, 2020.
13. 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.