In this Catalan name, the first or paternal surname is Urtasun and the second or maternal family name is Domènech; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i".
For the European elections in 2014, Urtasun was elected as his party lead candidate in a primary election in which he defeated Salvador Milà.[8] He was ultimately included in the third place of the Plural Left coalition list. After his election to the European Parliament, he became a member of the Greens/EFA political group. He served in the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) and the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM), also joining the Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (DLAT) and the Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America (DCAM).[9]
After the 2019 european elections, in which he ran under the Unidas Podemos Cambiar Europa banner, he was appointed as Greens/EFA deputy chairman, under the leadership of co-chairs Ska Keller and Philippe Lamberts.[10] He repeated as member of the ECON and the FEMM committees and he also joined the Delegation for relations with Iran (D–IR).[1]
In December 2020, Urtasun received the Economics & Monetary Affairs, Taxation & Budgets award at The Parliament Magazine's annual MEP Awards.[11]
He was appointed Minister of Culture on November 21, 2023.[12]