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Ms María FERNÁNDEZ (Spain, SOC)

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Representative
Deputy
PSOE

Congreso de los Diputados
ES - 28071 - Madrid
Spain

Working language: English

Declarations of interests:
2026 , 2025 , 2024 , 2023 , 2022

Declarations of interest regarding election observations (if applicable)

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Member: Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group since 12/10/2020

In the Assembly

  • since 12/10/2020 Representative - Spain

In the committee(s) and sub-committee(s)

  • Full Member: Committee on Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation (since 09/12/2025)
  • Full Member: (Former) Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons (from 30/09/2025 to 08/12/2025)
  • Full Member: Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development (since 24/01/2022)
  • Full Member: Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (from 12/10/2020 to 23/01/2022)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Migrant Smuggling and Trafficking in Human Beings (since 29/01/2026)
  • Chairperson: Sub-Committee on the European Social Charter (since 28/01/2026)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the European Social Charter (since 30/01/2025)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Media and Information Society (from 25/01/2022 to 22/01/2024)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Education, Youth and Sport (from 26/01/2021 to 23/01/2022)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Media and Information Society (from 26/01/2021 to 23/01/2022)
  • Alternate of Ms Luz MARTINEZ SEIJO (Full Member): Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (since 24/01/2022)
  • Alternate of Mr Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO (Full Member): Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (from 12/10/2020 to 23/01/2022)
  • Alternate of Ms Luz MARTINEZ SEIJO (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Education, Youth and Sport (from 25/01/2022 to 22/03/2023)
  • Alternate of Ms Carmen LEYTE (Full Member): Sub-Committee on the Europe Prize (since 17/03/2023)
  • Alternate of Ms Carmen LEYTE (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Children (from 17/03/2023 to 27/01/2025)

Interventions

Last speeches

22/04/2026 | 13:32:45 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) I would like to congratulate Ms Zita GURMAI on her reports and to expressly acknowledge her work and political career in defence of women’s rights. Violence against women is the most brutal symbol of the inequality that persists in our society. At a decisive moment for women’s rights, the Istanbul Convention — which marked a qualitative leap forward in the protection of those rights — has proven, over its twelve years of implementation, to be... 15/03/2022 | 16:20:44 Yes, here I am. Good afternoon. Thank you, Mr President. From Spain, I would first of all like to express the regrets of the Spanish for the loss of life in Ukraine. We would like to state our most firm condemnation of this unjustified and irrational invasion of Ukraine by Russia, which puts into risk stability and peace in Europe and the world. Spanish people give their full support to the Ukrainian people and express their support for Ukraine's national sovereignty over the entirety of... 25/01/2022 | 10:45:52 Good morning, everyone. Good morning and greetings from Spain. Dear colleagues, first of all I wanted to congratulate the President on his election. This is my first speech before the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and I wanted to take this opportunity to really commend the rapporteurs on the excellent work that they've done. However, I do disagree with some of the content of the report in Mr Fourat BEN CHIKHA's case: the references to Spain. I'm afraid I'll have to disagree...

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