Eider Gardiazabal Rubial is a Spanish politician of the

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(PSOE) who has been serving as a

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since the

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. Since joining the European Parliament, Gardiazabal Rubial has been serving as a member of the

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recovery fund in 2020 (along with Siegfried Mureşan and

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). In 2019, she drafted (together with

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) legislation on cutting EU funds to

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that undermine the

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. In addition to her committee assignments, Gardiazabal Rubial is a member of the delegation to the ACP–EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly. She is also part of the

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, the European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights and of the European Parliament Intergroup on Integrity (Transparency, Anti-Corruption and Organized Crime).Members of the European Parliament on Integrity (Transparency, Anti-Corruption and Organized Crime)

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. Her mother

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and grandfather

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were both members of the

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( Biscay constituency) representing the PSOE, the latter also serving as president of the party between 1976 and 1999.

References

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