The elections to the European Parliament will be celebrated this Sunday June 9. Throughout the day, the polling stations will receive voters who will cast their vote to decide who will be the new MEPs. This position has a duration of 5 yearsunlike parliamentarians in Spain, who last 4. On the other hand, MEPs must represent all European citizens when making decisions, not just that of their country of origin. The plenary sessions of the European Parliament take place 11 times a yearevery month except August, which also implies a different workload and responsibilities than those responsible for the legislative branch in Spain.
Due to the relevance of these elections and the decisions of the European Parliament, which has budgetary and legislative power, the parties have proposed some of their best members to obtain the greatest number of votes possible and ensure representation in Brussels. In Spain, of the 34 matches who attend, VOX has presented as the head of the list Jorge BuxadeWe can Irene MonteroAdd to Galan Starthe PSOE to Teresa Ribera and the Popular Party Dolors Montserrat.
Dolors Montserrat represents a clear continuous bet by the party led by Alberto Núñez Feijóo. The Catalan She had already held the position of MEP since 2019 and, in addition, he holds the position of vice-president spokesperson of the Group of the European People’s Party. Furthermore, in the courts of Brussels he also participates in the Commission on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safetyso he has experience in several of the key themes that the European Union will have to face in the coming years.
At a professional level, popular politics acts as lawyer in her own office which specializes in urban, real estate and environmental law. However, her political vocation soon came knocking on her door, especially because of a mother, Dolors Montserrat Culleré, who was also part of the Popular Party. In 2016, she was named Minister of Health, Social Services and Equality in the Government headed by Mariano Rajoy, although his work was failed in Parliament two years later for the inattention of said Ministry to the gender violence.
All MEPs They earn exactly the same salarywhich is established in the Single Statute of Members of the European Parliament. Said salary is updated in January of each year, always taking into account that the amount is always the 38.5% of what the judges of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). In this way, if Dolors Montserrat manages to repeat as MEP representing the Popular Party, her emoluments will experience a slight increase compared to what he earned in 2023.
The salary of the deputies of the European Parliament is, this 2024, 10,075.18 euros gross monthlywhich end in 7,853.89 euros net per month. Some extras are added to this salary, such as 4,950 euros per month that are given in concept of subsistence allowanceas well as a budget of up to 4,886 euros per year for spend on trips that they have to do. Another important economic income will be the 28,696 euros that Montserrat will be able to spend each month for her assistant team. Furthermore, going forward the MEP will also have the right to a retirement pension established in the Statute, charging un 3.5% of your salary for each full year plus one twelfth part of said figure for each full month, being a 70% the maximum cumulative percentage.
