| Honorific suffix | MEP |
|---|---|
| Office | Member of the European Parliament |
| Term start | 16 July 2024 |
| Constituency | Spain |
| Office 2 | Member of the Congress of Deputies |
| Term start 2 | 21 May 2019 |
| Term end 2 | 17 August 2023 |
| Constituency 2 | Barcelona |
| Office 3 | Member of the Barcelona City Council |
| Term start 3 | 13 June 2015 |
| Term end 3 | 15 June 2019 |
| Birth date | 29 March 1972 |
| Birth name | Jaume Asens Llodrà |
| Party | Barcelona en Comú (since 2014) Catalunya en Comú (since 2017) |
| Other party | European Green Party |
Jaume Asens Llodrà (ˈʒawmə əˈsɛns; born 29 March 1972) is a Spanish politician of Catalunya en Comú who was elected member of the European Parliament in 2024.[1]
Asens was a co-founder of Barcelona en Comú, and served as a deputy mayor of Barcelona under Ada Colau.[2] He was the lead candidate of En Comú Podem for the Barcelona constituency in the 2019 general elections, and was elected to the Congress of Deputies. In 2020 he succeeded Pablo Iglesias Turrión as president of the Unidas Podemos parliamentary group, and served until 2023 when he chose not to run for re-election to the chamber.[3]
References
- ^ "Estos son los 61 eurodiputados que representarán a España en el Parlamento Europeo" (in Spanish). El Mundo. 10 June 2024.
- ^ "Jaume Asens abandona la política y Aina Vidal encabezará la lista de los comuns el 23J" (in Spanish). elDiario.es. 16 June 2023.
- ^ "Jaume Asens, el abogado y político que tendió puentes entre Podemos, los comunes y los independentistas" (in Spanish). El País. 16 June 2023.