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Monica Semedo
Monica Semedo (born 15 June 1984) is a former Luxembourgish TV presenter and politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament after being elected in 2019.
In parliament, Semedo has been serving as full member of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs and as substitute member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. In 2020, she also joined the Committee on Petitions and the Committee on Culture and Education. Since January 2021 she has not been a member of the Democratic party and is now referred to as an "Independent" renew Europe member. Semedo was suspended from her duties for 15 days and deprived of her parliamentary allowances for the same period for moral harassment of her three parliamentary assistants. The three had quit together last year.[clarification needed]
In addition to her committee assignments, Semedo is part of the Parliament's delegation to the ACP–EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly and the MEPs Against Cancer group.
Semedo was the shadow rapporteur for her group Renew Europe on the Minimum Wage directive, meaning her group sends her to negotiate political compromises on its behalf. Semedo explains that the European Union wants to guarantee that each worker can live off that wage while contributing to society with the directive. The directive dictates Member States to fix and update the minimum wages to guarantee decent living conditions in the long term.
Monica Semedo was the shadow rapporteur for the report on the ESF+ and Creative Europe funds and Rapporteur for the Resolution on The Cultural Recovery and the Situation of Artists. Semedo was also the Co-Chair of the Social Economy Intergroup in the European Parliament.
In 2020 Semedo said she was shocked and very touched after seeing the footage of George Floyd who was a victim of police violence in the United States. She said in Europe people are also always afraid that this will happen to them. Semedo wrote a letter to Ursula von der Leyen asking her to make a clear statement on behalf of the European Commission against racism. 118 other MEPs signed the letter. Semedo said it is frightening that the anti-discrimination directive has been stalled for 11 years. The directive seeks to prohibit discrimination based on age, disability, religion or sexual beliefs and orientations. Proposed in 2008 by the European Commission, it was adopted in 2009 by the European Parliament. Since then, it has been blocked in the European Council. Semedo said she thinks it is time to find a way to put pressure on member states to finally move forward. This directive has to come out of the drawer it is in she said.
Semedo was the co-chair of the Disability Intergroup. Semedo has a rare disease herself, Wilson's disease, a rare inherited condition that causes copper levels to build up in several organs, especially the liver, brain and eyes and that caused her a visual disability. Her doctor diagnosed Semedo with a disability, a rare disease that affects her ability to see. Semedo is only able to use 25% of her sight, even with glasses. In the European Parliament she was supported by special tools and practices to simplify her work.
Semedo believes the European Parliament should raise awareness and promote inclusion, but also that concrete actions are needed. She constantly does this by paying extra attention to women, people with disabilities, youth and anti-racism, amongst other groups, in the work she carries out. For EU democracy, it is crucial that women with disabilities act as citizens, stakeholders or politicians she says.
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Monica Semedo
Monica Semedo (born 15 June 1984) is a former Luxembourgish TV presenter and politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament after being elected in 2019.
In parliament, Semedo has been serving as full member of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs and as substitute member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. In 2020, she also joined the Committee on Petitions and the Committee on Culture and Education. Since January 2021 she has not been a member of the Democratic party and is now referred to as an "Independent" renew Europe member. Semedo was suspended from her duties for 15 days and deprived of her parliamentary allowances for the same period for moral harassment of her three parliamentary assistants. The three had quit together last year.[clarification needed]
In addition to her committee assignments, Semedo is part of the Parliament's delegation to the ACP–EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly and the MEPs Against Cancer group.
Semedo was the shadow rapporteur for her group Renew Europe on the Minimum Wage directive, meaning her group sends her to negotiate political compromises on its behalf. Semedo explains that the European Union wants to guarantee that each worker can live off that wage while contributing to society with the directive. The directive dictates Member States to fix and update the minimum wages to guarantee decent living conditions in the long term.
Monica Semedo was the shadow rapporteur for the report on the ESF+ and Creative Europe funds and Rapporteur for the Resolution on The Cultural Recovery and the Situation of Artists. Semedo was also the Co-Chair of the Social Economy Intergroup in the European Parliament.
In 2020 Semedo said she was shocked and very touched after seeing the footage of George Floyd who was a victim of police violence in the United States. She said in Europe people are also always afraid that this will happen to them. Semedo wrote a letter to Ursula von der Leyen asking her to make a clear statement on behalf of the European Commission against racism. 118 other MEPs signed the letter. Semedo said it is frightening that the anti-discrimination directive has been stalled for 11 years. The directive seeks to prohibit discrimination based on age, disability, religion or sexual beliefs and orientations. Proposed in 2008 by the European Commission, it was adopted in 2009 by the European Parliament. Since then, it has been blocked in the European Council. Semedo said she thinks it is time to find a way to put pressure on member states to finally move forward. This directive has to come out of the drawer it is in she said.
Semedo was the co-chair of the Disability Intergroup. Semedo has a rare disease herself, Wilson's disease, a rare inherited condition that causes copper levels to build up in several organs, especially the liver, brain and eyes and that caused her a visual disability. Her doctor diagnosed Semedo with a disability, a rare disease that affects her ability to see. Semedo is only able to use 25% of her sight, even with glasses. In the European Parliament she was supported by special tools and practices to simplify her work.
Semedo believes the European Parliament should raise awareness and promote inclusion, but also that concrete actions are needed. She constantly does this by paying extra attention to women, people with disabilities, youth and anti-racism, amongst other groups, in the work she carries out. For EU democracy, it is crucial that women with disabilities act as citizens, stakeholders or politicians she says.
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