Manu Pineda
MEP
Member of the European Parliament
for Spain
Assumed office
2 July 2019
Personal details
Born
Manuel Pineda Marín

2 September 1965
Málaga, Spain
Political partyCommunist Party of Spain
United Left
Other political
affiliations		Workers' Commissions

Manuel "Manu" Pineda Marín (pronounced [ˈmanu piˈneða]; born 2 September 1965) is a Spanish communist politician from the United Left coalition who was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 2019.[1] He is the long-time head of international relations for the Spanish Communist Party (PCE)[2]

On 15 September 2022, he was one of 16 MEPs who voted against condemning President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua for human rights violations, in particular the arrest of Bishop Rolando Álvarez.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "Lista de los 54 eurodiputados elegidos este domingo en España". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 26 May 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  2. ^ DELGADO, GEMA (12 May 2019). "Manu Pineda: "Allí donde esté, representaré a mis organizaciones: el PCE e Izquierda Unida"". mundoobrero.es (in European Spanish). Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  3. ^ "European Parliament condemns growing repression of Catholic Church in Nicaragua, calls for release of bishop".
  4. ^ "Nicaragua, in particular the arrest of the bishop Rolando Álvarez" (PDF).


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