José Manuel García-Margallo is a Spanish politician who has served as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2019 to 2024. García-Margallo is best known for his tenure as Spain’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation from 2011 to 2016, where he played a crucial role in shaping Spain’s foreign policy. He spent 17 years in the European Parliament, where he held the position of Vice-president of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.

– Global and European Foreign Policy: Challenges facing international relations today. 

• UN Security Council 
• EU integration
• Relations with major powers such as the United States and Latin American countries.

– Economic and Monetary Policy in the European Union

– The Future of Europe

José Manuel García-Margallo is a prominent Spanish politician who has served as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2019 to 2024. García-Margallo is best known for his tenure as Spain’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation from 2011 to 2016, where he played a crucial role in shaping Spain’s foreign policy, including securing the country’s candidacy for the UN Security Council and revitalizing relations with the US and Latin America.

In the Spanish Parliament’s 12th Legislature, he represented the province of Alicante, further contributing to national politics. His political career began during Spain’s transition to democracy, and he was a member of the 1977 Constituent Assembly. Over the years, he served in various capacities, including 13 years as a member of the Congress of Deputies and 17 years in the European Parliament, where he held the position of Vice-president of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.

1. For a democratic coexistence: A reform proposal to adapt the Constitution to the 21st century (2017)
2. Europe and the Future: How to Preserve and Strengthen the European Model of Welfare (2016) 
3. All Skies Lead to Spain: Letters from a Plane (2015)