Isabel Serra Sánchez (Spanish pronunciation: [isaˈβel ˈsera]; born 15 August 1989) is a Spanish activist and politician. She was member of the Podemos Parliamentary Group in the Assembly of Madrid from 2015 to 2021.
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| Member of the European Parliament for Spain | |
| Assumed office 16 July 2024 | |
| Member of the Assembly of Madrid | |
| In office 9 June 2015 – 7 June 2021 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 August 1989 Madrid, Spain |
| Political party | Podemos (2014–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Anticapitalistas (2010–2015) |
| Occupation | Activist, politician |
Biography
editBorn on 15 August 1989 in Madrid;[1] daughter of Fernando Serra, writer for Libertad Digital, she is also the younger sister of Clara Serra,[2] feminist writer and philosopher.
In 2013, when she was part of the 15-M Movement, appeared in the 4th episode of the first season of the TV series Vice of HBO: Chinese Cock-block & European Meltdown. In that episode Serra and other young people can be seen sabotaging bank ATMs and making graffitis. The video resurfaced when she was elected as one of Unidas Podemos seats for the Assembly of the Autonomous Community of Madrid in 2019. [3]
She graduated in Philosophy and later took a master in Economy.[4] She participated in the student movement against the Bologna Process during her university spell and was a founder of the Juventud Sin Futuro collective; she also participated in the 15M protests.[4]
Part of Podemos since the beginnings of the party in 2014 at the Teatro del Barrio,[4] Serra ran 16th in the Podemos list for the 2015 Madrilenian regional election,[5] and became a member of the 10th term of the regional legislature. Her sister Clara was elected in the same election also in the Podemos list. A representative in Madrid of the anticapitalista minority faction within Podemos,[6] she ran in the December 2017 primaries for the party leadership in the city of Madrid, where she was defeated by the mainstream candidature led by Julio Rodríguez.[7]
On 27 April 2018 Serra announced her discharge from Anticapitalistas alleging "discrepancies with some political and strategic decisions".[8]
In March 2019 she announced during an event programmed in Vallecas her intention to bid for heading the list of Podemos in the 2019 Madrilenian regional election.[9] She comfortably won the primary election with an 80.5% support, while she made public the "will" of the organization to merge with United Left-Madrid vis-à-vis the election; the later were yet to decide if they accepted the proposal.[10]
A coalition between Podemos, IU-Madrid and Anticapitalistas Madrid under the name "Unidas Podemos Izquierda Unida Madrid en Pie" was registered at the last minutes before the deadline at the midnight between 12 and 13 April 2019,[11][12] and thus Serra subsequently ran 1st in the electoral list of the coalition. The list obtained 7 seats.
Serra was accused in 2018 of a misdemeanor of "public disorders" as she took part in an anti-eviction protest in 2014. She decided to ask for the removal of her parliamentary immunity in February 2018 in order to face the judicial procedure. However, as the deeds were done before she was sworn into office, the immunity would not have effect either way.[13][14][n. 1] In April 2020, she was found guilty and sentenced to 19 months in prison.[15]
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ "Ilma. Sra. Dª Isabel Serra Sánchez". Assembly of Madrid. Archived from the original on 3 March 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
- ^ Ramírez, Daniel. "Serra contra Serra: dos hermanas enfrentadas por Iglesias y Errejón". El Español.
- ^ "El vídeo de Isabel Serra (Podemos) pintando y boicoteando sucursales de bancos de Madrid" (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- ^ a b c Marcos, José (16 November 2017). "La diputada Isabel Serra liderará la lista de Anticapitalistas en las primarias de Podemos en la capital". El País.
- ^ "Elecciones a la Asamblea de Madrid 2015. Publicación candidaturas. Fase proclamación" (PDF). Boletín Oficial de la Comunidad de Madrid (99). 28 April 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 June 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
- ^ Marcos, José (12 December 2017). "Pensar que solo vamos a ganar la alcaldía en función del candidato es erróneo". El País.
- ^ "Julio Rodríguez, nuevo secretario general de Podemos en Madrid tras imponerse en las primarias". El Mundo. 15 December 2017.
- ^ Ribeiro, Aitor (27 April 2018). "La diputada de Podemos en Madrid Isabel Serra deja Anticapitalistas". Eldiario.es.
- ^ Rodríguez, Miguel Ángel. "Isabel Serra se presenta a encabezar Podemos en la Comunidad de Madrid". El Periódico.
- ^ Medialdea, Sara (19 March 2019). "Isabel Serra se impone con holgura en las primarias de Podemos, con un 80,5% de votos". ABC.
- ^ Caballero, Fátima (13 April 2019). "La historia de cómo IU y Podemos salvaron la confluencia en Madrid a cuatro minutos del límite". eldiario.es.
- ^ "Podemos y Madrid en Pie, juntos en las elecciones autonómicas". Madridiario. 13 April 2019.
- ^ a b "La diputada de Podemos Isabel Serra se sentará en el banquillo acusada de desórdenes públicos en una marcha contra desahucios". Eldiario.es.
- ^ López de Miguel, Alejandro (22 February 2018). "Isabel Serra renuncia al aforamiento para afrontar un juicio por protestar contra un desahucio". Público.
- ^ Viejo, Manuel (22 April 2020). "La diputada de Podemos Isabel Serra, condenada a 19 meses por su intervención en un desahucio". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 April 2020.