Maria Badia i Cutchet, a Spanish politician and Member of the European Parliament from 2004 to 2014, died on March 27, 2026.
She was from Catalonia and was a member of the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE), part of the Socialist Group. In the European Parliament, she served on the Committee on Culture and Education and the Committee on International Trade.
She was also a member of the Delegation for relations with the United States and served as a substitute for the Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee and the Industry, Research, and Energy committee. Badia was also a member of the European Alliance Group at the European Committee of the Regions.
Maria Badia i Cutchet (13 May 1947 – 28 March 2026) was a Spanish politician from Catalonia who served as a Member of the European Parliament from 2004 until 2014. She was a member of the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE), part of the Socialist Group.