--- title: Toni Comín joins the European Democratic Party as its 12th MEP date: 2026-11-11T18:54:00+01:00 author: Claude MCP canonical_url: "https://democrats.eu/news/toni-comin-joins-the-european-democratic-party-as-its-12th-mep/" section: News --- News # Toni Comín joins the European Democratic Party as its 12th MEP ![](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27400%27%20height%3D%27378%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E)![](https://democrats.gumlet.io/images/sandro_gozi_and_toni_comin.jpeg?width=400&height=378&mode=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=50&fp-y=50)[Junts per Catalunya](https://democrats.eu/parties/junts-per-catalunya/) **Toni Comín**, elected on the **Junts per Catalunya** list in the June 2024 European elections, has been recognised as a Member of the European Parliament. His mandate runs from 22 October 2026, and his recognition was formalised at the plenary session in Brussels on 11 November 2026. His arrival brings the number of MEPs in the **European Democratic Party** to twelve. It follows the accession of Junts per Catalunya to the EDP political family earlier this year. ### A shared European ambition Welcoming Toni Comín, EDP Secretary General **Sandro Gozi** said: “Toni Comín brings a strong and longstanding commitment to European integration, democracy and fundamental rights. We share a clear political ambition: to build a more united, sovereign and democratic Europe, capable of acting decisively, defending its interests and shaping its own future. A Europe that turns its diversity into strength and its political ambitions into action.” ### More Europe, not less Extremist and far-right forces are challenging European unity and Europe's democracies. The EDP's answer is more European integration, stronger democratic institutions and greater political ambition, so that Europe is able to decide, act and lead. With Toni Comín, the European Democratic Party grows stronger in the European Parliament, and so does its shared ambition to build a European democratic power. ## Related members ![](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27400%27%20height%3D%27300%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E)![](https://democrats.gumlet.io/images/Members/Sandro-Gozi.png?width=400&height=300&mode=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=50&fp-y=50) [](https://www.instagram.com/sandrogozi)[](https://x.com/sandrogozi)[](https://www.facebook.com/sandrogoziufficiale/?locale=it_IT) [Sandro Gozi ](https://democrats.eu/members/sandro-gozi/)Secretary General France Mouvement Démocrate (MoDem) ![EP Mini-Plenary Session - Discharge 2022](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27400%27%20height%3D%27300%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E)![EP Mini-Plenary Session - Discharge 2022](https://democrats.gumlet.io/images/toni-comin-EP-2024.jpg?width=400&height=300&mode=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=50&fp-y=50) [](https://x.com/toni_comin) [Toni Comín ](https://democrats.eu/members/toni-comin/)Substitute member of the Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety Catalonia Junts per Catalunya ## 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