Jonás Fernández Álvarez (pronounced [xoˈnas feɾˈnandeθ]; born 1979) is a Spanish economist and politician who has been serving as Member of the European Parliament since 2014.
[5] Fernández worked for Madrid-based consulting firm Solchaga Recio & asociados (2005–2014) and lectured at the Charles III University of Madrid (2007–2010).
[9] As a member of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) political group, Fernández has since been serving on the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON).
[10] In addition to his committee assignments, he is part of the Spinelli Group[11] and the European Parliament Intergroup on Trade Unions.
[13] In this capacity, he is also the parliament's rapporteur on measures to ease capital and accounting burdens on banks to ensure a continued flow of loans to businesses struggling in the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.