Overview
- Spain’s UNESCO envoy Miquel Iceta announced her death on X, and no cause was disclosed.
- Badia represented the Catalan Socialists in the European Parliament from 2004 to 2014 and headed the party’s list in 2009.
- In 2012 she resigned her PSC leadership role in Brussels after signing a letter that alleged military threats against Catalonia.
- She left the PSC in 2015 and in 2016 joined the Catalan government under Carles Puigdemont as a senior external relations official.
- EU Parliament vice president Javi López and Catalan external action chief Jaume Duch praised her defense of language and culture and her work to raise Catalonia’s profile in Europe.