Since joining the European Parliament, Gardiazabal Rubial has been serving as a member of the
Committee on Budgets. She is also her parliamentary group's coordinator on the committee. In this capacity, she was the parliament's
rapporteur on the
2015 budget (along with
Monika Hohlmeier) and on the
COVID-19 pandemic recovery fund in 2020 (along with
Siegfried Mureşan and
Dragoș Pîslaru). In 2019, she drafted (together with
Petri Sarvamaa) legislation on cutting EU funds to
member states that undermine the
rule of law. In addition to her committee assignments, Gardiazabal Rubial is a member of the delegation to the
ACP–EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly. She is also part of the
Spinelli Group, the
European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights and of the European Parliament Intergroup on Integrity (Transparency, Anti-Corruption and Organized Crime). ==Personal life==