Quote of the week by President Iratxe García Pérez on the presidential election in Brazil:
“Congratulations, President Lula! Thank you for putting an end to a terrifying nightmare that lasted for four long and devastating years. The people of Brazil simply deserve better. This is an immense sense of relief, for Brazil, for LATAM and for the world.
Hope, truth and democracy won over fear, destructive lies and desperate attempts to change the result of these elections. Looking forward to a new course to rebuild Brazil and a new vision for a better tomorrow.”
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Upcoming events
Far from being a thing of the past, forced labour is still very much a reality. In 2021, 28 million people found themselves in forced labour, 3 million more than in 2016. We have long been fighting to ban products made with forced labour from entering the EU market. Finally, the Commission decided to act as well, proposing legislation. Join us this Tuesday, 8 November, to learn about forced labour cases and discuss the future EU law with S&D MEPs, experts, and activists. REGISTER HERE TO ATTEND IN PERSON or follow it online at www.socialistsanddemocrats.eu.
PROGRAMME AVAILABLE HERE
On November 16 we are proud to welcome the yearly Silver Rose Awards ceremony. Since the year 2000, SOLIDAR organises the progressive civil society award in the European Parliament, with the support of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament and the Party of European Socialists (PES). For the 2022 edition, the awards will be on the topics of Peace & Common Security and Lifetime Achievement. Find more information about the programme of the event here.
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Next week, on 9 and 10 November, the European Parliament will be holding its next Plenary session in Brussels. On the agenda – REPowerEU in Recovery and resilience plans, cybersecurity, Croatia’s accession to the Schengen area, racial justice, non-discrimination and anti-racism and a vote on distortive foreign subsidies. Follow us on our socials for reactions as things develop!
Today, our MEPs are travelling back from a PEGA mission to Cyprus and Greece where they made it clear that spying on journalists and opposition leaders like our Nikos Androulakis is totally unacceptable!
On Wednesday, the European Commission is expected to outline the revision of the European fiscal rules with the intention to make them simpler and easier to enforce. The legislative proposals are expected early next year.
