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S&Ds secure stronger workers' voice in multinational companies

In the future, workers will play a stronger role in multinational companies. This is the key message from the agreement reached last night on the functioning of European...

Iratxe García: "Let's not be complicit in Netanyahu's massacre in Gaza"

The S&D leader, Iratxe García, calls for immediate EU action in response to the Israeli government’s illegal plan to seize the Gaza Strip, describing it as a formof...

S&Ds on EU Single Market Strategy: consumers’ and workers’ rights cannot be used as a bargaining chip at the service of competitiveness

Today, the European Commission presented its Single Market Strategy – their plan to boost competitiveness, resilience and strategic autonomy by 2030. For the Socialists...

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S&Ds: Cohesion policy post-2027 must bring the EU closer to all citizens by responding to the Union's challenges

The Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament call on the European Commission to rethink its idea to take back cohesion policy from regional and local...

Safeguard LGBTIQ+ rights and abortion in Rule of Law report, S&Ds urge

Sexual and reproductive rights and LGBTIQ+ rights could be completely erased from the European Parliament’s Rule of Law report for the first time, the Socialists and...

S&Ds urge EU Commission to act swiftly after Vučić crosses red line by attending Putin’s parade

The Socialists and Democrats urge the European Commission and the High Representative Kaja Kallas to respond immediately to Serbian president Aleksandar Vučić’s...

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S&Ds: EU Court of Auditors is clear that funding NGOs from EU budget complies with EU laws

The Socialists and Democrats welcome the findings of the European Court of Auditors (ECA) regarding the compliance of funding civil society organisations from the EU...

Short-Term Rentals: No excuses not to tackle current crisis in the EU. New S&D Group study proves it!

Today the Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament are drawing a line in the sand on short-term rentals, with a new study showing that it is possible to...

Ethics body vote proves conservative transparency drive is just political game

The Socialists and Democrats condemn the ‘Venezuela majority’ – the EPP, ECR, PfE and ESN – for voting today in the committee on constitutional affairs (AFCO) to stop the...

Joint PES and S&D Group statement: The firewall against the far-right in Romania must hold firm

Romanian citizens are heading to a key presidential election on 18 May. Ahead of this pivotal moment for Romania and for Europe, the Party of European Socialists (PES)...