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Gun and do not kill journalists

The EU must do more to support investigative journalists

ALLAN, Tim
19/04/2018
Foreign affairs, human rights, security & defence, Justice, liberties, citizenship & home affairs
The European Parliament today passed a resolution on the protection of investigative journalists, following the murder of Ján Kuciak and his partner Martina Kušnírová in Slovakia. The resolution...
Scene from Gaza with big letters GAZA over it

S&Ds successfully pushed the European Parliament to condemn the killings at the Gaza border

CZERNY-GRIMM, Inga
19/04/2018
Foreign affairs, human rights, security & defence, Justice, liberties, citizenship & home affairs
The Socialists and Democrats played a leading role in adopting today a resolution by the European Parliament to condemn the killings and the injuring of many Palestinians by the Israeli army at the...
EU flags and words protect democracy

European Parliament backs direct funding for NGOs fighting to protect democracy

ALLAN, Tim
19/04/2018
Justice, liberties, citizenship & home affairs
The European Parliament today backed the creation of a European Values Instrument to support civil society organisations that promote fundamental values such as democracy and the rule of law in the...
Mark Zuckerberg data protection facebook scandal

Facebook and Cambridge Analytica scandal shows that national governments must get serious about protecting citizens online

ALLAN, Tim
18/04/2018
Internal market & consumer protection, Justice, liberties, citizenship & home affairs
During a debate in the European Parliament on the recent scandal that Cambridge Analytica misused over 87 million Facebook users’ data, S&D Group MEPs called on national governments to unblock...
Migration - trext - opening our eyes and our hearts

Migration is a global issue - EU must support UN work on global rules

ALLAN, Tim
18/04/2018
Foreign affairs, human rights, security & defence, Justice, liberties, citizenship & home affairs
The European Parliament today backed a resolution supporting the work of the United Nations to create compacts on safe, orderly and regular migration and on refugees. S&D Group vice-president...
French Président Emanuelle Macron

Bullmann to Macron: Monsieur le président, you have the choice to show us if you are a progressive European!

TUTTLIES, Utta
HÉLIN-VILLES, Solange
17/04/2018
Foreign affairs, human rights, security & defence, Justice, liberties, citizenship & home affairs
Today, S&D Group president Udo Bullmann challenged the French president Emmanuel Macron on his speech for a ‘rebirth of Europe’ delivered in the EP plenary session in Strasbourg. S&D Group...
ACP on africa flag

S&Ds: Europe and Africa must face together common and global challenges. This is the only way forward to stability and development

BERNAS, Jan
13/04/2018
Development co-operation & humanitarian aid, Foreign affairs, human rights, security & defence, Justice, liberties, citizenship & home affairs
Infrastructure, wildlife and ocean conservation, food security and the blue economy were high on the agenda of the East Africa regional meeting of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly in Nairobi,...
Victor Orbán and EC logo

EU must act now to save the rule of law in Hungary

ALLAN, Tim
12/04/2018
Foreign affairs, human rights, security & defence, Justice, liberties, citizenship & home affairs
The European Parliament’s civil liberties, justice and home affairs committee today voted in favour of launching Article 7 procedures against the Hungarian government for its repeated and sustained...

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