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Follow us(opens in a new tab)How did China get its head start in e-commerce? What can be done to better protect 🇪🇺 consumers? How do digital trade & logistics innovations shape consumer access and choice? @SchaldemoseMEP and @PJouvet are on a mission to answer these questions. S&D Times – Weekly Update. This week's highlights…
There can be no compromise between the protection of children online from sexual abuse and the e-privacy of citizens. Any claims suggesting that one must come at the expense of the other are misleading and made in bad faith. No trade-off for S&Ds: Safeguarding children’s…
✅ APPROVED - The 🇪🇺 Parliament approved today the first ever EU Directive on fighting corruption. This is a breakthrough and a victory for European citizens and the rule of law. The Directive sets out common, ambitious rules to prevent, detect and sanction corruption crimes.
Today, we voted in favour of a strong EP mandate for trilogue negotiations on the EU–US tariff deal, addressing the significant shortcomings of the unbalanced Turnberry deal. This is not a green light for the final agreement. @berndlange @brandobenifei EU–US trade: Green light for negotiations, but no…
Big win for our water! Under our lead, the EU Parliament just passed a law to slash pollution in rivers, lakes, and groundwater. Water quality is just as vital as quantity. By setting stricter standards, we’re protecting our ecosystems and securing cleaner drinking water for
“Europe cannot be held hostage by external autocrats or internal accomplices. This union was not born to bow to the powerful. If we stop defending our principles, we become less of what we claim to be.” All politicians should be this clear! 👏 @IratxeGarper
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Follow us(opens in a new tab)Trade war or submission? We chose to fight. Fight for a better deal with the US. Fight for European workers. Fight for our businesses. And we delivered. Thanks to the S&D Group, Europe now has a temporary and conditional agreement and – not a blank cheque for President Trump. We have the tools…
“We are far more united and have far more in common with each other than things that divide us.” Today we remember Jo Cox, a British MP and former S&D colleague, who was murdered 10 years ago today. Jo Cox didn’t die of illness or accident, she was shot and stabbed by a far-right extremist…
Innovation must be for EVERYONE. We cannot have a situation where large multinationals can privatise life. Christophe Clergeau ahead of the EU Parliament voting on New Genomic Techniques.
"When fear becomes a political strategy, hope becomes a political responsibility." Last Tuesday, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez took part in our Open Dialogue event and shared this powerful message. Today, many people are losing faith in the future, and it is our responsibility to restore…
"Never before have so few people owned so much wealth." Senator Bernie Sanders joined us during the Open Dialogue Event with a clear warning about the growing concentration of wealth and power in the hands of a few. But he also reminded us of something even more important: "They have the money…
The second in our series of stories opening doors to Europe’s housing reality is about the fine line between housing insecurity and homelessness. It is about how much better life becomes when we have a warm and secure home. Katherina welcomed us into her new home, which has transformed her life. …
Europe needs migration, and it needs a solid system to manage it. Today, conservatives in the European Parliament are working behind the scenes with the far-right on controversial policies like the Return Regulation. But, it wasn’t always that way. In the last mandate, we worked with other pro…
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Follow us(opens in a new tab)The Western Balkans must not remain Europe’s blind spot – the region belongs in the EU, and the enlargement frontrunner, Montenegro, can lead the way. This is our message, as the 🇪🇺Parliament today debates the region’s EU future. @kvanbrempt.bsky.social www.socialistsanddemocrats.eu/newsroom/wes...
“We are far more united and have far more in common with each other than things that divide us.” Today we remember Jo Cox, a British MP and former S&D colleague, who was murdered by a far-right extremist 10 years ago today. We really do have more in common. Keep going.
Europe is currently at the mercy of 🇺🇸 and 🇨🇳 technologies. We need to invest in homegrown tech, bring essential digital infrastructure into 🇪🇺 hands, stop concessions and the simplification of EU digital rules. Read more from our @lauballarin.bsky.social ⬇️ euobserver.com/221995/digit...
It is a disgrace that the Foreign Affairs Council has been unable even to condemn the humiliating treatment and abuses suffered by European citizens detained following the raid on the humanitarian flotilla bound for Gaza. @iratxegarper.bsky.social
We condemn the hypocrisy of the EPP, which has blocked a debate this week on invoking the blocking statute to ensure that US sanctions against UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese and the judges and prosecutors of the ICC investigating the genocide in Gaza do not take effect in the EU.