“The regrettable incident of sofagate has completely overshadowed that after a lot of pressure from Parliament and civil society, presidents von der Leyen and Michel...
The Socialists and Democrats Group welcomes the European Parliament’s adoption of the ‘New EU-Africa Strategy’ report. This own-initiative report is a response to the...
Media and artistic freedom are not empty phrases. They are the cornerstones of a healthy society and a functioning democracy, while the emphasis here is on functioning...
We need binding rules on responsible business conduct and we expect the Commission to deliver ASAP The S&D Group is leading calls for the European Commission to come...
The European Parliament awarded today its most distinguished Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to the democratic opposition in Belarus*, who, under the leadership of...
Today, the Conference of Presidents of the European Parliament awarded the 2020 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to the Belarusian opposition*, including the brave...
In a plenary debate in the European Parliament, the S&D Group will call for urgent, humanitarian solutions to respond to last week’s devastating fires in the Moria camp...
The Just Transition Fund is the first key element of the European Green Deal. Socialists and Democrats managed to put citizens’ welfare at the core of the transition to a...
“I can’t breathe.” The words of George Floyd as he was killed. These words were not only the cry of one man; these were the cries of all those suffering the unjust...
S&D Euro MPs gave their full backing to the appointment of Elisa Ferreira as Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms following her hearing yesterday in the European...