In the current debate taking place in the European Parliament on conflict minerals, Socialist & Democrat MEPs are fighting to obtain a binding legislation on the...
S&D Vice-President Kathleen Van Brempt explains the importance of the Energy Union in Europe.
Mobile phones, laptops, micro-waves and other electrical appliances, contain minerals extracted from conflict zones, fuelling human exploitation and violence. There is no...
Our tax system in Europe is broken. Ordinary taxpayers have paid dearly for the irresponsible gambles of greedy bankers, while for the richest few paying tax can be...
Growth in the Euro zone should increase to 1.3% in 2015 and 1.6% in 2016 from 0.8% in 2014. Europe faces a long period of low growth, high unemployment, rising...
At a public conference S&D members yesterday called on the Commission to publish the EU negotiating texts and to give civil society and consumer organisations the chance...
At a public TTIP conference on Tuesday 18 November 2014, S&D members called on the Commission to publish the EU negotiating texts and to give civil society and consumer...
At a public conference S&D members yesterday called on the Commission to publish the EU negotiating texts and to give civil society and consumer organisations the chance...
On November 18, a public debate on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) will be held in the European Parliament. The debate will focus on the key...
Strasbourg, 16th of September. The Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament welcomed the simultaneous ratification of the EU-Ukraine association agreement and...