Strasbourg, 20th of May. After a long campaign, the S&D Group won a tight vote to exclude conflict minerals from the EU market, both as raw materials and as manufactured...
Watch the video from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) regarding conflict minerals and the problems they create. With interviews from S&D Group president Gianni...
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...
A minute of silence to express indignation and to honour the victims of the Charlie Hebdo attack, murdered in the name of hatred and obscurantism. Neither violence nor...
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 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...