Tomorrow, the European Parliament is set to approve the EU’s withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT)*. S&Ds have led this process to ensure that the EU does not...
Tomorrow, the European Parliament will put the final seal on the first EU law to ban products made with forced labour from reaching the EU market, regardless if they were...
Europe cannot export values and import products made with forced labour. The fact that the European Union finally has a law to ban such products on the EU market is one...
S&D Event - Business & Human Rights Agenda: Next steps 15:30-15:35 Welcome: MEP Nacho Sánchez Amor 15:35-15:45 Introduction: MEP Lara Wolters 15:45 - 16:00 Case study...
Child labour in the Congo to extract cobalt for our smartphones and rainforest degradation in Brazil for soy products ending up in our supermarkets are just two examples...
REGISTRATIONS ARE CLOSED 17:30 - 17:35 Opening remarks Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, S&D MEP, EP INTA Standing Rapporteur on Russia, Vice-Chair of the Delegation for relations...
Last night, the European Parliament negotiators reached a deal with the Council to renew the trade benefits for Ukraine by suspending import duties and quotas on Ukraine...
The negotiators from the Parliament and Council reached an agreement this morning on modernising rules to better trace imports and exports of civilian firearms, such as...
In a sign of support for Ukraine, the Socialists and Democrats voted today in favour of continuing the EU trade benefits for Ukraine. However, following today's vote, the...
During a plenary debate ahead of the next European Council meeting on 20 - 21 March, the leader of the Socialists and Democrats, Iratxe García, called on European leaders...