A system in line with our international human rights obligations Protecting the fundamental rights of all migrants is the paramount concern of our group. All EU Member...

Towards a new system of relations based on partnership: WITH AFRICA "Our commitment" - Introduction by S&D president Gianni Pittella For too long hypocrisy has paralysed...

iAGS 2017 - independent Anual Growth Survey, 5th report. The Elusive Recovery The independent Annual Growth Survey is carried out every year by renowned economic...

LGBTI Rights are Human Rights - Our Call for Action. 17 May 2016 is the international day against homophobia, transphobia and biphobia. The S&D Group has been at the...

As Socialists and Democrats we are fully committed to an alternative to blind and counter-productive austerity. We’ve already had our first successes. Our call for an...

An EU Framework to Fight Energy Poverty. We call for the adoption of a broad and common definition of energy poverty and for the Commission to propose a dedicated...

S&D Position Paper on Europe 2020 Strategy - A Review for Success.

We have to act now to save lives, save Schengen and save Europe. Faced with the refugee crisis, European governments have failed miserably. While European countries...

Europe faces several acute and inter-related challenges: large-scale arrivals of asylum-seekers, fragmentation of the Schengen area, wars and instability in neighbouring...

S&D Group's news on the European Parliament's Plenary session in Strasbourg - 1 to 4 February 2016