On 24 October, the ENVI committee will vote on its compromise amendments on one of the most complex and debated files, the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). As part of the Green Deal, the new regulation is aiming at reducing packaging waste, fostering the circular economy and ensuring the functioning of the internal market by harmonised sustainability requirements for packaging.
The European Parliament has just adopted a resolution on the generational renewal of future EU farms, broadly perceived as one of the biggest challenges of European agriculture. The S&D Group welcomes the overwhelming vote in favour of supporting young farmers and the recognition of young farmers’ absolute relevance in combating climate change, biodiversity loss, depopulation and threats to food security.
Today, the European Parliament called on EU member states to adopt targeted restrictive measures against Serbian destabilising actors in relation to the unprecedented terrorist attack against Kosovo police officers, carried out by Serbian paramilitaries on 24 September in the north of Kosovo.
The Socialists and Democrats led a majority for the adoption of the EU budget 2024 in the plenary of the European Parliament in Strasbourg today. The S&Ds improved the proposal made by the European Commission by including funding for citizens to help them deal with the increasing costs of living. We also put a special focus on better access to EU money for small and medium enterprises, which are the backbone of our economy.
EU and U.S. unions are urging the European Union and the United States to conclude their 'Global Arrangement on Sustainable Steel and Aluminium' (GASSA) before the 31 October deadline.
Today the leader of the Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament, Iratxe García, called for the release of the hostages taken by Hamas during its despicable terrorist attacks, and for the Israeli government to respect civilian lives in Gaza.
During the plenary debate of the Parliament in Strasbourg, Iratxe García said:
New data published today by the European Youth Forum and the Social Progress Imperative find that Europe made very little progress since 2011 on youth rights and wellbeing, and no progress at all since 2018. Two European countries are among the five that have made no progress over the past decade: the UK and France, joined by New Zealand, Australia and South Sudan. Globally, Europe is second-worst only to North America, where youth progress is in decline.
The Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE), in collaboration with the Konrad-Adenauer Foundation (KAS), presents their latest study, "Catalysing Green Rural Job Creation with Decentralised Renewable Energies in West Africa."