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The EU-China Summit „The EU must stand by its interests and values“

Brussels/Frankfurt, 31 March 2022 – Commenting on the upcoming EU-China Summit, Ulrich Ackermann, Head of the Foreign Trade Department at VDMA, says:

APPLiA - Sustainable Products Initiative: towards a future-proof policy landscape driving circular appliances

The European Commission published today the long awaited Sustainable Products Initiative, ultimately aimed at making all products on the EU market more durable, reusable, repairable, recyclable and energy efficient - in a nutshell, more sustainable. The Initiative also extends the scope of circularity requirements to a broader range of goods, in the attempt of addressing the challenges related to environmental impacts and resource-use while renewing the overall European approach to product policy.

S&Ds: European Parliament elections to be more European and transnational in future

Yesterday, the S&D Group led the reform of the European Parliament’s future elections. The reforms would introduce an EU-wide constituency list where lead candidates contend for the nomination of the Commission presidency. In the reform proposals on the European Electoral Law voted yesterday in the European Parliament’s constitutional affairs committee, S&D rapporteur Domènec Ruiz Devesa found a cross-party agreement on transnational candidate lists for 28 additional seats in the European Parliament.

"Circular economy needs individual solutions"

·        VDMA: "One-size-fits-all" solution would be the wrong way to go

·        Distinction between consumer and B2B products is key

·        Digital product passport offers opportunities for new business models

"Kreislaufwirtschaft braucht individuelle Lösungen"

  • VDMA: "One-size-fits-all"-Lösung wäre der falsche Weg
  • Unterscheidung zwischen Konsum- und B2B-Produkten ist von zentraler Bedeutung
  • Digitaler Produktpass bietet Chancen für neue Geschäftsmodelle

S&D Group to Home Affairs Ministers: all refugees deserve the same dignity, respect and welcome

As Home Affairs Ministers meet for an extraordinary Council meeting today, the Socialists and Democrats are calling on EU governments to grant the same level of support and protection to all refugees fleeing Ukraine. With reports of Member States treating refugees fleeing Ukraine differently depending on their country of origin, socialists and democrats demand the same levels of support for all.

S&Ds: “EU cannot hit Palestinian students’ rights to education by imposing changes to school textbooks,” says Iratxe García in a letter to Ursula von der Leyen

We cannot hit the right to education. The EU cannot penalise Palestinian students and youth by conditioning the disbursement of an annual EUR 30 million from the European Union’s financial assistance to the Palestinian Authority on imposing changes to school textbooks.

Kathi Apostolidis appointed as President of European Cancer Patient Coalition

The European Cancer Patient Coalition is pleased to announce that Kathi Apostolidis was appointed President and Treasurer, effective 22nd March 2022.

ACCA welcomes the recent groundbreaking announcements in the field of sustainability reporting at global and US level

ACCA (The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) welcomes the IFRS Foundation and GRI‘s 

Interoperability of messaging services – a game changer for European citizens thanks to the S&Ds

Interoperability of messaging services is one of the big wins for the Socialists and Democrats. Consumers will be able to send messages from one application to another, for example, users will be able to chat using Viber with contacts on Whatsapp or Facebook Messenger without need to install all three apps on their phones.

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