Today the Socialists and Democrats are leading a progressive majority on two resolutions which confirm that the EU’s migration and asylum policies need long-term solutions based on solidarity and respect for fundamental rights. The S&D Group is supporting the report on the Implementation of the Dublin III Regulation that calls for responsibility for asylum applications to be fairly shared across the EU member states.

The European Parliament awarded today its most distinguished Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to the democratic opposition in Belarus*, who, under the leadership of the country’s brave women, have for the past four months been tirelessly protesting against the dictatorship, violence and repression of Alyaksandr Lukashenka and the stolen presidential election of 9 August.

Zur heutigen Debatte zum Mehrjährigen Finanzrahmen, dem Corona-Wiederbelebungsfonds und dem Rechtsstaatlichkeitsmechanismus, erklärt Martin Schirdewan, Ko-Vorsitzender der EP-Linksfraktion THE LEFT:

Reacting to the European Commission’s much-awaited proposals on the Digital Services and Digital Markets Acts, S&Ds demand stricter rules when it comes to transparency, targeted online advertisement and enforcement of rules in the digital sphere.

Tiemo Wölken, S&D negotiator on the Digital Services Act initiative report in the committee for legal affairs, said:

Members of the European Parliament will confirm today the first measure of the Next Generation EU recovery plan that provides extra financial capacity to support European recovery after the Covid-19 crisis. React-EU will, therefore, have no less than €47.5 billion in additional resources. The Socialists and Democrats have been at the forefront of negotiations, ensuring that React-EU will be able to provide additional funding for the most important sectors in order to contribute to green, digital and resilience crisis-repair measures.