Styrenics Circular Solutions formally established as independent legal entity and collaboration platform
Incorporation enables the inclusion of value chain partners to jointly power innovative recycling solutions and resource efficiency for styrenic polymers
Delegates at the Party of European Socialists Congress in Lisbon have today re-elected Sergei Stanishev as the President of the party.
Addressing delegates ahead of his re-election, Sergei Stanishev set out his vision for a progressive Europe – a Europe which is fair, free and sustainable.
After his re-election, PES President Sergei Stanishev said:
BRUSSELS, 7 December 2018 - A coalition of farmers from Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania has come together this week to issue a letter to European Council President Donald Tusk, European Commission President Jean Claude Juncker, and Austrian Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, calling for a fair distribution of direct payments under the European Union’s Common Agricultural Po
Eurochild welcomes this vote which will for the first time recognise reduction of child poverty as one of the objectives of the EU’s future budget.
With a vote on the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) for the period 2021-27 on 3 December, the European Parliament Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL) voted. to introduce the Child Guarantee with a dedicated budget of €5.9 billion.
On 6 & 7 December, over 200 delegates attended the industriAll Europe Collective Bargaining Conference “Labour 4.0. – Strong Collective Bargaining to Shape Digitalisation” in Bratislava, Slovakia. They debated the role of collective agreements and workers’ rights in light of digitalisation. Key conference topics included the developments in collective bargaining systems, the low-wage recovery, growing inequalities including the east-west pay gap as well as working time and the future of pension systems.
Rebuild social justice, reshape capitalism, empower people: Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament will present their roadmap for change at the PES Congress in Lisbon
The PES member parties and organisations will get together in Lisbon on December 7th and 8th to officially designate Frans Timmermans as their common candidate to lead the European Commission following the upcoming European elections next May.
PES Women will be at the forefront of the progressive battle to win the next European elections and strengthen women’s rights, the re-elected President of PES Women said today (6 December).
Zita Gurmai was speaking at the PES Women annual conference after delegates re-elected her to head up the organisation for the next two and a half years.
The Socialists and Democrats led today a vote in the economic and monetary affairs committee to tackle non-performing loans (NPLs) and reduce risk in the banking sector. NPLs or ‘bad’ loans refer to bank loans whose payment is delayed or is unlikely to happen. The S&Ds expressed concerns over the historically high levels of bad loans which can negatively affect investments and the economy.
S&Ds: EU authorisation system for pesticides still undermined by loopholes. It must be more transparent and independent to ensure citizens’ health and food security
The authorisation system of pesticide in the EU must be more transparent, better financed and fully independent from industries’ interests, highlights the S&D Group today in the final Pest Report voted today by an overwhelming majority.
S&D Shadow rapporteur on the Report, Simona Bonafé, said: