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New coalition to improve EU citizens’ well-being launched today

According to Eurobarometer, more EU action on health is a top demand for 70 percent of Europeans. A healthy workforce is the backbone of a healthy economy. And health is a key enabler across each and every Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) that the EU has committed to.
 

EU summit: The deal delivers an orderly Brexit. Now it is time for the Parliaments to have their say

Following the approval by EU heads of state and government of the UK withdrawal agreement and political declaration on future relations, S&D Group leader Udo Bullmann and S&D Group spokesperson for Brexit Roberto Gualtieri said:

Poland’s new energy strategy to almost phase out onshore wind

Poland today revealed details of its draft energy strategy to 2040.

It plans to increase its power capacity from 40 GW to 73 GW and expects the share of coal to fall from 80% of electricity consumption today to 60% by 2030.They plan to build 6-9 GW of new nuclear by 2043 and 10 GW of offshore wind by 2040.

„Letzte Chance auf Schadensbegrenzung beim Brexit“

Frankfurt, 25. November 2018 – Auf einem Sondergipfel in Brüssel haben sich die EU-27-Staaten auf einen Entwurf eines Abkommens über die Modalitäten des EU-Austritts Großbritanniens geeinigt. Dazu sagt Thilo Brodtmann, Hauptgeschäftsführer des VDMA: 

Almost half (47%) of female MPs receive violent threats - violence against women is costing us our democracy

Speaking ahead of International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (25 November), PES Women has warned harassment and violence directed at women in politics is undermining democracy. Despite several high-profile examples in recent years, including the murder of UK Labour MP Jo Cox, the true scale of the problem is being overlooked.  Almost half (46.9 per cent) of female MPs have received violent threats, including death threats or threats of rape or beati

Failing to ratify the Istanbul Convection means failing women facing abuse and domestic violence. Member states must ratify it immediately

Ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on 25 November, S&Ds are calling on member states to ratify the Istanbul Convention without further delay and to speed up the negotiations to allow the European Union to ratify it as well.
 

S&Ds: Niger is becoming a model of solidarity and security on migration management. Member states must further invest in development

At the end of the mission to Niger from 19 to 22 November, where an S&D delegation met with, among others, the president of the National Assembly, the Finance and Foreign Affairs ministers, and visited the UNHCR refugees and asylum seekers centre in Niamey, the IOM transit centre the EUCAP Sahel mission in Agadez, we are happy to say that Niger is becoming, for the whole Sahel region and for some European member states too, a genuine model of the right balance between solidarity, security and the fight against human smugglers.

CLEPA organised the first Counterfeit day

On 22nd November, CLEPA has held a special event called “Counterfeit Day”, providing high-level expertise on the enforcement of intellectual property infringement in the EU and beyond.
 

PES calls for immediate release of Selahattin Demirtas after ECHR ruling, and welcomes statement by Federica Mogherini

The Party of European Socialists calls for the immediate release of the co-leader of its member party HDP, Selahattin Demirtas, after the European Court of Human Rights ordered the termination of his pre-trial detention.
 

S&Ds deplore refusal by Appleby to meet with parliamentarians over tax evasion inquiry

A European Parliament’s delegation investigating the Paradise Papers revelations was denied a meeting with Appleby today on the Isle of Man. The S&Ds regret the cancelation of the meeting on a very late notice. This is the second time Appleby, the company at the heart of the Paradise Papers refused to explain itself. Appleby was invited to appear in front of the Parliament’s special committee on financial crimes, tax evasion and tax avoidance for an exchange of views.
 

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