Brussels, October 25th, 2018 – The leading global business association for open and sustainable trade, amfori, has welcomed its first-ever Vice Presidents (VPs) for strategy and innovation and corporate affairs. The two new positions have been created in response to consistent membership growth and to steer implementation of amfori’s Vision 2030 Strategy for inspiring action around the world.

European socialists and democrats, united behind a Common Candidate, met in Brussels today to set out their ambition for the 2019 EU elections. After Frans Timmermans was endorsed as the PES Common Candidate by fellow Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič, the President of the S&D Group Udo Bullmann hosted an exchange with Frans Timmermans at the S&D Group meeting today, with the participation of Maros Šefčovič and PES President Sergei Stanishev.

This week the German government reached a political agreement on an additional 4 GW of onshore wind by 2021.

The 2019 European elections are not just any election. The future of the European Union hangs in the balance. In order to further strengthen our unity, Maroš Šefčovič has announced that he supports Frans Timmermans as the Common Candidate to lead the PES family into the 2019 European Parliament elections. This brings the full force of the PES behind one lead candidate, and allows us to kick-start our campaign.