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Investments in port facilities could help offshore wind cut costs by 5.3%

WindEurope

Investments of €0.5-€1bn in new port infrastructure could help the offshore wind sector to cut costs by up to 5.3%. This is according to figures released by the WindEurope Ports Platform at the Global Wind Summit in Hamburg.

S&D Group remembers Jo Cox’s life and legacy

S&D - Socialists and Democrats
The city of Brussels today recognised the life of former UK Labour MP Jo Cox, naming a square in her honour. Jo worked in Brussels, both in the European Parliament as an assistant for former Labour MEP Glenys Kinnock and for Oxfam international.
 
Speaking at the inauguration of Jo Cox Square in the centre of Brussels, S&D Group leader Udo Bullmann said:
 

S&Ds: Set our citizens free from pesticides in urban areas. The EU should invest more in networking best practices at European level

S&D - Socialists and Democrats
Organised by the S&D with the valuable contribution of PAN Europe (Pesticide Action Network), the first round table on the theme ‘Pesticides free cities: European policies, local strategies and future prospects’ was held at the European Parliament in Brussels. Following the round table, the agriculture coordinator Nicola Caputo, the president of the pesticides committee and S&D vice president, Eric Andrieu, the vice president of the environment committee Pavel Poc and the rapporteur for the implementing report on SUP Directive Jytte Guteland, in a joint declaration stated: 

Costs to rise and emissions to triple in power sector by 2030 should UK abandon nuclear power in favour of a mix of wind and gas, study says

NNWI - The New Nuclear Watch Institute

LONDON, September 27, 2018 – Should the UK heed the calls to abandon nuclear power, in favour of the seemingly cheaper mix of natural gas and renewables, electricity generation costs would rise by 15% and power sector carbon intensity would rise from 51 gCO2/kWh to 186gCO2/kWh in 2030. The report, commissioned by The New Nuclear Watch Institute (NNWI), was launched in London on Thursday.

S&D Group meets representatives from Slovakia, Romania and Greece

S&D - Socialists and Democrats
n the invitation of the S&D, the Prime Minister of Slovakia Peter Pellegrini, the Prime Minister of Romania Viorica Dăncilă as well as the party leader of the ‘Movement of Change’ in Greece Fofi Gennimata, visited the Group meeting to discuss various topics on the European agenda as well as recent developments in their respective countries.
 
S&D leader Udo Bullmann and S&D vice president Jo Weidenholzer said:
 

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Cullen International

S&Ds call for establishing the European Child Guarantee to end child poverty in the EU

S&D - Socialists and Democrats
During an S&D conference today on the European Child Guarantee, the S&D vice-president for economic and social affairs, Mercedes Bresso, and the S&D MEPs Brando Benifei and Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, called for putting an end to child poverty in the EU. The Child Guarantee is a new instrument developed by the S&D Group in 2014 to tackle the multidimensional aspects of child poverty. It would ensure that every European child at risk of poverty has access to free quality health care, free quality education, free quality childcare, decent housing and adequate nutrition.  

Human Rights Metrics: Reaching scale through the Sustainable Finance agenda

ACCA

 

-European and international experts discussed reaching scale on high-quality human rights metrics through the sustainable finance agenda at recent event jointly organised by ShareAction and ACCA in Brussels-

S&Ds fight for the respect of free press in Europe

S&D - Socialists and Democrats
In the light of the increasing number of severe violations against the principle of free press in Europe, S&D president Udo Bullmann and vice-president Josef Weidenholzer call on all political leaders in Europe to make the defence of free press a top priority in their member states. 
 
S&D president Udo Bullmann:
 

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