The Party of European Socialists will announce nominations for its common candidate for the President of the European Commission by 19 October this year, it was agreed today by representatives of PES member parties and organisations.
The PES Presidency meeting held in Riga, Latvia, fully supported the proposal that all PES member parties should be involved in a transparent and democratic process to nominate their candidates.
Today, the Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament have, together with the Parliamentary groups of Greens and ALDE, issued a joint letter calling on president Tusk to take all the necessary actions to enable a breakthrough on the migration challenge at the next European Council.
On the occasion of UN World Refugee Day, leading S&D MEPs have urged national leaders to ensure that EU remains a region that welcomes those fleeing war, persecution and terror. The call came during a series of events designed to celebrate the contribution people who have arrived in Europe as refugees are making to their new societies.
S&D Group vice-president responsible for human rights, Elena Valenciano, said:
Socialists and Democrats welcome the agreement reached yesterday evening between the European Parliament and the EU Council for a new Governance of the Energy Union Regulation.
In the absence of national renewables and energy efficiency binding targets, member states will now be required to develop ten year Integrated National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs) aimed at fulfilling the EU 2030 energy and climate targets.
MEP Theresa Griffin, S&D negotiator in the industry and energy committee, said:
The European Parliament Committee on Legal Affairs today backed proposals to update the EU’s copyright rules for the digital age. The S&D Group managed to secure significant improvements to the proposals originally put forward by the European Commission, particularly on ensuring fair remuneration for authors and performers.
S&D Group Spokesperson for copyright reform, Lidia Geringer de Oedenberg, added:
Brussels, 20th June 2018 – ETRMA joins today a campaign run by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, which aims to promote proper management of dangerous substances in the workplace.
Following an important vote last night in the economic and monetary affairs committee, S&D Euro MPs called on the Council to advance works to reduce risk in the banking sector and further strengthen the resilience of EU banks. The Socialists and Democrats urged European finance ministers to agree on serious and ambitious proposals to reform the European Monetary Union without further delay. Lack of progress has already cost European citizens excessively.
Parliament's negotiator for CRR/CRD, Peter Simon MEP, stated:
S&Ds secure an energy efficiency target of 32.5% by 2030
The European Parliament's negotiators reached a final deal with the EU Council to ensure an ambitious target to increase energy efficiency in the EU. After lengthy negotiations, S&D MEPs secured a binding target of 32.5% improvement of energy efficiency by 2030.
According to latest certified producer data, ethanol production and use scored more than 70% average savings over fossil fuels in 2017 – yet another increase in ethanol’s EU decarbonisation performance
Frankfurt, 19. Juni 2018 – Die Reformvorschläge von Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel und des französischen Präsidenten Emmanuel Macron kommentiert Thilo Brodtmann, Hauptgeschäftsführer des VDMA:
According to latest certified producer data, ethanol production and use scored more than 70% average savings over fossil fuels in 2017 – yet another increase in ethanol’s EU decarbonisation performance
