The Party of European Socialists calls for all progressives and its member parties to support the historic agreement on the decade-long name dispute and for the governments of Athens and Skopje that reached it.

PES president Sergei Stanishev said:

Major players in the European mobility sector signed a road safety pledge to contribute to achieving zero traffic fatalities by 2050. The coalition includes the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA), European Association of Automotive Suppliers (CLEPA), the association of national motoring organisations (FIA Region I), with strong support from the Dutch Bicycle and Automotive Industry Association (RAI Vereniging) and the Royal Dutch Touring Club (ANWB).

From niche technology, wind energy is now a global success story. wind industry provides 260,000 quality high-skilled jobs in Europe. On a global scale, that figure is now 1.15 million.

Kuala Lumpur (11 June 2018) – The Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC) released new economic research that quantifies the negative impact to major European economies should the EU move ahead with its proposed ban on Palm Oil biofuels under the Renewable Energy Directive (RED).

The research was carried out by the renowned Danish consultancy, Copenhagen Economics (CE). CE is a long-time consultant to the European Commission on a vast array of economic and scientific topics. 

Brussels, 14 June 2018) On the occasion of the FOOD 2030 High-Level Conference, the European Technology Platform (ETP) ‘Food for Life’ has published today its 2018 Implementation Action Plan (IAP) [1]. Taking its 2016 Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA) [2] as a starting point, the ETP ‘Food for Life’ highlights in this new publication how the Research and Innovation (R&I) actions listed in the SRIA should be executed, as well as what tools and instruments will make it possible.