Rapporteur PR

An easy way of publishing your relevant EU press releases.

Post your press release

Find your audience here

Publish a Press Release

S&Ds welcome the new Mobility Package, but it should be matched by financial incentives and investments

S&D - Socialists and Democrats
Today S&Ds welcomed the adoption of the third set of measures for a cleaner and safer transport system in Europe. It is the final part of the Mobility Package, which along with the circular economy and recent legislation on energy efficiency and renewables lays the foundation for a sustainable and healthier economic model.
 
S&Ds specially welcome CO2 targets being set for trucks for the first time and also the action plan on batteries, which relies on the ethical use of resources - in line with the re-use and recycle logic of the circular economy.

European Parliament raises the rainbow flag but EU must do more to protect LGBTI people

S&D - Socialists and Democrats
n the occasion of the international day against homophobia, transphobia, and biphobia, S&D MEPs have called for greater EU action to protect LGBTI people in Europe and around the world.
 
S&D Group vice-president responsible for LGBTI issues, Tanja Fajon, said:
 

PlasticsEurope

A mission to subscribe to: develop, industrialise and manufacture technology solutions in Europe

CLEPA
 
In the third Mobility Package to be published today, the European Commission is expected to again, and rightly so, place a lot of emphasis on the importance of innovation and investment. Decarbonisation and digitalisation, the enablers for safer, smarter and sustainable mobility, cannot be achieved without R&D on our home turf, and already in the first and second Mobility Packages, the current Commission has paid testimony to the need to foster innovation.

We must strengthen protection against natural disasters in Europe, say S&Ds

S&D - Socialists and Democrats
Only last year more than 200 people were killed by natural disasters in Europe and over one million hectares of forest were destroyed by fire. Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament want a stronger Civil Protection Mechanism, with better coordination among member states and new capabilities at the European level.
 

Empowering businesses to engage with sustainable finance and the SDGs

ACCA

 

EU and international experts discussed the recent Sustainable Finance Action Plan, business strategies and corporate reporting contribution  to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and sustainable finance objectives, at a multistakeholders conference in Brussels

EU must have control over supervision of euro clearing houses, say S&Ds

S&D - Socialists and Democrats
Today, S&D Euro MPs in the economic and monetary affairs committee backed proposals to strengthen the European supervision of central counterparty clearing houses on the financial markets.
 
S&D Group spokesperson on economic and monetary affairs, Pervenche Berès MEP, said:
 
”The European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) was setup to reduce operational, counterparty and systemic risks, and therefore avoid collapses of the financial system.
 

S&Ds: EU-Western Balkans Summit in Sofia must confirm a credible enlargement perspective for the region

S&D - Socialists and Democrats
Socialists and Democrats call on the EU heads of states to use the opportunity of the summit in Sofia to confirm a credible accession perspective for the Western Balkan countries. We must speak a clear language: the EU wants the Western Balkans to be a part of our family as soon as the accession criteria are met.
 

Progressives win fight for greater transparency in EU decision making

S&D - Socialists and Democrats
S&D MEPs today joined forces with other progressive groups in the European Parliament’s legal affairs committee to block conservative and liberal attempts to make EU decision making less transparent.
 

S&D president calls for avoiding further loss of life in Gaza

S&D - Socialists and Democrats
The S&D Group calls for an immediate end to violence and condemns the loss of Palestinian lives in the Gaza Strip. About 60 Palestinians were killed and more than two thousands injured amid clashes with Israeli forces on the Gaza border yesterday. 
 
S&D Group president Udo Bullmann said:
 

Pages

Subscribe to Rapporteur PR RSS