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S&Ds call for a strategic plan to guarantee healthy and sustainable Protein Crops supply to make EU independent from third countries importations

S&D - Socialists and Democrats
Independence from third countries Protein Crops importations, diversification of the supply farming system and incentives such as voluntary coupled support for a European sustainable agriculture and healthy diet; these are the three key topics that inspired the report Denanot - just approved with an overwhelming majority in the AGRI committee - on a European Strategy for promotion of Protein Crops.

World's first offshore wind farm without subsidies to be built in the Netherlands

WindEurope

BRUSSELS, 19 MARCH 2018 –  The Dutch Government has awarded Vattenfall in a tender to develop the twin Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind farms. The two 350 MW wind farms, to be built by 2022, will be the world’s first to be built without public subsidy.
 

Facebook must come to the European Parliament and explain alleged unauthorised data harvesting

S&D - Socialists and Democrats
Today, S&D MEPs called for representatives from Cambridge Analytica and Facebook to come to the European Parliament to explain allegations that data of over 50 million Facebook users had been harvested without their permission and used for political purposes. 
 
S&D Group Vice-President for digital affairs, Josef Weidenholzer, said:
 

S&Ds urge for a swift clarification concerning search and rescue NGO Proactiva Open Arms: Solidarity cannot be a crime

S&D - Socialists and Democrats
Following the recent events concerning the NGO Proactiva Open Arms dedicated to the search and rescue of migrants in the Mediterranean sea, S&D Group vice-presidents Elena Valenciano (foreign affairs) and Tanja Fajon (migration) as well as S&D Euro MP and chair of the European Parliament’s subcommittee on human rights, Antonio Panzeri, stated:
 

API access launched for AGSI+ and ALSI

GIE - Gas Infrastructure Europe

Storage and LNG data published by GIE

GIE has launched an API (Application Programming Interface) service on its AGSI+ and ALSI transparency publication platforms.

Using API access, the audience can bypass the AGSI+ and ALSI website and get hold of the data directly and continuously. It enables to extract, filter the data and create any subset as required, without having to download each dataset separately from the website. The API export format is JSON.

ETNO Press Release: "EECC: current policy options will not deliver fibre and 5G to EU citizens"

ETNO - European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association

Brussels, 19 March 2018 – ETNO, the Association representing Europe’s leading telecom operators, called today on the European Commission and on legislators to urgently fix the current text of the Electronic Communications Code.

The S&Ds call for a full investigation into the use of a military-grade nerve agent in the UK

S&D - Socialists and Democrats
The S&D Group strongly condemns the use of a military-grade nerve agent as a chemical weapon in the UK. This was an unprecedented attack on civilians in Europe. We call for all the necessary investigations to be carried out and if Russia is confirmed to be responsible, an appropriate response must be taken by the EU. 
 
The S&D Group’s vice-president on foreign affairs, Victor Boştinaru, said:
 

European construction equipment industry withstands uncertainties

CECE - Committee for European Construction Equipment
 
  • CECE releases Annual Economic Report 2018
  • European market continues to grow in 2017
  • 2018 expects stable markets and further investments

There is no time to waste in deploying EU-wide infrastructure for alternative fuels, say S&Ds

S&D - Socialists and Democrats
During a plenary debate in Strasbourg, Socialists and Democrats pressed the Commission for a stronger commitment to expanding the Europe-wide infrastructure for alternative fuels, as an urgent step in the transition to a low-carbon and a sustainable society.
 
S&D spokesperson on transport Ismail Ertug, who instigated this debate with the Commission, said:
 

S&D Euro MPs pushed towards harmonised corporate taxation to end tax race to the bottom

S&D - Socialists and Democrats
Today, S&D Euro MPs backed a set of proposals to upgrade the tax system in Europe and to ensure that tech giants such as Google and Facebook pay their fair share of tax.
 
The common corporate tax base (CCTB) together with the common consolidated corporate tax base (CCCTB) offer a new standard for the taxation of multinationals.
 
S&D Euro MP Paul Tang, who has drafted the report on the common corporate tax base said:
 

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