Europe’s citizens are more and more often asking: What does the European Union do for me? This is a legitimate question which requires a clear and coherent answer. However, it is not only a matter of finding the right words. Europe’s citizens increasingly question institutions’ and the European Union’s ability to act in their interest. Our ambition is clear: a Europe we can be proud of is a Europe where everyone lives in dignity.

Strasbourg, 16 November 2017

Five S&D MEPs, namely vice-president Tanja Fajon, foreign affairs spokesperson Knut Fleckenstein, S&D shadow rapporteur for Bosnia and Herzegovina Demetris Papadakis, MEP and president of the European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity Jens Nilsson, as well as PES president Sergei Stanishev, will be participating in a series of meetings on the Western Balkans that will be taking place in Sarajevo on 17 and 18 November.

Brussels, 16 November 2017