MEPs today endorsed an agreement that will see the introduction of electronic identity checks at the EU’s external borders. The ECR Group’s spokesman on the proposals, Jussi Halla-aho MEP, has welcomed the agreement which he views as vital to secure the EU’s external border and better manage the EU’s immigration system.

Strasbourg, 25 October 2017

Today the European Parliament gave its green light to restrict the exposure of millions of EU workers to carcinogenic and mutagenic substances with the aim of saving 100,000 lives in the next 50 years. Through this first revision of the rules in 10 years, which limits values for 11 new substances and makes limit values for two older substances stricter, the Socialists and Democrats managed to push through an ambitious agenda for workers’ health. 

Strasbourg, 25 October 2017

Today the Parliament adopted the report on protecting fundamental rights of Roma people in the EU. The report recognises anti-gypsyism as a horizontal issue, and demands a range of policies from desegregation measures in public services to monitoring of anti-discrimination programmes. The ambitious report is a firm condemnation of the current predicament of Roma people in Europe, and a call to action for the Commission and member states.

Strasbourg, 24 October 2017

In a report voted today in the European Parliament, the Socialists and Democrats succeeded in including a call on the Commission to introduce national minimum-income schemes, as well as funding possibilities for member states to set up such schemes.

S&D MEP Sergio Gutiérrez Prieto, shadow rapporteur on the report said: