Strasbourg, 20th of May. After a long campaign, the S&D Group won a tight vote to exclude conflict minerals from the EU market, both as raw materials and as manufactured...
Watch the video from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) regarding conflict minerals and the problems they create. With interviews from S&D Group president Gianni...
In hun rol om het voorstel van de Europese Commissie voor een Energie Unie te controleren, rapporteren de leden van de Socialisten & Democraten van het Europese Parlement...
As part of their role monitoring the European Commission's Energy Union proposal, Socialist & Democrat members of the European Parliament have been investigating...
In the current debate taking place in the European Parliament on conflict minerals, Socialist & Democrat MEPs are fighting to obtain a binding legislation on the...
Our tax system in Europe is broken. Ordinary taxpayers have paid dearly for the irresponsible gambles of greedy bankers, while for the richest few paying tax can be...
Growth in the Euro zone should increase to 1.3% in 2015 and 1.6% in 2016 from 0.8% in 2014. Europe faces a long period of low growth, high unemployment, rising...
Today is the first day of the UN Climate Summit (COP20) in Lima, Peru. From the 1st to the 12th December, the international community will discuss and shape an...
At a public conference S&D members yesterday called on the Commission to publish the EU negotiating texts and to give civil society and consumer organisations the chance...
At a public TTIP conference on Tuesday 18 November 2014, S&D members called on the Commission to publish the EU negotiating texts and to give civil society and consumer...