After an extraordinary plenary session in the European Parliament, the President of the Socialists & Democrats Gianni Pittella calls EU Member States to approve the...
Strasbourg, 8th of July. Today, during a crucial vote on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, Socialists & Democrats in the European Parliament forced the...
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 the current debate taking place in the European Parliament on conflict minerals, Socialist & Democrat MEPs are fighting to obtain a binding legislation on the...
Mobile phones, laptops, micro-waves and other electrical appliances, contain minerals extracted from conflict zones, fuelling human exploitation and violence. There is no...
S&D Group president, Gianni Pittella, on the Fight against Terrorism
A minute of silence to express indignation and to honour the victims of the Charlie Hebdo attack, murdered in the name of hatred and obscurantism. Neither violence nor...
On the initiative of the S&D Group, the European Parliament today in Strasbourg charged the committee on civil liberties, justice and home affairs with examining the...
As the European Commission has proposed a revision of an EU directive on shareholders' rights, the European Socialists and Democrats today in Brussels called for a bolder...