Commenting on the decision of Martin Schulz not to stand for another term as European Parliament president, S&D Group president, Gianni Pittella said: "The European...
S&D Euro MPs today secured a strong majority for a resolution calling on the EU to ratify the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combatting violence against...
Wildlife trafficking has become big business, worth an estimated €20 billion annually. It is one of the major forms of organised crime, and the EU is one of the main...
The S&D Group stands for an inclusive European society based on principles of freedom, equality, solidarity, diversity and fairness.
Today the Council, Commission and European Parliament’s negotiators reached a final agreement on rules to exclude so-called 'conflict minerals' or 'blood minerals' from...
The S&D Group today welcomed journalists from the closed Hungarian newspaper, Népszabadság. The paper, which often took a critical stance towards the government, was...
iAGS 2017 - independent Anual Growth Survey, 5th report. The Elusive Recovery The independent Annual Growth Survey is carried out every year by renowned economic...
The European Parliament today warned the Basel committee that the overall requirements for banks - the so-called Basel IV - should not undermine the competitiveness of...
Following yesterday’s success on the conflict minerals agreement, the Socialists and Democrats Group in the European Parliament met with the EU’s high representative for...
Nearly nine years after the outburst of the financial crisis, the European economy’s recovery remains ‘elusive’ and unable to significantly reduce unemployment or resorb...