Against the backdrop of the new global challenges the world has to digest such as climate change, migration, security, the committee of Development in the European...
The Socialists and Democrats waged a strong campaign to exclude conflict minerals from the European market and – after a long and difficult political battle – a...
Brexit, the migration humanitarian emergency, the threat of terrorism, armed conflicts at our doorsteps and the long lasting economic crisis have dramatically undermined...
Today the Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament hosted the seventh Latin American Forum. They talked with leaders from Latin American left-wing parties...
When HIV / AIDS developed into a pandemic in the 1980s, the World Health Organisation (WHO) launched World AIDS Day on December 1st. The red ribbon, which is so often...
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...
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...
The aim of the donor conference is to obtain funding from the participating countries and organisations for the stabilisation and economic development of the Central...
On October 13, the Socialists and Democrats Group in the European Parliament organised an event on the Circular Economy. Commissioner Vella spoke on the state of play of...
Norbert Neuser, S&D coordinator for the committee on development, led a fact-finding mission to Lebanon this week on the access to education for Syrian refugees. Lebanon...