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...
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...
Socialists and Democrats express their support for the thousands of workers and union representatives who demonstrated in Brussels today against dumping and for the...
The Socialists and Democrats (S&Ds) are pushing for a new dynamic in trade, so that international trade agreements contribute to sustainable economic growth and jobs...
Following the stalemate in negotiations for the CETA trade agreement between the EU and Canada, the president of the S&D Group in the European Parliament, Gianni Pittella...
Following the stalemate in negotiations for the CETA trade agreement between the EU and Canada, the president of the S&D Group in the European Parliament, Gianni Pittella...
Following the publication of the Commission’s Communication on the reform the EU trade defence instruments (TDIs), today the heads of governments meeting in Brussels...
The EU will soon end the export of drugs used for lethal injections in countries which still apply the death penalty. After a long political battle, the European...
The European Commission today finally proposed a reform of the EU’s trade rules on exporting products that can be used for military, torture or surveillance purposes. The...