Tonight the European Parliament’s two negotiators, S&D MEPs Evelyn Regner and Lara Wolters, reached an agreement with the EU Council on the Women on Boards Directive. For...
Following the Council’s agreement, the European Parliament’s women’s rights and gender equality (FEMM) and legal affairs (JURI) committees will now vote on Wednesday on...
Following the OECD deal on a global minimum corporate tax rate, the EU must now ensure a rapid and ambitious implementation. EU ministers are expected to adopt an...
The Socialists and Democrats welcome the European Commission’s proposed Directive to combat violence against women and domestic violence, presented today on International...
On this International Women's Day, we focus on the question of unpaid care work. Women perform more than 4 hours of unpaid care work every day. It's time for care work to...
The Taliban's return to power in Afghanistan put the lives of many women in danger. For two days, the S&D Group met with Afghan women who fled their country to hear about...
On the initiative of the Socialists and Democrats’ leader Iratxe García , the European Parliament held today a debate on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the...
EU institutions must lead by example in fighting sexual harassment in the workplace. That is why the Socialists and Democrats push for stronger measures of prevention of...
With the strong support of the Socialists and Democrats, today the European Parliament demanded legislation at an EU level to fight gender-based cyber violence in the...
Reacting to the failure of finance ministers to adopt a much needed reform of the seriously out-dated 1997 Code of Conduct for business taxation at today’s Council...