Negotiators of the European Parliament and the Council agreed late yesterday night on revised energy efficiency labelling. Current labels with a scale from A+++ to G will...
Commenting on the discriminatory comments in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung towards the countries of southern Europe, S&D Group President Gianni Pittella said: "It is not...
Today is a landmark day in the pursuit of responsible business practices, as the European Parliament's development committee voted for binding rules on labour and...
“For European social democrats, Benoît Hamon is the candidate of the left for the presidential election in France,” said Gianni Pittella. The president of the S&D Group...
Today, the European Parliament, the Commission and the Council started negotiations to modernise the EU’s trade defence instruments. Updating the EU’s rules, which have...
S&D Euro MP Olga Sehnalová today secured a wide majority in the internal market and consumer protection committee on new rules to strengthen national authorities’ powers...
Following a meeting today in Athens with the Greek Prime minister Alexis Tsipras, Gianni Pittella said: "Greece has already paid an enormous price for unjustified...
Quote of the week by S&D President, Gianni Pittella "We call on the leaders meeting in Rome next week to fortify our European house. The more our house is threatened...
The Socialists and Democrats voted today in favour of a strong and integrated EU policy for the Arctic that takes into consideration the geopolitical and environmental...
After a strong campaign by the Socialists and Democrats, the European Parliament today adopted a new law to exclude conflict minerals from the European market. The law...