Led by EU Commissioner for Social Rights, Nicolas Schmit, the EU Commission presented today its long-awaited proposal for a Directive on fair minimum wages. The S&D Group...
National responses to the Covid-19 pandemic has led to a series of state of emergencies being declared and restrictive measures adopted in almost all EU countries. Since...
The Socialists and Democrats spearheaded the way to the implementation of progressive, citizen-orientated consumer legislation in Europe. Despite strong opposition from...
A green Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) with a red heart. This is what the Socialists and Democrats have strongly been fighting for. After very long and difficult...
We have moved away from the initial business-as-usual proposal from the Commission to a much more progressive and effective text that helps farmers to compete at a local...
Quote of the week by Iratxe García, S&D Group President: “I am speechless. In today’s Poland, an EU member state in the XXI century, the lives and health of Polish women...
Following the judgment by the PiS-controlled Constitutional Tribunal in Poland that further restricts the access to abortion even in cases of severe fetal defects, S&D...
Today, the Conference of Presidents of the European Parliament awarded the 2020 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to the Belarusian opposition*, including the brave...
Tonight in their group meeting, the Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament launched the second edition of the Progressive Society initiative . As part of...
Under the initiative of Iratxe Garcia Perez (S&D G roup President) and Eric Andrieu ( S&D G roup Vice-President), Progressive Society will now re-launch its work in this...