The S&D Group does not expect big breakthroughs at the ongoing EU-Turkey summit in Bulgaria. We regret no conditions were set prior to the meeting, and no mandate was...
Three months after US President Donald Trump announced the formal recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel, along with his decision to move the US embassy to the...
One week after the assassination of local councilwoman and human rights activist Marielle Franco - together with her driver Anderson Pedro Gomes - another council member...
Reacting to yesterday evening’s vote in the Polish parliament’s justice and human rights committee to support a ban on abortion in cases of foetal abnormality, which...
Following the recent events concerning the NGO Proactiva Open Arms dedicated to the search and rescue of migrants in the Mediterranean sea, S&D Group vice-presidents...
The S&D Group strongly criticises the decision made by president Rodrigo Duterte to pull the Philippines out of the international criminal court (ICC). There is no doubt...
The S&D Group is disappointed by the conclusions of the European Court of Auditors report on Turkey published today, which states that EU funding to Turkey had barely...
As unspeakable horrors continue to take place in Eastern Ghouta and other parts of Syria, the S&D Group has pushed the European Parliament to hold a new debate on Syria...
The Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament today strongly urged the 11 EU member states that still have not ratified the Istanbul Convention on preventing...
The S&D members of the subcommittee on human rights took part in the European Parliament delegation attending the 37th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council...