Quote of the week “We are at a turning point because for the first time Europe is realising the necessity of putting Africa at the heart of EU strategy, both in the short...
Many in the European Union are denied their right to preventative healthcare and to access essential medicines. This is not a new problem, but it is becoming more acute...
Today the Socialists and Democrats Group asked the Commission to fulfil its duties and adopt scientific criteria for the determination of endocrine-disrupting properties...
Ahead of the meeting of EU transport ministers next Tuesday, Socialists and Democrats today sent a letter to industry Commissioner, Elżbieta Bieńkowska, environment...
Following the announcement of the European Commission that it will allow member states to decide on how to use glyphosate, a potentially carcinogenic pesticide, the...
Dairy producers in Europe are suffering a prolonged crisis due to the ending of the EU milk quotas, the Russian ban on food imports and a worldwide over-production. The...
Today the Socialists and Democrats in the all-party committee on the environment and health in the European Parliament voted on a resolution against placing three...
Quote of the week Thanks to us Socialists & Democrats, a new understanding of reforms is gaining ground: we need modern public administration, good education, investment...
S&D Euro MPs today warned that it would be nonsense to put money from the European Fund for Strategic Investment (EFSI) into the nuclear energy sector. "Such a plan would...
The Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament successfully led campaigns to introduce mandatory country of origin labelling for beef, and then for fresh pig...