S&Ds want the European Union to take measures to stop the constant loss of farming jobs: between 2005 and 2014 almost one quarter (-23.6%) of agricultural labour input...
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...
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...
Following a discussion this morning with Vytenis Andriukaitis, the Commissioner for health and food safety, Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament voiced...
Today the European Parliament backed a reform of the veterinary medicinal products' law that reinforces the single market in this sector. The centralised authorisation...
The European Commission today presented its assessment of the implications of the UN COP21 (21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on...
The S&D Group today backed a report that ensures that the EU's border management agency FRONTEX provide a mechanism for refugees to bring human rights abuses to attention...
The European Parliament today voted in favour of making an extra €800 million available in the 2016 EU budget to support the relocation of refugees across the EU. The...
Today, the S&D Group in the European Parliament voted to set ambitious measures in the National Emissions Ceiling Directive (NECD) in order to cut toxic emissions that...
Organic food production is a growing market in the European Union, where EU consumers spent over €22 billion in 2013. However, the EU does not have the capacity to meet...