The S&D Group today renewed its call for EU legislation to be changed to ensure that those providing humanitarian assistance to refugees are not criminalised. This call...
Brexit, the migration humanitarian emergency, the threat of terrorism, armed conflicts at our doorsteps and the long lasting economic crisis have dramatically undermined...
Today the European Parliament’s committee on petitions decided to move forward to investigate working conditions in McDonald’s restaurants across EU member states. The...
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 S&D Group in the European Parliament welcomed the resolution on the situation of fundamental rights in the European Union (2013-2014). It includes a mechanism to...
Today at the congress of the Party of European Socialist held in Budapest, the Bulgarian former prime minister Sergei Stanishev was re-elected president. He was one of...
After three intensive days, the S&D Group closes its first international School of Democracy in Reggio Emilia (Italy), where 100 young students, selected from almost 1000...
Following the vote in the European Parliament today on the Commission work programme 2015 and the presentation of the resolutions from the different political groups, S&D...
Following the vote for the new EU Commission led by Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker today in the EP plenary in Strasbourg, S&D Group president Gianni Pittella...
Today the commissioner-designate for regional policy, Corina Creţu, undertook to work with the European Parliament on finding a solution regarding the outstanding...