Speaking after a debate and vote on the implementation report on the European Protection Order, Soraya Post, MEP and S&D spokesperson on human rights said: “It is...
The S&D Group is calling for the European Union to put improving the lives of Roma people at the heart of its political agenda. The call came during the EU’s annual Roma...
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...
Portuguese Prime Minister, António Costa, has spoken in the EP plenary today in Strasbourg laying out his vision on the ‘Future of Europe’. António Costa is the first...
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...
To mark this year’s International Women’s Day, the Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament are launching an EU platform of cities engaged against sexist...
Speaking ahead of the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, 6 February, on which the European Parliament has tabled an oral question to the...
Today the European Parliament approved a very strong progressive S&D report calling on the Commission and member states to strengthen the economic empowerment of women to...
Today the European Parliament endorsed the accession of the European Union to the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic...
S&D Group vice-president Tanja Fajon and S&D member of the European Parliament’s women's rights committee Julie Ward took part in a cross-party delegation from the...