Following the meeting held in Shanghai with Shang Yuying, DG of Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce, the S&D delegation praised the implementation of a legal and...
Speaking ahead of World Refugee Day on Saturday, S&D Group President Gianni Pittella has reiterated his call on national governments to agree on binding quotas to...
Today the German city Essen won the award 'European Green Capital 2017' in Bristol (UK) Matthias Groote, S&D spokesperson on the environment and former member of the jury...
The Socialists & Democrats Group in the European Parliament has called for a new system to ensure humanitarian visas are issued faster and within a more transparent...
A Relaunching Europe event took place in Budapest on the 11th June 2015. The choice of the venue is highly symbolic: a boat called EUROPA facing the Hungarian Parliament...
Around 600 million tonnes of waste that could be reused are just thrown away in Europe every year. The European Union is working on new legislation to transform this...
12 June 2015 Budapest - Hungary
Speaking ahead of tonight's meeting of the Governing Council of the ECB and tomorrow's Eurogroup meeting to discuss Greece, S&D Group president Gianni Pittella said: "The...
S&D Euro MPs today welcomed the tax action plan proposed by the Commission as "a further step in the right direction". They called on the EU governments to act swiftly so...
The European Council risks losing any kind of credibility if it fails to agree to a binding distribution key for taking migrants in need of protection, that was the...