Following the result of the UK referendum, S&D Group President Gianni Pittella said: “This is a sad day for Europe but it is not the funeral of Europe. We wanted Great...
Africa is at the heart of our globalised world. Although it is a continent often seen through the lens of global problems, it is also at the forefront in creating new...
Following the speeches of president of Israel Reuven Rivlin and Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas to the European Parliament today and yesterday, the S&D Group...
In a plenary vote today, the European Parliament backed a proposal to increase targets for energy efficiency and renewable energy by 2030, as demanded by the Socialists...
The European Union is facing the largest refugee crisis since the end of World War II. It is a crisis of unprecedented magnitude that originates largely from conflicts...
During a debate in Plenary on the massacres in Eastern Congo, S&D Group president Gianni Pittella called for an international inquiry. President Pittella said: "This...
S&D MEPs today welcomed the agreement reached by the EU finance ministers on new rules to fight tax avoidance by big multinationals as a "step forward". The European...
Quote of the Week We are ending this week in a deeply sad note. Our former colleague, MP Jo Cox has lost her life in an unbearable act of violence. “We are deeply shocked...
S&D Group President Gianni Pittella said: “We are all greatly shocked and saddened by the news of the horrific murder of UK Labour MP Jo Cox. Jo Cox had spent time...
After lengthy and difficult negotiations, the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission have reached a political agreement on regulation to exclude conflict...