Today, a huge majority in the European Parliament welcomed the so-called Windsor Framework as a new joint understanding that allows more flexible and more effective implementation of the trading arrangements for goods entering Northern Ireland from Great Britain, so that both the EU’s Single Market and the Good Friday Agreement can be fully safeguarded.

The EU must ensure a progressive economic policy to fight inflation as well as social and environmental imbalances so we can realise an inclusive socio-ecological transformation of our economies that benefit all, urged S&Ds as the European Parliament today adopted its annual reports on the European Semester.

Following S&D´s request, we welcome that the European Parliament has held a debate with EU High Representative Josep Borrell on the deterioration of democracy in Israel and the consequences on the occupied territories. Democracy and rule of law in Israel are at risk.

The European Parliament voted in favour of provisions, tabled by the Group of the Socialists and Democrats, on the updated EU Directive on the Energy Performance of Buildings, which will make it possible to have a climate neutral building stock by 2050. The new rules set the so-called Minimum Energy Performance Standards (MEPS).

The Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament reject the false and harmful claim made by Georgian Prime Minister, Irakli Garibashvili, who said in a Georgian TV interview on Sunday that the European Parliament wishes to drag Georgia into the Russian war against Ukraine.