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S&Ds for a prosperous and stable Ukraine and a secure Europe

The European Parliament’s committees on foreign affairs (AFET) and security and defence (SEDE) paid a visit to Ukraine* from 30 January to 1 February 2022 to discuss European security and Russia’s military threat against Ukraine, and show their support for and solidarity with the Ukrainians.

Tonino Picula MEP, S&D coordinator for foreign affairs, who took part in the mission, underlined the importance of a stable and secure Ukraine to safeguard the country‘s reform progress:

CEN AND CENELEC WELCOME THE NEW EUROPEAN STANDARDIZATION STRATEGY

CEN and CENELEC, two of the three officially recognised European Standardization Organizations, welcome the new European Standardization Strategy which reinforces the common efforts to deliver on the ambitions of the twin transition.

Messy permitting leads to yet another undersubscribed wind auction in Italy

Italy has published the results of its latest renewables auction. 3300 MW was on offer, including non-awarded capacity from previous undersubscribed auctions. But only 975 MW of utility-scale projects were awarded, of which 392 MW were onshore wind. Yet again the lack of permitted projects led to an undersubscribed auction. The backlog of non-awarded renewables capacity in Italy keeps piling up.

MSD & Vital Transformation

"EU standardisation strategy needs above all practical relevance"

With a new standardisation strategy, the EU Commission wants to put Europe in a better position in global technology competition. However, political ideas must not dominate this approach. Good standardisation needs above all expertise from industry and practical relevance.  

European Aluminium Welcomes New Director General Paul Voss

Brussels, 1 February 2022 – European Aluminium, the industry voice of the aluminium value chain in Europe, is pleased to announce the appointment of Paul Voss as Director General, with effect on 1 February. Mr. Voss will succeed Gerd Götz, who is retiring at the end of March after nearly a decade at the helm of the Association.

S&Ds: The fifth ‘Africa Week’ kicks off. We call on EU-Africa Summit to deliver on health rights, sustainable development and respect of democracy

Starting on the 3rd and then from the 8th until the 10th February 2022, the S&D Group is going to host the fifth edition of ‘Africa Week’, a fully-fledged event on EU-Africa relations with European and African personalities, politicians, young people and representatives of civil society joining us to discuss and outline our common future.

EU’s WTO lawsuit against China: S&Ds call for further strengthening of EU’s trade defences and reform of WTO

The Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament welcome the EU’s decision to launch a World Trade Organisation (WTO) case against China for discriminatory trade practices against Lithuania.

S&D MEP Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero, responsible for trade relations with China, said:

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