The Group of the Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament has improved consumer protection, put a stop on limitless gathering of data from consumers by the providers of digital services and opened the black box of algorithms, which many digital platforms use to abuse their clients’ data. All of this was made possible under the leadership of Christel Schaldemose, the European Parliament’s negotiator on the Digital Services Act (DSA) and S&D member in the committee on internal market and consumer protection.

On the initiative of the Socialists and Democrats’ leader Iratxe García, the European Parliament held today a debate on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the EU (SRHR). The S&Ds are using this opportunity to remind MEPs that SRHRs are fundamental rights and must be guaranteed for everyone, without discrimination. They called on the new EP president Roberta Metsola to strongly defend and promote the position of the Parliament in this area.