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The European pulp and paper industry presents its contribution to the Three Billion Trees Initiative

CEPI - Confederation of European Paper Industries

The European pulp and paper industry fully supports the European Commission’s initiative to plant three billion additional trees in the EU by 2030. Cepi is ready to contribute to the long-term sustainable growth of forests. We believe this is the right strategy: forests need to be grown more, rather than their use limited.

S&Ds: With Farm to Fork, we’ll make the EU food system healthier, fairer and sustainable

S&D - Socialists and Democrats

The Farm to Fork strategy is possibly the last call we have to make the whole food production system in Europe healthier - with less pesticides, antibiotics, and fertilizers; more sustainable; protecting biodiversity; more just; with decent remuneration for our farmers and decent working conditions in the food chain; and last but not least up to our commitment to defend the environment and fight climate change. To reach the ambitious goals set by the Green Deal, the agricultural sector, as other economic sectors, has to make its contribution.

S&D MEPs denounce Ortega for turning Nicaragua into one of the world’s worst dictatorships with a farce election

S&D - Socialists and Democrats

The Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament denounce the 7 November 2021 general Nicaraguan elections as a farce, which will only further cement authoritarianism under Daniel Ortega.

Industrial workers across Europe are mobilising for a Just Transition

industriAll Europe

Today, manufacturing, mining and energy trade unions, under the umbrella of industriAll European Trade Union, are launching a Europe-wide mobilisation, calling on the European institutions and national governments to make fundamental improvements to the social dimension of the Green Deal. The campaign will take place from 25 October - 10 November 2021.

Cross-industry group of European metals-producing and -using industries and their workers warn against catastrophic impact of Chinese magnesium supply shortage

European Aluminium

Europe’s industry associations European Aluminium, Eurofer, ACEA, Eurometaux, industriAll Europe, ECCA, ESTAL, IMA, EUWA, EuroAlliages, CLEPA and Metals Packaging Europe have today issued an urgent call for action against the imminent risk of Europe-wide production shutdowns as a consequence of a critical shortage in the supply of magnesium from China. Magnesium is a key alloying material and widely used in the metals- producing industry.

"Breaking the deadlock on EU trade agreements"

VDMA - Mechanical Engineering Industry

Brussels/Frankfurt, 22 October 2021 – Commenting on the meeting of heads of state and government at the European Council, Ulrich Ackermann, Head of the Foreign Trade Department at VDMA, says:

JRC, CEN AND CENELEC TO STRENGTHEN THEIR WORK ON CONNECTING STANDARDIZATION WITH RESEARCH

CEN and CENELEC

On 21 October, the European Committee of Standardization (CEN), the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC) and the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission (JRC) renewed their cooperation agreement for further five years. Through the agreement, the three organisations aim to enhance the exchange of knowledge and expertise between scientific research and European standardization.

Pandora Papers: conservatives trying to sweep tax abuse of their own politicians under carpet

S&D - Socialists and Democrats

The European Parliament will today adopt an ambitious resolution on the Pandora Papers, which has S&D fingerprints all over it.  The Socialists and Democrats have been leading the fight against tax abuse in the European Parliament, and today reiterated their call for abandoning unanimity in the Council on tax matters, reform of the Code of Conduct on business taxation, tougher criteria for tax havens and robust sanctions, as well as increased transparency to tackle financial crime and tax avoidance more effectively.

S&Ds: EU parliament calls on governments, civil society and industry to come together and make COP26 successful

S&D - Socialists and Democrats

The European Parliament has just approved, with an overwhelming majority, a resolution on COP26 that our S&D delegation will take to the upcoming UN Conference in Glasgow. We will work hard to raise ambition to make sure we meet the 1.5 degree target set in the Paris Agreement. The EU has translated into legislation our ambitious goals in order to become the first continent to be climate neutral by 2050 at the latest. It’s high time everyone, National governments, industry and civil society, come together to save our planet.

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