The European Parliament will adopt the report of the committee on regional development on the gender dimension in cohesion policy. The Socialists and Democrats highlighted the importance of respecting the EU values and fundamental rights when benefiting from EU money. According to the S&D Group, cases of discrimination cannot be left without serious financial consequences for those who apply them.

S&D Group president, Iratxe García Pérez, said:

In a context marked by the health crisis and the acceleration of the digital and environmental transformation, particularly affecting the aeronautics sector, industriAll Europe and Safran have reached a European agreement which will allow jobs to be saved by means of the development of skills and safeguarding of career paths.

As the European Parliament votes in plenary, the S&D Group is calling on member states to ease travel for people holding an EU Digital Covid certificate. The European Commission last week launched a gateway for EU countries to issue and verify certificates, with nine countries already using EU certificates.

The European Union has gone through a series of particularly serious crises over the last 15 years, since the rejection of the European Constitutional Treaty in 2005. The last decade and a half has shown us that European decision-making has not been appropriate in terms of strategic anticipation or in support of actions to the satisfaction of Member States and citizens. Now, current European leaders are urging to "talk about the European Union." The time of words has passed.