As demanded by the S&D Group and the European Parliament, the European Council has today imposed sanctions on the leaders of the undemocratic military coup in Myanmar. Socialist and Democrat MEPs reaffirm their support for a return to democracy in the South-East Asian country and demand the immediate release of all political prisoners.

Marianne Vind MEP, S&D spokesperson on South-East Asia, said:

Socialists and Democrats strongly condemn Turkey’s decision to abandon the Istanbul Convention, a landmark treaty that was signed by 45 countries and the European Union to prevent and combat violence against women and domestic violence.

We express our solidarity with thousands of Turkish women who took to the streets to demand President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to retract his deplorable move.

Brussels, 22 March 2021 – The European aluminium industry applauds the European Commission for its intention to impose provisional anti-dumping duties on certain flat rolled products originating in China. The duty rates vary from 19,6 to 47,3% and result from an anti-dumping investigation opened on the 14th of August 2020, following a complaint from European Aluminium.

The Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament condemn the new crackdown on the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), following the news that Turkey’s Court of Cassation prosecutor has filed an indictment seeking the dissolution of HDP, the third-largest party in Turkey’s parliament.

UK Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy’s audit white paper includes important steps in recognising the responsibilities of all of those within the ecosystem of company conduct, reporting and oversight

Maggie McGhee, ACCA’s executive director – governance comments on today’s publication of a new consultation from the UK government: