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SGI Europe calls for a new paradigm post-COVID at the Informal EPSCO

On Monday 22 February, Valeria Ronzitti, SGI Europe General Secretary, and Duarte Veiga da Cunha, representative from the Portuguese section of SGI Europe, took part in the informal meeting of employment and social policy ministers organized by the Portuguese presidency of the Council of the European Union.

The EU must do a better job to protect the media and arts, say S&Ds

Members of the S&D Group today called on the European Commission to ensure better protection of freedom for the press and the arts, during a remote meeting organised on ‘Media and Artistic Freedom Under Attack. Europe must act now!

ERA Market Report 2020 update shows improved outlook for European rental, but greater regional differentiation

22 February, 2021 (Brussels, Belgium): The European Rental Association (ERA) is today releasing an update to its 2020 Market Report, covering the period 2019 to 2022 and with new year on year estimates for rental activity, construction and GDP in each of the 15 countries of the Market Report.

Pre-Pandemic Growth Levels Still Out Of Reach For Europe’s Agency Work Markets

A stronghold of agency work markets, Europe was significantly hit by the Covid-19 pandemic and the economic crisis it triggered. Pre-pandemic the sector still registered a 1.4% growth in the nine largest European markets, although stark differences can be observed across countries. While a path towards recovery is shaping across many markets, pre-crisis levels are not reached yet.

“Why are rich countries, like Australia, never blacklisted”? ask S&Ds as they condemn EU tax havens list for mainly targeting poor countries

Reacting to today’s approval of an up-dated EU black list of tax havens by EU foreign ministers, the Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament condemned that rich and powerful countries are given a pass, and reiterated their call for tougher criteria for the EU’s tax havens list.

Aurore Lalucq, S&D MEP and spokesperson on tax matters, said:

UK Supreme Court's Ruling Will Harm Rideshare Consumers

London, UK –  Today, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom 

A new medicines trade and health security agenda for the European Commission

In response to the European Commission Trade Communication published on 18 February 2021. During Covid-19, Medicines for Europe was strongly engaged to ensure continued access to medicines for patients while protectionism, hoarding measures and panic policie

No further excuse to delay digital regulatory infrastructure for medicines after COVID-19 pandemic

Medicines for Europe calls on Heads of State and Governments to apply the lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic to build a more robust European crisis preparedness system and to enhance European solidarity.  This unpreceded public health crisis has highlighted long-standing issues: a low level of crisis preparedness, a lack of cooperation and coordination with stakeholders and insufficient market demand predictability that can impact product supply.

ITRE Chair, Cristian Busoi calls on the Executive Vice President of the European Commission, Frans Timmermans to make sure that the Guidelines of the Single Used Plastic Directive will not go beyond the Directive's scope

The ITRE Chair, Cristian Busoi, (EPP) has addressed two written parliamentary questions to Frans Timmermans, Executive Vice President of the European Commission regarding critical concerns about the Guidelines of the Single Used Plastic Directive, as below:

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