The S&D Group welcomes the adoption in plenary today of the report on the revision of Regulation concerning investigations conducted by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) as regards cooperation with the European Public Prosecutor's Office and the effectiveness of OLAF investigations.
The European Parliament today approved new rules to protect whistleblowers. For the first time those who expose malpractice or wrongdoing at work will be protected wherever they are in the EU.
S&D MEP and European Parliament negotiator for the protection of whistleblowers Virginie Rozière said:
The European Parliament today voted to update laws on the sale and marketing of chemicals that can be used to make homemade explosives. The rules are part of a series of measures aimed at better protecting EU citizens against terrorism and other serious crimes.
S&D Group MEP and European Parliament negotiator for the new rules Andrejs Mamikins said:
During the second week of April, during the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the EU, Romanian dishes were served at the Council’s restaurants (Justus Lipsius and Lex buildings).
Literature has always had a way of bringing people together.The Romanian Presidency of the Council of the EU, together with local partners (Muntpunt Grand Café, Snug Harbour, Waterstones Brussels, Brussels Writers’ Circle), has developed projects for this exact purpose.
ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) today announces the pass rates of the latest exam sitting. The March 2019 results saw over 96,000 students around the world entering over 117,000 exams. A total of 3,600 students completed their final exams to become ACCA affiliates.
The Socialists & Democrats Group welcomes the Council’s conclusions ‘Towards an ever more sustainable Union by 2030’ adopted this week. Recalling the Commission’s Reflection Paper ‘Towards a sustainable Europe by 2030’, it stresses the urgent need to establish a comprehensive and overarching pathway for the implementation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for the next legislative term.
Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament will hold a debate with Hungarian politicians, experts and civil society in Budapest this Friday. The S&D Group has launched a long-term vision for a more sustainable and equitable society so that the European Union brings opportunities to all, and leaves no one behind.