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CLEAN ENERGY: S&Ds lead EU transition towards increased energy savings and more renewables

During a plenary debate yesterday, Socialists and Democrats explained the successful outcome of recent negotiations with the Council of the European Union on the Clean Energy Package. Tomorrow, the plenary will back the deal reached by the parliament’s negotiators Mirolsav Poche and José Blanco for a new Energy Efficiency Directive and a Renewable Energy Directive, along with a new regulation on energy governance.

ETNO signs the ‘’Paris call for trust and security in Cyberspace’’ and joins Women4Cyber initiative

Paris 12 November 2018 – ETNO, the Association representing Europe’s leading telecom operators, joined the early supporters of the French Government’s ‘’Paris Call for Trust and Security in Cyberspace”, launched today by President Emmanuel Macron on the occasion of the Paris Digital Week. In this context, ETNO’s Director General Lise Fuhr has also joined the Women4Cyber initiative.
 

S&Ds criticise Austrian presidency on political exploitation of UN global migration compact

Following the announcement of the Austrian government, and decisions by Hungary and the United States not to join the UN Global Compact for Migration, the S&D Group has successfully called for an urgent discussion of the topic in this week’s plenary meeting in Strasbourg.  
 
Ahead of the debate S&D Group president Udo Bullmann said:

European Council should not undermine European Parliament's call to sanction Hungary and take serious action to protect civic rights

During an informal meeting today called by the Austrian presidency of the European Council, S&D MEP and chair of the European Parliament’s committee on civil liberties, justice and home affairs, Claude Moraes, outlined the Parliament’s grounds for triggering article 7 against the Hungarian government, which were conveyed to member states.

Open Society Foundations

Bullmann: Time for EPP to get serious about the authoritarian slide in Hungary

S&D MEPs are deeply concerned by the attempts of the Austrian Presidency and other EPP leaders to block meaningful action against Victor Orbán’s government in Hungary, following consistent attacks on the basic principles of democracy in the country.

Future of Privacy Forum

Vacuum Insulation Panel technology used in façade insulation of the Grand Tower Frankfurt

BRUSSELS, 9 November 2018 -- This case study shows an example of how Vacuum Insulation Panels (VIPs) contributed to insulating the façade of a prestigious residential building in Frankfurt, the Grand Tower, achieving considerable space savings. 

International Rescue Committee

EPP and Weber craving for more power over EU

Following the election of Manfred Weber as the European Peoples Party (EPP) Common Candidate, the Party of European Socialists (PES) welcomes him as the second contender entering the battle to become the next President of the European Commission. Frans Timmermans was already endorsed as PES Common Candidate on Tuesday. All other European political families are yet to select their frontrunners for the 2019 European election.
 

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