Barcelona – 6 November 2024

On 26-27 November, Barcelona will host the Battery Innovation Days, the leading forum for discussing Europe’s battery research & innovation landscape. The event, at its fourth edition, gathers every year industry leaders, researchers, and policymakers to discuss battery technologies, growth strategies, and sustainability practices in Europe.

Today, in a debate initiated by the S&D Group in the European Parliament, we call for urgent action in response to the devastating flash floods in Spain (storm DANA), which left over 215 dead and entire towns destroyed.

In light of the ongoing process of the Commissioner hearings, the Socialists and Democrats Group in the European Parliament states:

The vote on the next European Commission college is today at stake.

Under the irresponsible behaviour of their group leader Manfred Weber, the conservative European People’s Party (EPP) broke the historic pro-European, democratic agreement between conservative, social democrat, and liberal groups in this house.

In July 2024, we voted for Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on the basis of a pro-European, democratic majority.