Today, the European Parliament’s civil liberties committee voted in favour for entering into negotiations with the European Council and Commission to include Kosovo in a visa free regime with the EU. Socialists and Democrats have always been at the forefront of the fight for visa-free travel for all of the Western Balkans. Kosovo is the last country in the region whose citizens still face lengthy and expensive visa procedures while travelling to Schengen area.

 

Socialists and Democrats are appalled by the findings of the UN investigators' report on the violence against the Rohingya minority in Myanmar that explicitly recognises what happened as genocide. The report is presented today in AFET committee by the members of the UN Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar. The S&D Group demands the accountability for all the perpetrators and call for a global comprehensive arms embargo on Myanmar.