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S&Ds call for the release of Jafar Farah, and the peaceful protesters arrested in Haifa

The S&D Group calls for the release of Jafar Farah, director of the Mossawa Center, the leading advocacy organisation of Arab citizens in Israel, and of all peaceful demonstrators. 21 people have been arrested and four have been hospitalised following the police crackdown on an unauthorised demonstration held by Palestinian citizens of Israel in solidarity with Gaza protesters yesterday evening in Haifa.

S&D Group vice-president Elena Valenciano said:

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Decease of Nicole Fontaine, a great European has left us

S&D - Socialists and Democrats

Following Nicole Fontaine’s decease, S&D Group president Udo Bullmann stated:

“Nicole Fontaine was a true European. She chaired our Assembly with passion, enthusiasm and determination. She shall be remembered as a political personality of great elegance whose European commitment represents an example for us all”

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S&D president calls for webstream of meeting with Facebook-CEO Zuckerberg

S&D - Socialists and Democrats

Following the decision of the conservative and far-right forces in the parliament to question Facebook-CEO Mark Zuckerberg behind closed doors, S&D Group leader Udo Bullmann has called for the meeting to be webstreamed:

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Widerstand gegen extra-territoriale Sanktionen ist richtig

VDMA - Mechanical Engineering Industry

Frankfurt, 18. Mai 2018 – Zur Entscheidung der EU, die Verordnung zum Schutz vor den Auswirkungen extra-territorialer Sanktionsregeln von Drittstaaten (die sogenannte Blocking Regulation) aus dem Jahr 1996 zu reaktivieren, sagt VDMA-Hauptgeschäftsführer Thilo Brodtmann: