Despite speedy technological advancements, of which citizens and the environment could benefit, the EU is still not properly prepared for the emerging industrial and digital revolution in the transport sector. Particularly, when it comes to using all the potential of connected car data, the EU is lagging behind the US and China.
Socialists and Democrats are strongly committed to deliver on the COP 21 UN Climate Change Agreement adopted in Paris in 2015, in which 195 nations set out a global action plan to limit global warming to well below 2°C. In order to fully comply with the agreement, local action is crucial, and this is why the S&Ds backed a report voted on this morning on the role of EU regions and cities in implementing the COP 21 Paris Agreement.
The preparations for the next EU Framework Programme for Research & Innovation (FP9) are currently getting more intense. Last month, Professor Mariana Mazzucato published her independent report on a mission-oriented EU research and innovation policy. The report was accompanied by a call for mission proposals launched by the European Commission.
Recent changes to auditor reporting standards have not only improved the quality of information available to investors, but also had positive effects on broader elements of financial reporting, including governance and corporate reporting; according to a new report from ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants).
Tomorrow, the European Parliament will vote on the agreement reached with the EU Council by S&D MEP Lucy Anderson on a regulation to improve cross-border parcel delivery services.
Through this regulation, Socialists and Democrats have ensured greater transparency on workers’ terms and conditions in the parcels sector, and provisions to help SMEs by bringing down barriers to e-commerce between EU member states.
The Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament today strongly urged the 11 EU member states that still have not ratified the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence to do so without any further delays.
The European Parliament’s co-rapporteur on the Istanbul Convention, S&D MEP Christine Revault d’Allonnes-Bonnefoy, said:
