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Parliament votes to remove vice-president Czarnecki after offensive remarks

S&D - Socialists and Democrats
An overwhelming majority of the European Parliament today voted to remove ECR Group vice-president Ryszard Czarnecki after his unacceptable comments regarding fellow MEP Róża Thun.
 
S&D Group vice-president Josef Weidenholzer said:
 

S&Ds: International community cannot turn a blind eye to the violence in Afrin; we urge Turkey for a cessation of hostilities now

S&D - Socialists and Democrats
S&D Group vice-president Victor Boştinaru said:
 

PES: We created the Spitzenkandidat process, now we're fighting for it

PES - Party of European Socialists

The Party of European Socialists has pledged its strong support for the Spitzenkandidat process in 2019 and challenged other European political parties to follow suit.

PES president Sergei Stanishev said:

"Long before the last European elections, the PES led the way as the first European political party to commit to the common candidate process, an initiative that was subsequently adopted by the other parties for the 2014 elections. This was a big step forward for European democracy.

EU will only be complete with Western Balkans countries, say S&Ds

S&D - Socialists and Democrats
Speaking ahead of the EU’s plenary debate in Strasbourg on the EU Strategy for the Western Balkans and on the Commission’s proposal for the accession of six Western Balkan countries, Victor Boştinaru, S&D vice-president and responsible for the Western Balkans, said:
 

AECM - European Association of Guarantee Institutions

Hochschulrektorenkonferenz

Register now for the new Strategic Professional exams with ACCA

ACCA
September 2018 will see the first sitting for two new exams from ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) - Strategic Business Leader and Strategic Business Reporting.
 

Parliament votes to end geo-blocking of online goods and services in EU

S&D - Socialists and Democrats
The European Parliament today voted to end geo-blocking of online goods and services in the EU. The vote means that websites and online retailers will not be able to block people accessing or purchasing from their website just because they are in another EU state.
 
S&D Group vice-president responsible for the digital union, Josef Weidenholzer MEP, said:
 

At the S&D’s request, the European Parliament creates a special committee to scrutinise the Monsanto scandal

S&D - Socialists and Democrats
Today the plenary of the European Parliament in Strasbourg backed the creation of a special committee to find out whether the multinational producing glyphosate - an active ingredient in broadly used pesticides - tried to influence independent scientific research and therefore EU legislation. The mandate, however, will be broader in order to analyse the system by which pesticides are approved into the European market.
 
S&D vice-president for sustainability Kathleen Van Brempt said:
 

S&Ds back deal with the Council to fine-tune the ETS market of allowances

S&D - Socialists and Democrats
Socialists and Democrats have strongly advocated for the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) as the flagship of Europe’s fight against climate change and as a crucial tool to help EU industry to adapt to a zero-carbon economy. 
 

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