Brussels, 23 November 2023 – The European Steel Association (EUROFER) has elected a new Board, President and Vice-Presidents (see Annex). Henrik Adam has been appointed as President of the organisation for a two-year term. He succeeds Francesc Rubiralta Rubió, who has led EUROFER since 2022. The Steel Association of Ukraine has also been accepted as a member.
Ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on November 25, the Socialists and Democrats urged today in the plenary debate for more concrete actions at an EU level to protect women who continue to be attacked, assaulted, or murdered for the mere fact of being women.
Today, the Socialists and Democrats call attention to the pressing issue of money laundering in Europe, exposed once again by the latest scandal of this kind – the Cyprus Confidential Files.
The outcome of today's PPWR plenary vote establishes a framework to deliver the objectives of the EU Green Deal and ensure that all packaging placed on the EU market is recyclable or reusable in an economically viable way by 2030.
The European Parliament gave its consent today to the new Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the European Union and New Zealand, unequivocally the most progressive free trade agreement ever concluded by the European Union.
