Brussels, 13 September 2023 – The European steel sector welcomes the vision for a renewed Industrial Strategy set out by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in the State of the Union address. Relaunching Europe’s industrial engine with concrete measures in all relevant policy areas should be both a core mission for the final year of this legislature and a top priority for the future EU executive.
Today, the European Parliament, under S&D leadership, took an ambitious position on the revision of the Ambient Air Quality Directive, ahead of the upcoming negotiations with the Commission and the Council to finalise it.
The European Parliament already voted twice for stronger rules on transparency, accountability and integrity. Today, we make these new rules a reality in the Rules of Procedure, which will be ramped up with strong provisions on transparency.
Today, during the debate on the State of the European Union, the leader of the Group of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament, Iratxe García MEP, asked Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to show stronger commitment to implement the Social Pillar.
Tomorrow, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, head of the United Transitional Cabinet set up by the democratic forces of Belarus, will address the European Parliament in Strasbourg to mark the three-year anniversary since the massively falsified presidential election in Belarus.
Today, the European Commission presented a long-awaited SME relief package including legislative reforms to fight tax avoidance when doing business in Europe. Specifically, it contains a package of three directives on taxation, called Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT).
Today, the European Parliament gave its greenlight to improve the new Consumer Credit Directive*, aiming to reinforce consumers’ rights and to help them make an informed choice when signing to a credit agreement.
On 16 July 2023, the EU and Tunisia signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) aimed at outsourcing the EU migratory policy to a third country, the authoritarian regime of Kais Saied.
