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S&Ds negotiate the European Parliament’s message on human rights violations in Qatar, urging FIFA to wake up!

The S&Ds led the negotiations between political groups on the European Parliament’s resolution on human rights violations in Qatar that will be voted on today in the context of the ongoing FIFA World Cup. An intense international spotlight on breaches of rights of migrant workers, women, and LGBTIQ community in the host country must be a wake-up call to FIFA. An international organisation of such relevance should always champion human rights.

How to Manufacture Discrimination in the EU

Brussels, Belgium.

Let’s embrace (plant-based) diets with wholegrain

THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME (WFP), FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL ORGANISATION (FAO) AND THE WHOLE GRAIN INITIATIVE JOIN FORCES TO HIGHLIGHT THE POSITIVE IMPACT OF WHOLE GRAINS ON SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT FOOD SYSTEMS

European Institute of Health and Sustainable Development

For the EU to be a geopolitical player, it must remain an open project!

Today, the European Parliament adopted the report drafted by S&D MEP, Tonino Picula, on the New Strategy for Enlargement. It stresses that if the EU wants to be a geopolitical player, it must remain an open project, and also proposes a clear deadline: accession negotiations should be concluded by the end of 2030.

“Let’s stop criminalising the NGOs, because they save lives”, says Iratxe García

Ahead of the extraordinary Justice and Home Affairs Council on Friday, the Socialists and Democrats call for an Action Plan for Search and Rescue operations for persons arriving by sea and a new Pact on Migration and Asylum that includes an effective relocation mechanism.

During a debate in the European Parliament, the leader of the S&D Group, Iratxe García, urged EU governments to show solidarity and to stick to their international obligations to rescue people at risk at sea.

S&D Group to support the resolution on Russia and denounces in strong terms Russia’s terror strategy against the population

The S&Ds will today support the resolution recognising Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism and as a state which uses means of terrorism.

Pedro Marques, the S&D vice-president, said:

“Since Russia launched its fully-fledged war against Ukraine, we have condemned it in the strongest terms, advocated for strong EU sanctions to be imposed on Russia and called to fight impunity by prosecuting Russia for its war crimes, crimes against humanity and the crime of aggression.

S&Ds: We saved the EU budget 2023 from cuts in essential policies that work for people

The Socialists and Democrats secured EU funding for 2023 in a number of key policy areas which of are of utmost importance to European citizens. A vote in the European Parliament’s plenary today in Strasbourg sealed the political deal reached by the negotiators from the European Parliament, member states and the Commission.

Cross-border trading of renewable gases will support the decarbonisation of the gas sector in the path towards a climate-neutral Europe

Brussels 21 November 2022 – The Final Conference of the EU-funded project REGATRACE was held last week with great success. Over 100 participants and 20 speakers gathered in Brussels on 16 November 2022 to discuss the latest developments to boost biomethane trading across Europe. Cross-border trading of biomethane will be essential to ensure the EU can deliver 35 bcm of biomethane by 2030.

Leave those Kids alone.

Brussels, Belgium. A new think tank MCC Brussels called out the EU Parliament for turning children’s video games into a medium for promoting its propaganda. Earlier this month, the EU Parliament quietly passed a resolution titled, ‘on esports and video games’. 

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