Brussels/Frankfurt, 14 June 2021 – The upcoming EU-US Summit in Brussels must be used to advance the transatlantic trade agenda. In recent weeks, both sides have already taken important steps to reduce the issues at stake in bilateral trade. However, both the Airbus-Boeing tariffs and the US tariffs on steel and aluminium continue to burden the mechanical and plant engineering sector. Solutions must be found here in the coming months.

Quote of the week by S&D MEP Tonino Picula on EU-US relations

‘End the Cage Age!’ The European Parliament has just approved a resolution in the framework of the European Citizens Initiative and supported by over 1.4 million European citizens across all member states. It stems from Article13 TFEU, which recognises animals - such as hens, calves, pigs, and farmed rabbits - as sentient beings.

The European Parliament adopted its resolution on the conflict of interests of the prime minister of the Czech Republic, Andrej Babiš. The Socialists and Democrats consider it unacceptable for a member of the European Council to abuse his position and make it possible to misuse EU funds. The resolution adopted by the MEPs comes as a result of a debate on the case held during the last plenary session in May 2021.

Lara Wolters MEP, S&D negotiator on the file, said:

Özlem Alev Demirel, Mitglied im Ausschuss für auswärtige Angelegenheiten des Europäischen Parlaments, erklärt zur beschlossenen Einführung des neuen Instruments für Nachbarschaftspolitik,