The Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament are pushing for the fair taxation of digital giants and an ambitious minimum effective tax rate ahead of a crucial G20 meeting* in June this year. For many years, the S&D Group has led the drive in the European Parliament for an effective minimum tax rate and has now managed for the first time to anchor this demand in a parliamentary report backed by a cross-party majority.

Niels Fuglsang, S&D MEP responsible for digital taxation, said:

MEPs are today approving new EU rules to help fight the spread of terrorist content online while safeguarding freedom of expression and freedom of information. The new rules give authorities in EU member states the ability to make sure hosting service providers like Google or Facebook remove online terrorist content as quickly as possible.

REHVA together with VELUX Group, the primary partner and sponsor, are pleased to announce the launch of the Healthy Homes Design Competition.

For the Socialists and Democrats, the Chinese counter-measures targeting European individuals and entities, including S&D MEP Raphaël Glucksmann and the European Parliament’s subcommittee on human rights, are totally unacceptable and must be lifted immediately.

The European Parliament is today preparing to boost funding for EU programmes that aim to promote fundamental rights, the rule of law and justice in the EU from 2021-2027.

As a result of the deteriorating situation of the rule of law across the EU, MEPs negotiated to boost the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme with significantly increased funding, with a total of €1.55 billion available.