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New EU security law hits small businesses too hard

VDMA - Mechanical Engineering Industry

The EU Commission is planning far-reaching obligations for the prevention and reporting of cyber attacks. These will affect almost all medium-sized industrial companies. VDMA is calling for relief for small businesses.

Brussels/Frankfurt, 11 March 2021 - According to the plans of the EU Commission, practically all industrial companies will have to comply with extensive cybersecurity requirements in future - regardless of whether they are large power plant operators or niche businesses.

EU strategy on child rights must prevent the effects of the pandemic from lasting a lifetime

S&D - Socialists and Democrats

When the European Commission comes forward with a new 10-year strategy on children’s rights later this month, the S&D Group want to see measures that help alleviate the worst effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on children, including the exacerbation of child poverty in Europe.

The European Union is an LGBTIQ Freedom Zone

S&D - Socialists and Democrats

In a single-line statement, the European Parliament is declaring the European Union an ‘LGBTIQ Freedom Zone’. This sentence captures the positive and inclusive message S&D MEPs sent to all LGBTI+ communities in the plenary debate earlier this afternoon.

The S&Ds in the European Parliament call for independent inquiry into assassination of Ambassador Attanasio in the DRC. The EU can make a difference with new rules on conflict minerals and due diligence

S&D - Socialists and Democrats

Following the terrible attack in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which killed the Italian ambassador, Luca Attanasio, an Italian military policeman, Vittorio Iacovacci, and their driver Moustapha Milambo, the Socialists and Democrats Group has called on the European Parliament, in a resolution which will be voted on tomorrow, to condemn this killing and call for a thorough and independent inquiry. The too-cosy relations between the Congolese authorities and the armed groups can no longer be tolerated.

9 out of 10 Europeans want a social Europe, so let’s deliver, says Iratxe García

S&D - Socialists and Democrats

Today, during the plenary debate on the European Social Pillar, Social Democrats called for more ambition in the Commission’s Action Plan. They highlighted the window of opportunity for the Portuguese presidency of the EU to give a long-overdue impulse to Europe’s social dimension.

The leader of the S&D Group in the European Parliament, Iratxe García MEP, said:

Thanks to the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, the EU says stop to unfair and anti-climate external competition

S&D - Socialists and Democrats

The approval today by the EU Parliament of the report ‘A WTO-compatible EU carbon border adjustment mechanism’ provides the Commission with important guidance in the EU's work towards our objective to make Europe climate neutral by 2050 at the latest. The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) is an important mechanism, which, in the framework of the European Green Deal, will stimulate industry to invest in green solutions and will prevent unfair competition from outside the EU.

„Ein Meilenstein für den internationalen Handel“

DIE LINKE. im Europaparlament

Am Mittwoch hat das Europäische Parlament die Vorgaben für ein europäisches Lieferkettengesetz beschlossen. „Damit haben wir mit einer sehr breiten Unterstützung im Parlament einen weiteren wichtigen Baustein für fairen und nachhaltigen Internationalen Handel gesetzt“, erklärt Helmut Scholz, Handelspolitischer Sprecher von THE LEFT im Europäischen Parlament.

Die Bürger*innen müssen zentrale Rolle in der EU-Zukunftskonferenz haben

DIE LINKE. im Europaparlament

Am heutigen Mittwoch stellen die Präsidenten von EU-Rat, Kommission und Parlament die gemeinsame Erklärung zur Konferenz über die Zukunft Europas im Europäischen Parlament vor. Damit steht dem Start der Konferenz zum Europatag am 9. Mai nichts mehr im Wege. Helmut Scholz, verfassungspolitischer Sprecher der LINKEN im Europäischen Parlament, kommentiert:

We want all progressive voices heard in the Conference on the Future of Europe, says Iratxe García

S&D - Socialists and Democrats

Today, the president of the European Parliament, David Sassoli, the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa as the rotating presidency of the EU, signed the joint declaration that will finally allow the Conference on the Future of Europe to start on the 9th of May.

The leader of the Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament, Iratxe García MEP, said:

We need binding rules on responsible business conduct and we expect the Commission to deliver ASAP

S&D - Socialists and Democrats

The S&D Group is leading calls for the European Commission to come forward with legislation as soon as possible to guarantee sustainable and responsible business practice by all companies in Europe throughout the entire supply chain.

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