‘Roam like at home’ - the Regulation allowing Europeans travelling within the EU to pay domestic prices for roaming calls, SMS and data, is one of the S&D Group’s biggest achievements in the past years. Roaming charges officially ceased on 15 June 2017, but this decision had an expiration date - 30 June 2022. Today, the European Commission is reviewing the Regulation to prolong it beyond that date. The S&D Group fully backs this initiative.

Speaking ahead of the launch of the consultative phase on platform work, by Commissioner Nicolas Schmit today, the Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament demand that platform workers are recognised as employees with all applicable rights in terms of pay, income taxes, social protection, health and safety protection, as well as unionisation and collective bargaining.

Elisabetta Gualmini, S&D MEP and shadow rapporteur, said:

ChargeUp Europe is excited to welcome ABL + reev as its newest member. With ABL + reev joining, the Association is gaining ground in its mission to accelerate the rollout of EV charging infrastructure and enable seamless charging for drivers across the EU.

The Socialists and Democrats Group is today launching AdsZuck, a pan-European campaign aimed at ending the abuse of citizens’ personal data by Big Tech companies.

Paul Tang MEP, initiator of the AdsZuck campaign, said: