Today, the leader of the Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament, Iratxe García, called for the unity of the European Union to put an end to the spiral of violence in the Middle East and avoid a regional spill over. In a debate during the plenary session in Strasbourg, García committed to Israel’s security after Iran’s unprecedented attack.

Today, the European Parliament is set to confirm the historic agreement on the protection of over 30 million platform workers and the European social model. This is the last stretch on a rough journey to this new legislation, which started in 2016 in Prague, where the Socialists and Democrats first pledged to fight for the protection of all workers in the digital era.

Tomorrow, the European Parliament is set to approve the EU’s withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT)*.

The Socialists and Democrats recognise the importance of reforming EU fiscal rules – long 

The socialists and democrats in the European Parliament led a progressive majority endorsing a new EU ethics body in a vote in the constitutional affairs committee this evening.