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S&Ds condemn right-wing attempts to undermine EU consensus on Venezuela

Speaking after their abstention on the final vote on a European Parliament resolution dealing with the recent election in Venezuela, the Socialists and Democrats reiterate their call for the EU to stay engaged with all political and civil society actors, who are committed to bringing back democracy to Venezuela. The S&D Group backs the constructive approach of the High Representative and EU Foreign Affairs ministers to find a peaceful and democratic solution for the deep crisis in Venezuela, as laid down in their communication of January 6th 2021.*

European Liberal Forum (ELF)

Swedish Forest Industries Federation (SFIF)

EU dedicates €500 million for towns and regions under NDICI

The EU’s new financing instrument for international development includes mandatory  consultations of towns, regions and their associations in the elaboration of EU development  programmes. It also dedicates a minimum of €500 million for towns and regions in partner  countries.  

Atomwaffenverbotsvertrag: Deutschland muss beitreten!

Anlässlich des Inkrafttretens des Atomwaffenverbotsvertrags erklärt Özlem Alev Demirel, stellvertretende Vorsitzende im Ausschuss für Sicherheit und Verteidigung des Europäischen Parlaments (SEDE):

"Demands for border closures must stop"

Brussels/Frankfurt, 21 January 2021 – VDMA Executive Director Thilo Brodtmann comments on the discussion in the European Council on the Europe-wide coordination of pandemic measures:

Turkey must comply with European Court of Human Rights ruling and immediately release Selahattin Demirtaş

On the initiative of the Socialists and Democrats, the European Parliament is set to adopt today a resolution calling on Turkey to immediately release Selahattin Demirtaş, the former co-chair of the People’s Democratic Party (HDP) of Turkey, who has been in arbitrary detention since November 2016.

S&Ds: Gender equality in Europe must not be put on hold during this pandemic!

The Socialists and Democrats sounded the alarm today. Ten months on from the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, we have more and more evidence showing that lockdowns have led to a spike in violence against women, a widening of the digital gender gap and the gender divide in unpaid care work, and potentially long-term impacts on women’s work and incomes.

Everyone deserves a place to call home, say S&Ds as they push for decent, affordable housing for all

Today, the European Parliament is set to adopt a report proposing concrete policies to address the housing crisis. The Socialists and Democrats Group led the drive to consider access to decent and affordable housing as a human right that must be guaranteed for all Europeans.

Estrella Durá Ferrandis, S&D MEP responsible for social housing said:

Vote on right to disconnect is test case for conservatives’ willingness to bring workers’ rights into the digital age

Today, the European Parliament will vote on the S&D ‘Right to Disconnect’ report that calls for a binding EU law to grant this right to all European workers.

Speaking ahead of the vote on his report, S&D MEP Alex Agius Saliba, said:

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