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Good news to finish a difficult year, says Iratxe García on the European Council conclusions

S&D - Socialists and Democrats

Following the meeting of EU Heads of State and government, the president of the Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament, Iratxe García, said:

Astropreneurs events set to connect space-based start-ups and corporations

Astropreneurs

11 DECEMBER 2020 / After 36-months of intense mentoring from some of the world’s leading aerospace experts, the EU’s Astropreneurs have been cleared for landing. To welcome this group of 500 space entrepreneurs and 165 start-ups home, project organisers are holding a digital matchmaking and final event.

European Business and Nature Summit (EBNS) focus: businesses and financial institutions’ impact and dependencies on nature

ACCA

40 leading businesses, financial institutions and policy-makers discussed how to achieve a green recovery and reshape business for nature and people at the EBNS, jointly hosted by the 

S&Ds ensure terrorist content online is removed within one hour

S&D - Socialists and Democrats

Today the European Parliament and the German Presidency in the Council reached a political agreement that ensures terrorist content that is posted online is removed within one hour. The agreement puts in place common EU rules for removing terrorist content, while at the same time guaranteeing safeguards for crucial fundamental rights such as freedom of speech.

Marina Kaljurand, S&D negotiator on the file, said:

Wood Industry looking forward to a greener future

CEI-Bois

The European Confederation of the Woodworking Industry held its winter 2020 General Assembly Meeting on the 9 of December 2020 in an online format.

"Ambitious climate targets require freedom for industry"

VDMA - Mechanical Engineering Industry

Brussels/Frankfurt, 10 December 2020 – On the planned increase in the EU's 2030 climate targets, Karl Haeusgen, VDMA President, says:

EU-Gipfel: Preisschild für die Demokratie

DIE LINKE. im Europaparlament

Zum Treffen des Europäischen Rats, das heute und morgen in Brüssel stattfindet, erklärt Martin Schirdewan, Ko-Vorsitzender der Linksfraktion THE LEFT im Europäischen Parlament, vorab:

The Parliament will use its full responsibility to approve the EU budget and a deal on Brexit, says Iratxe García ahead of the European Council

S&D - Socialists and Democrats

Today the president of the Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament, Iratxe García, attended the Party of the European Socialists’ meeting with heads of governments and Commissioners of the S&D political family.

Ahead of the European Council that will start later today, Iratxe García expressed the Group’s position regarding the pressing issues that must be resolved before the end of the year.

Iratxe García said: 

To stop tax havens like Cayman Islands from getting off the hook, S&Ds push for tougher criteria

S&D - Socialists and Democrats

Today, the European Parliament’s economic committee is sending a strong call to the Commission and Council to reform the EU’s tax havens list. MEPs vote on the first-ever resolution from the newly established permanent tax matters sub-committee, for which the Socialists and Democrats had pushed hard. The resolution demands greater transparency and stricter criteria for the EU’s tax haven list, as well as real consequences for tax havens.

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