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S&Ds: Netanyahu is showing his worse face, a bully who utterly disregards international law

S&D - Socialists and Democrats
The S&D Group expressed all its contrariety and concern over the recent statements given by Mr. Netanyahu regarding his will to annex West Bank settlements and to evacuate the Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar.
 
S&D Group vice-president Elena Valenciano said:

ACCA welcomes the publication of the European Commission’s High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence’s Guidelines for Trustworthy AI

ACCA
  • The global accountancy body supports the aims of these important guidelines to establish a clear and comprehensive framework for achieving trustworthy, ethical and robust AI
  • Confidence in the technology’s development and its applications is vital for its success and society’s buy-in

11 big European cities commit to at least 40% carbon emission reductions by 2030

EUROCITIES
Cities are leading the way on efficient emissions reduction. At a signing ceremony today in Genoa, 11 big European cities committed to at least 40% carbon emissions reduction by 2030 and adaptation to climate change, in line with the EU climate objectives. 
Many EU countries still have to publish their commitments and develop national plans, yet cities are proving to be climate champions.

Next Monday in Lisbon, Udo Bullmann and António Costa will advocate a sustainable Europe

S&D - Socialists and Democrats
The S&D Group in the European Parliament, the initiative Progressive Society and the Portuguese think tank Res Publica are hosting a conference on the ‘Well-being for all in a sustainable Europe’ next Monday, April 8, in Lisbon.
 

Forcing EU citizens to give fingerprints for all new ID cards is wrong approach

S&D - Socialists and Democrats
S&D MEPs today voted against measures that will impose collection and storing of fingerprints of all European citizens on all new ID cards. The S&D Group believes that this decision should be left to member states, so a real debate could take place at national level.
 
S&D MEP responsible for the update to the rules on ID cards, Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann said:

S&Ds act responsibly to ensure UK citizens will not need a visa to visit EU27 post-Brexit

S&D - Socialists and Democrats
The European Parliament today voted in favour of reciprocal visa-free access for EU and UK nationals following Brexit.
 
The legislation will apply from the day following the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union. From that date, UK nationals who are British citizens will not be required to get a visa for stays in the EU of up to 90 days in any 180-day period.
 

COST Association

S&Ds bring new era of work-life balance to Europe

S&D - Socialists and Democrats
With the European Parliament’s final vote today, new rules for work-life balance in Europe can finally become a reality: Ten paternity days for fathers, four months for each parent parental leave from which two months are not transferable which therefore ensures that both partners can spend time with their child, and five days a year for all workers to take care of their relatives or people in their household.
 

Last chance to tackle violence against women before the European elections, warn S&Ds

S&D - Socialists and Democrats
After two years of unsuccessful negotiations for the EU's ratification of the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, the S&D Group pushed today in the European Parliament’s plenary for a resolution seeking an opinion from the Court of Justice.  
 
Christine Revault d'Allonnes-Bonnefoy, S&D negotiator for the civil liberties committee, said:

The European Personal Pension Product is a painted wall that was badly constructed: despite a number of improvements in consumer protection, PEPP still lacks a Pan European vision, say S&Ds

S&D - Socialists and Democrats
S&D Euro MPs today abstained in the final vote on the pan-European Personal Pension Product (PEPP) because the final comprise lacked a true pan-European approach, keeping the authorisation process at a national level. However, the European Parliament, led by S&Ds, achieved a number of improvements on consumer protection in the PEPP during the inter-institutional negotiations. The PEPP is part of the so-called third private pension pillar, after the first pillar of state pensions and the second pillar of company pensions.

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