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S&Ds remain firmly committed to Ukraine’s territorial integrity

S&D - Socialists and Democrats
The European Parliament will debate tonight the current situation in Crimea. Five years after Russia’s illegal annexation of the peninsula in 2014, the Socialists and Democrats remain committed to the sovereignty, security and territorial integrity of Ukraine, and condemn Moscow's deliberate destabilisation of Ukraine.
 
Ahead of the debate, Tonino Picula MEP, S&D shadow rapporteur on EU-Ukraine Association Agreement said:

National governments must stop blocking proposals to allow EU citizens to bring lawsuits collectively against large companies

S&D - Socialists and Democrats
The European Parliament today approved proposals that would allow EU consumers to bring lawsuits collectively against large companies, a process known as collective redress. However, the laws cannot be finalised because certain EU governments are blocking the measures under pressure from corporate lobbyists.
 
S&D spokesperson for the collective redress proposal Mady Delvaux said:

EU Momentum Building: NGOs Call on the EU to Close its Ivory Market

IFAW - International Fund for Animal Welfare
Joint press release by the International Fund for Animal Welfare and Born Free Foundation, David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation, European Association of Zoos and Aquaria, Conservation International, Eurogroup for Animals, Environmental Investigation Agency, Fondation Franz Weber, Humane Society International, Pro Wildlife, Robin des Bois, Stop Ivory, WCS EU, Zoological Society of London
 

Final EU tax report voted: How to stop losing €825.000.000.000 a year to tax evasion

S&D - Socialists and Democrats
Following leadership from the Socialists and Democrats, the most ambitious report from the European Parliament so far on how to tackle tax evasion, tax avoidance and money laundering has been voted today. Tax justice in Europe comes one-step nearer to stopping €825 billion of tax evasion - which represents a loss of €1.600 on the shoulders of each EU citizen. In addition, the EU is losing €160 to €190 billion due to tax avoidance each year. 
 

S&Ds push for sustainability and for affordable prices in the reform of the EU electricity market

S&D - Socialists and Democrats
Today, the European Parliament backed the final agreement with the EU Council on the reform of the internal electricity market. Socialists and Democrats played a crucial role to ensure that the reform will promote the production of clean energy while tackling energy poverty among vulnerable groups in Europe by allowing for social energy tariffs.
 
MEP Martina Werner, S&D negotiator on the Electricity Market Design Regulation & Directive, said:

The EU Parliament backs Marita Ulvkosg’s proposal to end the seasonal time change by 2021

S&D - Socialists and Democrats
The European Parliament has taken up the demand signed by four million Europeans to stop changing the clock one hour ahead or one hour back every six months. Today it backed the report drafted by S&D MEP Marita Ulvskog demanding that this seasonal change of time ends as of 2021.
 
Marita Ulvskog said:

The future of transport: the challenge of new technologies for road safety

CITA - International Motor Vehicle Inspection Committee
Thursday 16 May 2019 | 9h30 – 12h30
Parc du Cinquantenaire 11 - Brussels, 1000 Belgium
 
The International Motor Vehicle Inspection Committee (CITA), under the patronage of Romanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, warmly invites you to its new event: "The future of transport: The challenge of new technologies for road safety"

S&Ds request to quickly approve European market infrastructure regulation (EMIR)

S&D - Socialists and Democrats
S&Ds condemn the lack of ambition of member states to reinforce the regulatory framework on Central Counterparties. On the 20th of March, the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) withdrew its recommendation to amend Article 22 of the Statute of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB) and of the ECB on conferral of powers in relation to Central Counterparties (CCPs).

98% of European Plastics Production Covered by the OCS Programme

PlasticsEurope
Following the release of its first Operation Clean Sweep® (OCS) report in 2017, PlasticsEurope has made the OCS programme a top priority in 2018, setting new targets for its members as part of our Plastics 2030 Voluntary Commitment. The 2018 new report provides an overview of the latest OCS developments in Europe and identifies further improvements to prevent pellet loss.

ACCA’s focus on the ‘big themes’ affecting the accountancy profession

ACCA
Ahead of its new strategic year, ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) announces today a programme that examines the themes and issues that impact the accountancy profession around the world, now and in the future. 
 
Every three months, ACCA will focus on themes that cover four broad areas:
  • the power of digital technology (April to June 2019)

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