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InvestEU Programme must be a guarantee for job creation, growth and innovation, say S&Ds

S&D - Socialists and Democrats
The Socialists and Democrats led today a vote in the economic and monetary affairs committee to establish the InvestEU Programme - a single structure bringing together a multitude of EU financing programmes. InvestEU will boost the creation of jobs and support investment and innovation in the EU by making EU funds more efficient, flexible and simpler. It aims to mobilise €650 billion in additional investment for the period 2021-2027.

National governments must not block attempts to protect whistleblowers in Europe

S&D - Socialists and Democrats
S&D MEPs have urged national ministers to swiftly adopt proposals to protect whistleblowers in the EU. The European Parliament last month backed a series of measures that will ensure those who expose unethical or illegal behaviour do not face repercussions.
 
S&D MEP and European Parliament negotiator for the protection of whistleblowers, Virginie Rozière, said:

European Affairs Consulting Group

Trans-European networks are crucial for a cohesive Europe, say S&Ds

S&D - Socialists and Democrats
Socialists and Democrats want the next seven-year financial framework to give the impulse to the European Union to change its current course of growing inequalities and lay the foundations of a socially and environmentally sustainable society.
 
Today the plenary voted on the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), which supports the development of high-performing, sustainable and interconnected Trans-European Networks in the areas of transport, energy and telecommunications.

Orbán crosses new red lines with two unacceptable bills undermining both labour rights and independence of judiciary

S&D - Socialists and Democrats
Today, Hungary’s Parliament passed two new laws that Socialists and Democrats denounce as completely unacceptable. First, without any real consultation procedure or parliamentary debate, its Parliament adopted amendments to the labour law, criticised by trade unions as a ‘slave law’, as it will allow employers to ask for up to 400 hours of overtime work per year.
 

S&Ds stand by Ukraine in its conflict with Russia, but more reforms are necessary, especially in the fight against corruption

S&D - Socialists and Democrats
Yesterday, the European Parliament assessed the reforms implemented by Ukraine in the frame of its Association Agreement with the EU, the most ambitious agreement the EU has ever had with any country thus far. Socialists and Democrats recognise that Ukraine has passed many important reforms despite very difficult circumstances, namely the occupation of Crimea, Russian aggression in the Eastern part of Ukraine and now in the Sea of Azov.

Parliament backs report on improving the EU's capability to tackle terrorism

S&D - Socialists and Democrats
The European Parliament today backed a report looking at the legislative and practical deficiencies in the fight against terrorism in Europe. The vote took place the day after a gunman killed multiple people at a Christmas market in Strasbourg, where the European Parliament sits.
 
S&D Group spokesperson for the report Caterina Chinnici said:

Scientific excellence and research are key for Europe’s future, say S&Ds

S&D - Socialists and Democrats
Socialists and Democrats demand strong investment in research and innovation, as a way to address the challenges European societies and economies are facing, mainly in the context of globalisation, digitalisation and growing inequalities. One of the goals of the S&Ds is to make sure that innovation, research and technological change bring benefits to all in society, and that no one is left behind. Today, the plenary of the European Parliament backed a report drafted by S&D MEP Dan Nica on the future of this programme after 2020.

Free Trade Agreement with Japan is an important signal against protectionism

VDMA - Mechanical Engineering Industry
Frankfurt, December 12, 2018 – The EU Free Trade Agreement with Japan is an important signal against protectionism and opens up new export opportunities for European industry. On the occasion of the ratification of the treaty by the European Parliament, Thilo Brodtmann, Executive Director of the VDMA, said: "Two major economies, the EU and Japan, are sending out a signal for free trade at the right time.

S&Ds: it’s time to end the veto in EU foreign policy

S&D - Socialists and Democrats
On the occasion of the vote by the European Parliament today on its annual report on the Common Foreign and Security Policy, the Socialists and Democrats called on the member states to introduce qualified-majority voting in certain areas of EU foreign policy to speed up decision-making and eliminate situations in which one country blocks consensus. S&Ds also underlined their attachment to multilateralism and called on Europe to fill the vacuum left by the United States.
 

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