Next week, Africa will be at the centre of the S&D Group and their partners’ activities, both from Europe and Africa. From the 5th to 9th November 2018, the S&D Group will organise their third ‘Africa Week’ with a five-day programme including political debates, cultural activities, seminars, art exhibitions and film screening, in Brussels, Modena and Mainz.

Romania should harness onshore wind to meet growing demand for electricity instead of investing in conventional power – this was the message WindEurope CEO Giles Dickson told the annual meeting of the Romanian Wind Energy Association in Bucharest today.

Berlin, 30 October 2018 – At Friday’s AGM of FENCA (Federation of European National Collection Associations) in Strasbourg, the European umbrella organisation for debt collection and debt purchase formally adopted a Code of Conduct to apply the rules of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to the debt collection and debt purchase sector.

Brazilians went to the polls yesterday and elected a new president, with election results indicating that the winner is Jair Bolsonaro. With all respect to the Brazilian democracy and out of friendship with the Brazilian people, Socialists and Democrats call on the new president to respect the universal values of human rights and democracy and the principles enshrined in the Brazilian Constitution.

S&D MEPs have today expressed serious concern at the increasing attacks on health workers and the kidnapping of children in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The attacks, carried out by armed rebels and militia in the North Kivu and Ituri provinces, are hampering efforts to contain and eradicate the Ebola outbreak, with potentially devastating consequences.