ACCA responds to parliamentary vote on Brexit withdrawal agreement
UK in EuropeCommenting on yesterday’s vote (Tuesday, January 15) on the government’s Brexit withdrawal agreement, Maggie McGhee, executive director – governance at ACCA, said: ‘Yesterday’s vote on the...
View ArticleS&Ds: EU must act to stop deteriorating fundamental rights situation in...
Justice & Home AffairsThe European Parliament today backed a report calling for the EU to act to prevent the deterioration of fundamental rights in certain EU member states. S&D Group...
View ArticleS&Ds: The EU is not a business club. No government can violate our common...
Euro & FinanceToday, with the approval of the ´Protection of the Union´s budget in case of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in the Member States´ report, the plenary of the...
View ArticleParliament backs new laws to crack down on letterbox companies
Public AffairsThe European Parliament today backed new rules governing how companies can move between EU member states. The right wing ECR Group had attempted to block the proposals that will help...
View ArticleS&Ds: geographical imbalance in the EIB investments policy and its incapacity...
Euro & FinanceWith the approval of the today resolution on ‘the Annual Report 2017 control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank (EIB)’, the S&D insists on active EIB...
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Directive copyright: un débat impossible en France
InfoSocietyInnovation & Enterprise Par : Pierre-Yves Beaudouin | Wikimedia FrancePierre-Yves Beaudouin est le président de l’association Wikimédia France. Wikipédia, un anti-droit d’auteur ?Durant...
View ArticleEuropean steel users protest the need for EU safeguards
EnergyInfoSocietyA coalition of downstream steel users has called into question the rationale for the European Commission’s imposition of definitive steel safeguard measures. The European Commission...
View ArticleEconomic confidence in Western Europe at a record low: pessimism ends a...
Euro & FinanceEconomic confidence in Western Europe fell sharply in the final quarter of the year to an all-time low, according to the latest edition of Global Economic Conditions (GECS) from ACCA...
View ArticleTime is not ripe for EU-US trade talks, say S&Ds
Trade & SocietySpeaking ahead of the expected adoption of the draft mandates on EU-US trade talks by the European Commission today, S&D spokesperson for EU-USA trade relationships and chair of...
View ArticleEurogas calls for reflection on security of supply in the context of the Gas...
EnergyBrussels, 18 January 2019. In relation to the amendment of the Gas Directive, under the Romanian presidency, Eurogas expresses the need for more reflection on the implications for security of...
View ArticleÉlections en RDC : Les citoyens congolais ont droit á la vérité, disent les...
Public AffairsLes récentes élections en République Démocratique du Congo ont constitué un enjeu majeur pour le destin du peuple congolais et de l’Afrique centrale. Nous saluons la mobilisation massive...
View ArticleS&D: We stand by Ghanaian citizens and media freedom after the murder of...
Justice & Home AffairsFollowing the murder of the investigative journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale in Ghana, the chair of the development committee and S&D member, Linda McAvan, said: “The murder...
View ArticleCongratulations to Maroš Šefčovič on his decision to run for Slovakia’s...
InfoSocietyReacting to Maroš Šefčovič’s announcement that he will run for Slovakia’s presidency in March, the S&D leader Udo Bullmann said: “On behalf of my Group I would like to congratulate Maroš...
View ArticleUdo Bullmann: Congratulations Stefan Löfven and Good luck!
InfoSocietyS&D Group leader Udo Bullmann today congratulated Stefan Löfven who has been confirmed as Prime Minister of Sweden after a vote in the Riksdag. Udo Bullmann stated:"This is good news not...
View ArticleMay offers no way out of Brexit deadlock - time to put it back to the people
UK in EuropeS&D MEPs are disappointed by the latest proposals put forward by UK Prime Minister Theresa May that fail to break the deadlock on the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. The new proposals...
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