The European Parliament today backed a new 90 per cent recycling target for plastic bottles by 2025, and bans on plastic straws and drink stirrers – targets the UK must maintain after Brexit, Labour MEPs warned. Seb Dance MEP, Labour’s European Parliament spokesperson on environment, said: “These new measures will… read more →
Following statements by the leader of the right-wing ECR Group in the European Parliament this morning, in which he associated Nazism to social democracy, S&D Group leader Udo Bullmann said: “The statements made by Syed Kamall of the Group of European Conservatives and Reformists today in the plenary session of… read more →
S&D MEPs are calling on the Italian authorities to engage in constructive dialogue with the EU in order to present a budget for 2019 aiming at improving the living conditions of Italian citizens. Hence, in an unprecedented move, the European Commission yesterday rejected the budget plan presented by the populist… read more →
Following today’s vote in Plenary, which confirmed the adoption of the Parliament position on General Budget 2019, the Conciliation phase will now start. The final agreement between European Parliament, European Commission and the Council is due to be reached by November 2018. Budget rapporteur, S&D MEP, Daniele Viotti stated: “The… read more →
Plastics are killing our marine life and environment and Socialists and Democrats are committed to change the existing culture of disposable products. As part of the Waste Package and Circular Economy, the S&D Group called for specific legislation to tackle the impact of certain plastic products in the environment. Today,… read more →
Yesterday, the European Parliament held a debate on the situation in the Sea of Azov, a strategic arm of the Black Sea where Russia and Ukraine share the coastline. The S&D Group condemns the construction of the Kerch Bridge to the illegally occupied Crimean Peninsula by the Russian Federation without… read more →
In a letter addressed to the European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker, the S&D Group President Udo Bullmann and vice-president Maria João Rodrigues called on the European Commission to bring to reality the promises made in order to regain the trust of the EU citizens. Ahead of the debate in the… read more →
Speaking during a debate at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, S&D Group leader Udo Bullmann called on the Austrian government to stop blocking proposals designed to protect citizens’ privacy online. The intervention came in a debate on the follow up to the Facebook / Cambridge Analytica scandal. The Parliament will… read more →
The European Union is finally updating its Drinking Water Directive, which was initially drafted in the 1980s. Today, the Socialists and Democrats in the European Union have backed a legislative proposal to include the demands of the European Citizens Initiative petition, which called for a Right to Water, as part… read more →
Unless EU bodies and national governments enforce existing rules and approve new measures on data protection, privacy and transparency, Facebook users will continue to be at risk of data theft, disinformation and manipulation, Labour MEPs warned today as the European Parliament looked set to back a resolution calling for urgent… read more →