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The Socialists and Democrats Group in the European Parliament works for social justice, sustainability & equality for all.

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S&D Group @socialistsanddemocrats.eu · 02/10/2026
✊An ambitious EU Budget that protects our social pillar, cohesion and Europe’s future ✊Psychosocial risks, stress and mental health at work ✊Affordable Housing Act Here are some of next week's progressive priorities. www.socialistsanddemocrats.eu/content/plen...
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Plenary Times - What's on the S&Ds' agenda for Strasbourg: 05 - 08 October, 2026 | Socialists and Democrats
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S&D Group @socialistsanddemocrats.eu · 01/10/2026
A stronger Europe is a more social Europe. Together with progressives in national parliaments, S&Ds are fighting for an independent Social Fund with a reinforced budget to: ✅ promote quality jobs ✅ secure a better future for children with a €20bn Child Guarantee ✅ eradicate poverty
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S&D Group @socialistsanddemocrats.eu · 01/10/2026
Executions are never justice. Bringing back the death penalty in Libya is a massive step backward, just like it is anywhere else. The death penalty is cruel, inhuman, and irreversible.
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S&D Group @socialistsanddemocrats.eu · 28/09/2026
20 million women in Europe still lack access to safe abortion care. Where you live should never determine your rights. Last year, together with My Voice My Choice, we won an important battle. Now we need guarantees. Safe and legal abortion is a right, not a privilege. We keep fighting ✊
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S&D Group @socialistsanddemocrats.eu · 24/09/2026
EU’s ambitions need a budget to match. For the 2028–2034 EU budget, known as the Multiannual Financial Framework, we need new genuine own resources to be able to deliver. This is the only way out of the impossible dilemma lower spendings or more cuts.
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EU’s ambitions need a budget to match. For the 2028–2034 EU budget, known as the Multiannual Financial Framework, we need new genuine own resources to be able to deliver. This is the only way out of ...
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S&D Group @socialistsanddemocrats.eu · 22/09/2026
Positive news on the EU-Philippines free trade agreement. Stronger EU market access, supply chains and resilience, with rules to ensure trade is positive for people and planet. In an unpredictable world, the Philippines remains an important regional partner for Europe. @crismaestre.bsky.social
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S&D Group @socialistsanddemocrats.eu · 22/09/2026
We agree with Ursula von der Leyen’s words: “Housing is not a privilege. It’s a right”. But we need to deliver! Last year, von der Leyen announced a “EU Housing summit”. We still wait for it. Let’s get it moving. Europeans are waiting! @gabischoff.bsky.social @schieder.bsky.social
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S&D Group @socialistsanddemocrats.eu · 18/09/2026
Full speed ahead for another week of progressive action! Check out what our MEPs will be up to in the next days and take a look at our nomination for this year's #SakharovPrize. www.socialistsanddemocrats.eu/newsroom/sd-...
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S&D Times – Weekly Update. This week's highlights and what's coming up | Socialists and Democrats
Our activitiesOur nomination for the European Parliament’s Sakharov Prize
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S&D Group @socialistsanddemocrats.eu · 17/09/2026
The fight against drug trafficking is a shared European responsibility. We must tackle organised crime while putting prevention, public health and social protection at the heart of our response. We welcome today’s European Parliament resolution as a step towards a safer Europe.
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S&D Group @socialistsanddemocrats.eu · 17/09/2026
Canada is our natural partner. We have consistently called for stronger coalitions guided by the principle of fair trade and multilateralism with other like-minded partners. @kvanbrempt.bsky.social, Javier Moreno Sánchez, Tobias Cremer www.socialistsanddemocrats.eu/newsroom/sds...
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S&Ds: Canada is our natural partner. No one has a veto over our future. | Socialists and Democrats
Europe needs to be courageous and bold in its response to the continuous attacks on multilateralism and the international rules-based order.
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S&D Group @socialistsanddemocrats.eu · 17/09/2026
Welcome PM Carney! Europe & Canada believe in democracy. Associate membership would be a real step toward Canada and the EU working together. Together for solidarity & international law, not "might is right." Watch him address the EU Parliament, live: multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...
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S&D Group @socialistsanddemocrats.eu · 16/09/2026
President @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu , the Europe of the 21st century will only be possible if pro-European forces work together. Not looking towards the far-right.
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S&D Group @socialistsanddemocrats.eu · 16/09/2026
A courageous Europe needs a budget to match. We will not accept cuts to cohesion, agricultural policy, or social investment. Europe cannot do more with less. We need new own resources and common debt to invest in defense and the green and digital transitions. @iratxegarper.bsky.social #SOTEU
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S&D Group @socialistsanddemocrats.eu · 16/09/2026
Above all, we need the courage to defend peace and international law everywhere, especially in the Middle East and Ukraine. We cannot accept genocide or impunity! @iratxegarper.bsky.social #SOTEU
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S&D Group @socialistsanddemocrats.eu · 16/09/2026
We need the courage to defend our borders without abandoning our values. Migration can never become a political weapon. Ceuta is Spain and it is Europe. And European solidarity, cannot depend on who is in power or where a crisis originates. @iratxegarper.bsky.social #SOTEU
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S&D Group @socialistsanddemocrats.eu · 16/09/2026
Courage means breaking the autocrats' dependence on fossil fuels. It means accelerating renewable energy. And making those who profit from this crisis contribute – we want a social bonus, based on a tax on the windfall profits of energy companies.
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S&D Group @socialistsanddemocrats.eu · 16/09/2026
We have a choice, president @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu : we can return to nationalism, hatred, and war. Or we can defend the Europe we have built. We chose that Europe! And that means being courageous. 🗨️ @iratxegarper.bsky.social #SOTEU
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S&D Group @socialistsanddemocrats.eu · 16/09/2026
PM Mark Carney, welcome to the 🇪🇺Parliament. This is also your home. @iratxegarper.bsky.social kicks off her reply to this year's #SOTEU: "You have shown courage in the face of Donald Trump. And that courage matters. Because when the law of the strongest returns, we need allies’’
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S&D Group @socialistsanddemocrats.eu · 16/09/2026
Europe needs more than commitments and announcements. It needs concrete policies backed by the necessary resources. The time to act is now! We act. For you. With you 🌹✊🇪🇺 Follow the 2026 #SOTEU debate live 👇 www.europarl.europa.eu/plenary/en/h...
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S&D Group @socialistsanddemocrats.eu · 15/09/2026
Montenegro is on its way to the EU — and we want to help make it ready. Today, we welcome our Montenegrin sister party to Strasbourg for the first time as part of the S&D Group’s new informal observer programme.
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S&D Group @socialistsanddemocrats.eu · 15/09/2026
The Fair Labour Mobility Package, presented by Commission EVP Roxana Mînzatu, has the potential to improve the conditions of millions of mobile workers across the EU. @gabischoff.bsky.social www.socialistsanddemocrats.eu/newsroom/imp...
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An important step for mobile workers: S&Ds welcome Fair Labour Mobility Package | Socialists and Democrats
Today in plenary, MEPs assessed a crucial set of proposals for mobile workers in Europe.
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S&D Group @socialistsanddemocrats.eu · 15/09/2026
The public commemoration of convicted war criminal Ratko Mladić that took place last week is another shocking example of Serbia’s democratic backsliding under Aleksandar Vučić. It's another blow to 🇪🇺values. EU and EPP must act. @kvanbrempt.bsky.social www.socialistsanddemocrats.eu/newsroom/vuc...
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Vučić’s glorification of war criminal Mladić is yet another blow to European values – EU and EPP must act | Socialists and Democrats
The public commemoration of convicted war criminal Ratko Mladić that took place last week is yet another shocking example of Serbia’s democratic backsliding under Pres
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S&D Group @socialistsanddemocrats.eu · 15/09/2026
European companies are cutting emissions and investing in clean technologies. They shouldn’t be undercut by imports that escape the same carbon costs. Today, we backed stronger carbon border rules, spearheaded by the S&D Group and @chahim.bsky.social www.socialistsanddemocrats.eu/newsroom/str...
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Stronger carbon border rules are key to fair competition and a cleaner European industry | Socialists and Democrats
The European Parliament today voted to strengthen the EU’s carbon border rules, delivering a strong outcome spearheaded by the S&D Group and its lead rapporteur, M
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S&D Group @socialistsanddemocrats.eu · 15/09/2026
Our citizens are living through an unprecedented affordability crisis. A crisis driven by the destabilizing actions of leaders like Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu. They promised democracy, but they delivered inflation. @iratxegarper.bsky.social
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S&D Group @socialistsanddemocrats.eu · 15/09/2026
‼️Europe will not be strong if millions of Europeans cannot afford a home or cannot find a quality job. That is why the European Pillar of Social Rights must remain at the heart of the European project. 🗨️ @iratxegarper.bsky.social
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S&D Group @socialistsanddemocrats.eu · 15/09/2026
Over the last two years, the EU Commission has seemed to have one priority: deregulation. As if Europe's competitiveness could only be achieved by systematically dismantling our own rules.
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S&D Group @socialistsanddemocrats.eu · 15/09/2026
Tomorrow we will debate the State of the European Union. Before the summer break, we sent a letter to President Ursula von der Leyen outlining our core priorities. Our message is clear: Europe must deliver better living and working conditions while strengthening its capacity to act independently.
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S&D Group @socialistsanddemocrats.eu · 15/09/2026
Group leader @iratxegarper.bsky.social kicks off her #Eplenary presser with a message to our Swedish political family. Congratulations, Magdalena Andersson on your victory. We are still waiting for the final results, and hope the final count will confirm the majority for the social-democrats.
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S&D Group @socialistsanddemocrats.eu · 15/09/2026
The European Democracy Shield must protect the EU from foreign interference while strengthening our democratic foundations: free media, strong civil society, fair elections, technological sovereignty and full enforcement of EU rules – our message for today’s EP Democracy debate.
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S&D Group @socialistsanddemocrats.eu · 15/09/2026
Europe has a choice. We can continue to react to each disaster separately and hope that next summer will be less severe. Or we can prepare for the Europe we know is coming. This summer has made clear that the climate crisis is no longer a future risk. www.socialistsanddemocrats.eu/newsroom/hea...
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Heatwaves, wildfires and droughts: Europe must act on climate risks, not deny them | Socialists and Democrats
As the European Parliament debates the devastating impact of this summer’s extreme weather, the human and economic cost is impossible to ignore.
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S&D Group @socialistsanddemocrats.eu · 15/09/2026
S&D President @iratxegarper.bsky.social outlines our priorities for this plenary session and the SOTEU address. www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8cr...
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S&D Group @socialistsanddemocrats.eu · 15/09/2026
Another devastating summer. Precious ecosystems reduced to ashes, countless hectares lost to the flames, too many lives taken, and too many homes destroyed. This is the price of climate inaction. Yet the right and far right in Europe want to dismantle our climate and environmental laws.
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S&D Group @socialistsanddemocrats.eu · 14/09/2026
1 out of every 6 euros in our economy passes through public procurement. The new Public Procurement Act must: 1️⃣ cut bureaucracy 2️⃣ move beyond the obsession with the lowest price 3️⃣ strengthen workers’ rights & green transition 4️⃣ support local SMEs & 🇪🇺industry @lauballarin.bsky.social
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S&D Group @socialistsanddemocrats.eu · 14/09/2026
Tomorrow at 10:00 AM, don’t miss our press conference where our President, @iratxegarper.bsky.social , will highlight our demands ahead of the State of the Union debate, during the September plenary session. Follow the live broadcast here 👇 socialistsanddemocrats.eu
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S&D Group @socialistsanddemocrats.eu · 11/09/2026
Next week in Strasbourg, it's time for the 2026 #SOTEU. Our Group has clear expectations and a united position. Stay tuned! Also on the agenda: 🇪🇺Fair Labour Mobility Package 🇪🇺Escalation in the Middle East 🇪🇺Address by 🇨🇦PM Mark Carney and more www.socialistsanddemocrats.eu/content/plen...
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Plenary Times - What's on the S&Ds' agenda for Strasbourg: 14 - 17 September, 2026 | Socialists and Democrats
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S&D Group @socialistsanddemocrats.eu · 10/09/2026
Bureaucracy shouldn't cost businesses weeks of paperwork. MEP @eeroheinaluoma.bsky.social led the 🇪🇺Parliament to improve the EU Business Wallets: one secure digital space for company IDs, licences, signatures & more. Our key demand: data must stay on European clouds, in the EU!
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S&D Group @socialistsanddemocrats.eu · 09/09/2026
Group leader @iratxegarper.bsky.social will lead a delegation of S&D MEPs joining the high-level @pes-cor.bsky.social meeting in Athens, on 10 and 11 September. The event will bring together representatives of the progressive family. www.socialistsanddemocrats.eu/newsroom/sd-...
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S&D delegation heads to Athens to reinforce the commitment to multilevel democracy across Europe | Socialists and Democrats
The President of the Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament, Iratxe García Pérez, will lead a delegation of S&D MEPs joining the high
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S&D Group @socialistsanddemocrats.eu · 09/09/2026
Public procurement means taxpayer money. Every euro should maximise public value and ensure decent jobs for all. For the last two years, we have been pushing for the inclusion of social conditionalities. www.socialistsanddemocrats.eu/newsroom/pub...
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Public Procurement Act: a positive step towards quality jobs – S&Ds will keep fighting for workers and the environment | Socialists and Democrats
Today, the European Commission published its long-awaited Public Procurement Act, aiming to reform and harmonise rules when awarding public contracts.
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S&D Group @socialistsanddemocrats.eu · 09/09/2026
The Middle East is undergoing dramatic transformation, but Europe remains on the sidelines. Instability is no excuse for inaction. We're bringing together policymakers, experts and civil society voices for a special event on EU’s role in the region. www.socialistsanddemocrats.eu/newsroom/eur...
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Europe cannot remain a spectator in a dramatically changing Middle East | Socialists and Democrats
The Middle East is undergoing a dramatic transformation.
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S&D Group @socialistsanddemocrats.eu · 31/07/2026
The facts are clear: no Member State can “expel” another from Schengen. Demagogy won’t solve migration challenges.
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S&D Group @socialistsanddemocrats.eu · 24/07/2026
Amazing news just in from Türkiye: A new progressive party, Yeni Party, has just been formed. Best of luck to this new political force- a chance for the Turkish people who deserve better than Erdoğan. They deserve democracy, rule of law and hope for the future. @iratxegarper.bsky.social
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S&D Group @socialistsanddemocrats.eu · 24/07/2026
We welcome the US’ commitment to honour the Turnberry agreement. @berndlange.bsky.social ensured we have a safety net: if the US breaches their obligations, we can suspend concessions swiftly and in a targeted manner. www.socialistsanddemocrats.eu/newsroom/sds...
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S&Ds welcome the US commitment to respect the EU-US trade agreement, ensuring stability for citizens | Socialists and Democrats
The S&D Group welcomes the US commitment to honouring the trade deal between the EU and the US, known as the Turnberry agreement, as long as the overall tariff rat
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S&D Group @socialistsanddemocrats.eu · 22/07/2026
On July 22, 2011, 77 people were killed in Oslo and on the island of Utøya. People who believed in a more open, democratic world. 15 years later, we remember them not with a moment of silence, but by carrying forward what they stood for: tolerance, democracy, and love over hate.
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S&D Group @socialistsanddemocrats.eu · 20/07/2026
We’re committed to a strong dialogue based on mutual respect. We defend Europe’s citizens, workers and strategic autonomy with on our values. The relationship has to be more balanced to tackle the challenges ahead. S&D MEPs are in Washington for Transatlantic Week 2026.
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S&D Group @socialistsanddemocrats.eu · 20/07/2026
52 years since Türkiye illegally invaded Cyprus. We don’t forget. We condemn the ongoing Turkish occupation of 37% of the Republic of Cyprus and reiterate our call to Türkiye to withdraw its troops and restore the rights and freedoms of all Cypriots.
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S&D Group @socialistsanddemocrats.eu · 20/07/2026
🚨Illegal goods have no place in our Single Market. Commission’s €550M fine on AliExpress for allowing illegal products is great news. Consumer health & safety come before profit.The DSA ensures e-commerce platforms, regardless where they’re from, meet our safety standards. @cschaldemose.bsky.social
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S&D Group @socialistsanddemocrats.eu · 17/07/2026
We welcome parts of the report on the competitiveness of 🇪🇺 banks, presented today by the EU Commission. However, its conclusions regarding the consequences of supposedly excessive European regulations of the sector are misguided. www.socialistsanddemocrats.eu/newsroom/ban...
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Banking Competitiveness: Sound diagnosis of fragmentation, incomplete on prudential rules | Socialists and Democrats
The Socialists and Democrats welcome parts of the report on the competitiveness of European banks, presented today by the European Commission.
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S&D Group @socialistsanddemocrats.eu · 17/07/2026
Don't miss out on our upcoming mission to Washington DC for the 2026 Transatlantic Week. And save the date - on 9 September we're gathering high level speakers for an in-depth discussion of the geopolitical changes taking place in the Middle East. www.socialistsanddemocrats.eu/newsroom/sd-...
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S&D Times – Weekly Update. This week's highlights and what's coming up | Socialists and Democrats
Our activitiesHigh-level S&D delegation participates in the Transatlantic Week
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S&D Group @socialistsanddemocrats.eu · 15/07/2026
Siamo tutti antifascisti! At the doors of the European Parliament today, MEPs and activists gathered to stand against the far right. We'll fight tooth and nail to defend a Europe of inclusivity and progress, with no return to our dark ethnonationalist past.
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S&D Group @socialistsanddemocrats.eu · 14/07/2026
International law and the ICC authority should be respected. The US should immediately stop implementing their plan aiming at pressuring individuals, states, and international organizations.
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