In an increasingly globalised world, the need for robust mechanisms to hold businesses accountable for human rights abuses has never been more pressing.

During our event we discussed the next steps to make sure that businesses & human rights go hand in hand.

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We’re also getting ready for the last plenary session of the mandate. Take a look at our priorities in the S&D Times👇
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We can't keep playing Amazon's game - they have to respect European rules and ensure workers' rights.

Amazon employees are people not robots.

Here's what Europe needs to do to rein in Amazon’s power, op-ed in EUobserver.

Agnes Jongerius

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📢 Today is Amazon action day!

After banning Amazon lobbyists from EU Parliament, we’re now meeting its workers across EU to hear their stories & coordinate further action.

Amazon must respect 🇪🇺 rules, workers & trade unions.

Agnes Jongerius Oliver Roethig

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The EPP group doesn’t practice what they preach!

The lack of transparency on the appointment of Mr. Pieper does not increase the trust in the EC and in the EU politics in general.

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Women must not be treated as second-class citizens!

Once again, right and far-right showed their true colours by voting against women.

But a progressive majority prevailed & called for the right to legal, safe abortion to be included in the EU Charter of fundamental rights!

We say no to energy poverty and yes to decarbonisation of industry with new laws on gas and hydrogen!

Jens Geier and Patrizia Toia explain 👇
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❗️Europeans should be able to save for their own pension, not for the pension of their bankers.

That’s why we contest the lobby-friendly EP mandate on the Retail Investment Strategy.

What a shame that conservatives and liberals work together with far-right and against small…

'All consumers, including micro, small, and medium-size enterprises will have access to long-term, affordable and stable prices'

👏👏👏Well done, Nicolás González Casares on working towards making the EU electricity market more stable, affordable, and sustainable.

Despite opposition from the right and the far-right, the 🇪🇺 Parliament called today for the right to legal and safe abortion to be included in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.✊

Predrag Fred Matic MEP & Cyrus Engerer have details 👇
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As the 9th #cohesionforum organised by the 🇪🇺Commission is taking place on 11-12 April, our REGI Committee Press spokesperson Marcos Ros Sempere puts on the table some crucial questions regarding the future of this great EU policy.

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We voted in plenary to make information about climate impacts of transport more transparent and more comparable between transport modes and operators.

Quantification of greenhouse emissions for freight and passenger transport will improve and combat inaccurate consumer…

Today, the European Parliament adopted its position on the Soil Monitoring and Resilience Directive, with the aim of having all EU soils healthy by 2050.

Beatrice COVASSI, our negotiator on the file, has details 👇
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Despite EPP opposition, we secured monthly scrutiny sessions with European Commission President, as part of new parliamentary reforms to increase scrutiny powers for the European Parliament.

Domènec Ruiz Devesa & Gaby Bischoff 🇪🇺 explain ⬇️ socialistsanddemocrats.eu/newsroom/despi…

With today’s successful vote in the EP, we’ve spearheaded the new European Environment Accounts Dashboard, providing accessible and science-based information on key environmental data.

S&D leadership on EU pharmaceutical package will improve availability of medicines, tackle shortages and spur innovation in areas of unmet medical needs.

Tiemo Wölken 🇪🇺 & Nicolás González Casares have the details 👇

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“As long as we extract fossil fuels, we must deal with methane. Phasing out fossil fuels remains the best climate protection. Extracting & burning methane is a second-best option, but we must halt uncontrolled methane leaks”

Jens Geier & Günther Sidl
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Today, we made a decisive move by approving stricter CO2 emission standards for trucks. A key step towards decarbonising the transport sector 👍

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Putin launched his hybrid war on our democracies for too many years. He managed to infiltrate our institutions through the far-right and nationalists. The same ones that claim to be defending our nations but have been working all along for a foreign hostile regime.

Raphael Glucksmann

“Interfering in elections is one of Putin’s main objectives and we also know that he has strong allies in Europe – the extreme right of Le Pen, Orbán, Wilders, Salvini and Weidel.”

Iratxe García Pérez /❤️ seeks investigation on Russian interference in 🇪🇺Parliament
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