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Time to act on digital taxation and a global minimum effective tax rate, say S&Ds urging EU leaders to back Biden’s push

April 29, 2021 by Staff Reporter

The Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament are pushing for the fair taxation of digital giants and an ambitious minimum effective tax rate ahead of a crucial G20 meeting in June this year. For many years, the S&D Group has led the drive in the European Parliament for an effective minimum tax rate and […]

Filed Under: Business, Digital Agenda, EU Institutions, European Parliament, S&D

MEPs May Withhold TTIP Consent If NSA Snooping Continues

February 13, 2014 by Brian Maguire

Claude Moraes, MEP, S&D

The European Parliament should withhold its consent to an EU-US trade deal unless it fully respects EU citizens’ data privacy, says an inquiry report on US National Security Agency (NSA) and EU member states surveillance of EU citizens, approved by the Civil Liberties Committee on Wednesday. It adds that data protection rules should be excluded […]

Filed Under: 'Stateside' USA, European Parliament, External Action - Foreign Affairs, Justice & Home Affairs, RENEW, S&D

MEPs Insist On Troika Jobs And Recovery Plan

February 13, 2014 by Brian Maguire

Alejandro Cercas, MEP, (S&D, ES)

Growing unemployment – especially among the young, leading to their emigration – the loss of small firms and rising poverty rates, even among the middle class, are the key impacts of the economic crisis and adjustment measures designed by the ECB/EU Commission/IMF “Troika” for Greece, Cyprus, Portugal, Ireland, say Employment Committee MEPs in a resolution voted […]

Filed Under: ECB - European Central Bank, Economy, Employment, EU Institutions, European Parliament

€325bn Boost For Europe’s Regions

November 20, 2013 by Staff Reporter

Danuta Hubner, MEP, EPP, PL

Key rules and regulations for implementing EU cohesion policy in 2014-2020 were endorsed by Parliament on Wednesday. In a compromise deal struck with the Council after more than a year of tough negotiations, MEPs secured substantial funding for EU regions to invest in their development projects, on terms fairer to them. They also pruned back […]

Filed Under: EPP, EU Institutions, European Parliament, Regions, S&D

Parliament Approves €840K For Unemployed Valencia Construction Workers

November 19, 2013 by Staff Reporter

Parliament, €840K, Unemployed, Spain, Valencia, Construction Workers, Vicente Miguel Garces Ramon, MEP, (S&D, ES)

Parliament approved €840,000 in European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGAF) aid on Tuesday to help 300 redundant building workers in Valencia (Spain) to back into the labour market. The aid was approved by 603 votes, with 71 against and 17 abstentions. Some 630 workers were made redundant by Valencian manufacturers of non-metallic mineral products (such as […]

Filed Under: Employment, European Parliament, S&D

Suspend EU-US Bank Data Transfer Say MEPs, Response To NSA Snooping

October 23, 2013 by Brian Maguire

Sophie In't Veld

The EU should suspend its Terrorist Finance Tracking Program (TFTP) agreement with the US in response to the US National Security Agency’s alleged tapping of EU citizens’ bank data held by the Belgian company SWIFT, says a non-binding resolution voted by Parliament on Wednesday. The resolution, tabled by the S&D, ALDE and Greens/EFA groups, was […]

Filed Under: 'Stateside' USA, Brian Maguire, European Parliament, Foreign Relations, Greens, RENEW, S&D

Civil Liberties MEPs Prepare Stronger Data Protection For EU

October 21, 2013 by Brian Maguire

Juan Fernando Lopez Aguilar, MEP, S&D

A major overhaul of current EU data protection rules, to put people in control of their personal data while at the same time making it easier for companies to move across Europe, was voted by the Civil Liberties Committee on Monday. Responding to mass surveillance cases, MEPs inserted stronger safeguards for data transfers to non-EU […]

Filed Under: Brian Maguire, Defence, European Commission, European Parliament, External Action - Foreign Affairs, Justice & Home Affairs

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