Berlin 🌈 CSD has ended in tragedy🖤. My solidarity is with the victims and everyone affected, their families, the organisers and the wider LGBTQI community. Prides 🌈 must remain a place of ❤️ where people can gather openly, peacefully and safely and fear must never become the price of visibility.

🇪🇺❤️ Progressives united in a decisive moment 🌍🌹 Over two days in Barcelona, the Global Progressive Mobilisation brought together leaders, activists, and organisations from across regions and generations, turning shared values into shared action. @lsap-lu.bsky.social @socialistsanddemocrats.eu

FINALLY🇭🇺🇪🇺❤️

Against the backdrop of the illegal war waged by Trump and Netanyahu, Iran is ramping up its repression against minorities and dissidents. The case of a young Bahá'í, Peyvand Naimi, who has been subjected to torture and mock executions to extract false confessions, is shocking.

The anti-gender movement is influencing political narratives and policy outcomes across Europe and beyond, challenging gender equality, LGBTIQ+ rights, and SRHR. Join our conference to unpack its strategies — and how to counter them. Register here 👉 bit.ly/3MOGCHi

Full solidarity with the Iranian people, showing immense bravery by taking to the streets to demand freedom, rights, and a better future. The response of the Iranian government is once again shameful: brutal repression and internet blackouts to silence its people‘s voices.

We urge @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu to deliver a bigger and stronger Multiannual Financial Framework-post 2027. A genuine system of new own resources and joint borrowing that can address the challenges facing Europeans with no cuts in social spending.

What’s going wrong with Orban ? @socialistsanddemocrats.eu @rainbowrosepes.bsky.social @pes.eu

Very honoured to host the Parliament Magazine #MEPAwards 🇪🇺 So many inspiring individuals and stories. 👏 Congratulations to all the winners!

Today, we celebrate a date that marked a before and after; a historic step that signified progress, like never before, for people in Portugal and Spain. From Lisbon, Iratxe García and Marta Temido react on the 40th anniversary of 🇪🇸 & 🇵🇹 joining the EU. www.socialistsanddemocrats.eu/newsroom/sds...

S&Ds celebrate 40 years since historic accession step by Portugal and Spain | Socialists and Democrats

Socialists and Democrats led Portugal and Spain into Europe.

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🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️Join us for a debate on how to protect civic space for LGBTIQ+ people in the EU. In the presence of @hadjalahbib.bsky.social , Commissioner for Equality, Preparedness and Crisis Management, and LGBTIQ+ activists from 🇭🇺, 🇮🇹, 🇷🇸, 🇷🇴 & 🇧🇬 Please register here: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...

FUTURE-FIT LEGISLATION: MAINSTREAMING INTERGENERATIONAL FAIRNESS Join us for a forward-looking high-level discussion on how legislation can better serve present and future generations. Register here: ep-events.secure.europarl.europa.eu/greensefa/ev...

I want to send a message to Hungary’s LGBTIQ+ community: you are not alone. When you are under pressure from the government, we will always support you ✊🏳️‍🌈🇪🇺 Read our press release here ⬇️

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Today in the European Parliament, we stand with the people of Hungary whose rights are being violated by Viktor Orbán. We will always stand for the democratic and human rights of the LGBTIQ+ community. @marcangel-mep.bsky.social www.socialistsanddemocrats.eu/newsroom/sds...

Simplification cannot mean deregulation. Today, we @socialistsanddemocrats.eu have voted against the request for the urgent procedure on the so-called “stop-the-clock” that delays the implementation of agreed legislation on due diligence and corporate reporting requirements. Read more here ⬇️

S&Ds: we call on pro-European forces to find common understanding on the Omnibus package | Socialists and Democrats

Today, the Socialists and Democrats have voted against the request for the urgent procedure on the so-called “stop-the-clock” that delays the implementation of agreed

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Only one day after the legislative initiative was proposed, the Hungarian 🇭🇺 Parliament voted in favour of a nationwide ban on prides 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️. I am shocked and deeply concerned by the adoption of this amendment. It is yet another dangerous step towards autocracy in Hungary.

Statement from the LGBTIQ+ Intergroup on the Pride ban voted in the Hungarian Parliament - Marc Angel

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The European Parliament is sending a clear message: Europe’s industry must protect and engage workers. Today, the S&Ds managed to block increasingly aggressive attacks on social Europe. @gabischoff.bsky.social www.socialistsanddemocrats.eu/newsroom/eur...

Europe’s industry must protect and engage workers, urge S&Ds | Socialists and Democrats

With major restructuring happening across Europe, the European Parliament is sending a clear message to both workers and employers: We stand for an industrial strategy

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EPP has once again chosen to align with the far right - this time to undermine 🇪🇺 Parliament’s long-standing call for a dedicated budget of at least €20 billion for the EU Child Guarantee. That’s a scandal! Read more here 👉 socialistsanddemocrats.eu/newsroom/sds...

Last week I was invited to the talk show “Bruxelles je t’aime?” on @euronewsfr.bsky.social to talk about European Security, the Transatlantic relationship and Ukraine. Watch the full episode here 👉 fr.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

Yes we can end HIV AIDS by 2030👍

We stand with the People of Ukraine and their President Zelenskyy! 🇪🇺❤️🇺🇦

S&D Group on Omnibus package: “Simplification of EU legislation must not endanger existing achievements for businesses and citizens.” Read full statement from @gabischoff.bsky.social & @larawolters.bsky.social here: www.socialistsanddemocrats.eu/newsroom/sds...

S&Ds on Omnibus Package: Simplification of EU legislation must not endanger existing achievements for citizens and businesses | The Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament

The Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament are disappointed by the proposals put forward by the European Commission on the “Omnibus package”.

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Today we enter the fourth year of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Peace and security for Ukraine is a matter of security for the entire European continent. Therefore, 🇺🇦 & 🇪🇺 must sit at the negotiation table! Ukraine and Europe want peace, but any peace agreement has to be comprehensive, just and lasting.

“The 🇪🇺 commission does not have the luxury of picking and choosing which fundamental rights to uphold. It has a duty to act, to lead, and to stand firm against reactionary forces. Capitulating to obstruction is not leadership; it is failure.“ Read my op-ed here 👇

Withdrawing equality directive is disgrace for Europe and capitulation to populism

The withdrawing the Horizontal Anti-Discrimination Directive is a disgrace for Europe, a betrayal of our democratic values, and an insult to the millions of our citizen who face discrimination in thei...

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The European Commission withdraws the Anti-Discrimination Directive. This is a disgrace for Europe, a betrayal of our democratic value and an insult to millions of our citizens who face discrimination in their daily life! Today, the Commission has capitulated to populism. Read more here👇

Statement from the Anti-Racism and Diversity (ARDI)-, Disability- and LGBTIQ+ Intergroup on the Commission Work Programme 2025: Mixed Progress on Equal Rights - Marc Angel

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More than 200 million girls & women alive today have undergone #FGM. We must put an end to this harmful practice by coordinating efforts, engaging whole communities and focussing on human rights, gender equality, sexual education & the needs of women & girls who suffer from its consequences. #endFGM

Inauguration officielle du centre de visiteurs EUROPA EXPERIENCE au Parlement européen 🇪🇺 au Luxembourg 🇱🇺 La visite vaut le détour! visiting.europarl.europa.eu/fr/visitor-o...

Le nouveau plan de la Commission européenne pour une plus grande compétitivité de nos entreprises se veut en faveur d’une Europe plus innovante, autonome et durable, mais elle ne doit pas servir de prétexte à une dérégulation massive au profit des grandes entreprises.

Iratxe García: "The Competitiveness Compass is not fit for the job. It doesn't serve businesses, people, nor the environment" | The Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament

The Socialists and Democrats contend that the Competitiveness Compass fails to provide solutions to current and future challenges and hid

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Today I had the honour to host an event on the EU Youth Check & how the 🇪🇺 Parliament can support youth mainstreaming. Last year the 🇪🇺 Commission promised to implement a Youth Check to deepen the dimension of youth policies and assess the impact of new legislative proposals on young people in the EU.

The shrinking of working-age population & labour shortages poses great risk on many levels but if tackled in the right way, demographic trends can strengthen Europe’s resilience. An abstract of my speech on addressing 🇪🇺demographic challenges: towards the implementation of the 2023 Demography Toolbox

Défendre le #DigitalServicesAct c’est défendre toutes les réglementations européennes, comme le règlement général sur la protection des données (RGPD) et le Digital Markets Act. Il faut se battre pied à pied. Soit on se bat, soit on plie devant les Chinois, Elon Musk et consorts.

Digital Services Act: un enjeu de civilisation

Alors que Donald Trump est revenu au pouvoir avec dans ses valises les propriétaires des grandes entreprises du net, l’avenir du Digital Services Act était évoqué par les députés européens. Qu’en dise...

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