Mercredi 14 mars 2018

Communiqué de presse de la Délégation socialiste française

Le Parlement européen a désavoué aujourd’hui clairement la candidature de l’Espagnol Luis de Guindos – un politique, ardent défenseur de l’austérité et de la rigueur – à la vice-présidence de la Banque centrale européenne (BCE). Il a remporté le vote par 331 voix pour et 306 contre, mais il faut tenir compte des 64 abstentions.

Les membres de la délégation socialiste française au Parlement européen ont voté, avec le groupe S&D, contre cette candidature.

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Mercredi 14 mars 2018

Communiqué de presse du groupe S&D

The Socialists and Democrats rejected the appointment of Luis de Guindos as European central bank’s vice-president during a vote taking place today in the European Parliament in Strasbourg. For several reasons, the S&D Euro MPs were never convinced with the current Spanish finance minister’s candidacy. They called on the president of the Eurogroup, Mário Centeno, the president of the ECOFIN, and the president of the European Council, Donald Tusk, to improve the procedure of selection for top jobs in the EU institutions, and urge president Tajani to raise the issue in the EU heads of state and government meeting next week in Brussels.

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Mardi 13 mars 2018

Communiqué de presse du groupe S&D

The Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament today welcome EU finance ministers’ decisions to strengthen tax transparency.

S&D Group vice-president for economic and monetary affairs, Udo Bullmann, stated:

« Today, EU finance ministers have reached an agreement to make lawyers, banks and counsellors accountable for the tax schemes they offered to their wealthy clients in order to evade tax. Led by our Group, Parliament called for the swift conclusion of this file in the council not even two weeks ago and we are happy to have this call answered so quickly.

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Jeudi 8 mars 2018

Communiqué de presse du groupe S&D

S&D Euro MPs today welcome the Commission’s proposals to step up investments which will help the EU to manage its transition to a low-carbon economy and meet the COP 21 climate change goals.

S&D Group spokesperson for the economic and monetary affairs, Pervenche Berès, stated:

“The Socialists and Democrats are fully committed to putting Europe on the path of sustainable development. Greening the European economy is a priority. It will create more jobs opportunities and ultimately safeguard our planet. However, this will require reforming the financial system in order to redirect capital towards sustainable investments.

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Mercredi 7 mars 2018

Communiqué de presse du groupe S&D

Dans la foulée de son élection au sénat italien, Gianni Pittella annonçait ce 7 mars sa démission de la présidence du Groupe S&D, à l’occasion d’une réunion avec l’ensemble des députés du groupe. Les candidatures à la présidence peuvent être déposées jusqu’au 12 mars 2018 et l’élection aura lieu le mardi 20 mars.

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Mercredi 7 Mars 2018

Communiqué de presse du groupe S&D

The Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament are pleased that the European Commission is taking account of harmful tax practices in its economic recommendations to member states.

S&D Group vice-president Udo Bullmann and S&D Group spokesperson for economic and monetary affairs, Pervenche Berès, stated:

“For many years, the S&D Group has been calling on the Commission to consider the impact of harmful tax practices in its assessment of the economic performances of member states, in the framework of the so-called European Semester. Today, the Commission has delivered, and this is really good news.

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Jeudi 1er mars 2018

Communiqué de presse du groupe S&D

The Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament today led a majority on measures that would make lawyers, banks or counsellors accountable for the schemes offered to their rich clients to cut down their tax bills.

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Jeudi 1er mars 2018

Communiqué de presse de la Délégation socialiste française

Le Parlement européen a adopté aujourd’hui une résolution soutenant l’activation inédite de l’Article 7 du Traité par la Commission européenne, pour contrer les dérives du gouvernement polonais.

Voilà des mois que la délégation socialiste française au Parlement européen réclamait une telle décision.

Les faits sont là : depuis l’arrivée au pouvoir du parti Droit et Justice (PiS) en octobre 2015, nous assistons en Pologne à une violation grave de l’État de droit et des principes démocratiques de l’UE.

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Lundi 19 février 2018

Communiqué de presse du groupe S&D

Following the Eurozone finance ministers’ decision to designate Luis de Guindos as vice-president of the European Central Bank (ECB), S&D Group spokesperson for economic and monetary affairs Pervenche Berès stated:

« We take note of today’s Eurogroup decision. Last week, we had the opportunity, as members of the European Parliament, to hold an informal hearing with the two short-listed candidates, Luis de Guindos and Philip Lane.

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