Socialists and Democrats: Take a Left

Over the last year, people from across the EU took part in one of the biggest democratic projects in history. The Conference on the Future of Europe just presented its proposals to the EU. It remains to be seen which are taken into account and actually implemented. We are committed to taking their ideas forward and making them a reality. We’ll keep fighting to turn these proposals into reality. So...

"We don't want to create a ministry of truth, but we do need to protect our open society from foreign hostile actors." Russia's war on Ukraine throws into sharp relief the need to counter foreign interference and disinformation. We spoke with Raphaël Glucksmann MEP and Andreas Schieder MEP about the findings of the EU Parliament's Special Committee on Foreign Interference in all Democratic Process...

It's halfway between EU elections and great chance to reflect on what we've achieved - and what's left to do. We caught up with S&D President, Iratxe García Pérez, and Vice President Pedro Marques about to reflect on the challenges ahead.

Platforms circumvent labour laws, exploiting their workers. The only way we can really make a difference is by changing the social legislation, according to Agnes Jongerius, who is working on an EU level to ensure that platforms treat their workers as workers.

Was COP26 a catastrophic failure or a landmark achievement? What should progressives push for in climate talks? We spoke to Mohammed Chahim about why he's cautiously optimistic.

Natural gas costs five times more than last year and ordinary people are bearing the brunt of the price hike. What can governments do? What can the EU do? We spoke to Dan Nica MEP and Anna Martin from BEUC to understand the crisis and what has to happen now.

The SPD's dramatic comeback is encouraging social democrats across Europe. We spoke to Jens Geier and Udo Bullman about how it happened, and what it means for Europe.

"Abortion is a difficult choice, probably the most difficult choice possible ... but it must remain a choice," said Mr Fred Matic, the MEP who authored an historic resolution on sexual health and reproductive rights. Despite firm opposition, we passed a resolution calling on all EU member states to decriminalise abortion and ensure full Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights. Here's how we did...