{"id":373391,"date":"2024-06-26T13:35:50","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T11:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2024\/06\/26\/laureti-prima-vicepresidente-gruppo-sd\/"},"modified":"2024-07-01T15:14:39","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T13:14:39","slug":"the-sd-group-in-the-eu-parliament-chooses-laureti-as-first-vice-president-united-against-nationalist-forces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2024\/06\/26\/the-sd-group-in-the-eu-parliament-chooses-laureti-as-first-vice-president-united-against-nationalist-forces\/","title":{"rendered":"The S&D group in the EU Parliament chooses Laureti as first Vice President: “United against nationalist forces”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brussels – No Presidency, but the first Vice-Presidency for the time being:\u00a0the Democratic Party takes home the second most important post within the group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) in the EU Parliament, having\u00a0European MP Camilla Laureti elected as the first Deputy to President Iratxe Garc\u00eda P\u00e9rez<\/strong>, who was confirmed yesterday (June 25) at the group’s first round of the constituent meeting<\/a>. “My first intention, also shared\u00a0with the PD delegation, is to contribute to the unity and strength of the S&D group,” are Laureti’s first words in her new institutional capacity within the European family of Social Democrats: “Our group can and will be a fundamental force in shaping the future of Europe<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

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The Bureau of the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) in the European Parliament<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Laureti’s appointment came this morning (June 26) during the second round of the group’s constituent meeting, which had on its agenda<\/a> the election of the nine\u00a0Vice Presidents and the new Treasurer, who will be Finland’s Eero Hein\u00e4luoma<\/strong>. Along with the Pd MEP – confirmed<\/a> in the June 6-9 European elections after joining\u00a0in early 2022\u00a0following\u00a0the death of former European Parliament president David Sassoli<\/strong> – the bureau will also include\u00a0Mohammed Chahim <\/strong>of the Netherlands, Germany’s\u00a0Gaby Bischoff<\/strong>, France’s Christophe Clergeau<\/strong>, Portugal’s Ana Catarina Mendes<\/strong>, Belgium’s Kathleen Van Brempt<\/strong>, Greece’s Ioannis Maniatis<\/strong>, Sweden’s Hel\u00e9ne Fritzon<\/strong> and Malta’s Alex Agius Saliba<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

“In a world in turmoil, we stand at a crucial juncture in the history of the Union<\/strong>,” Laureti stressed in her remarks, recalling that “the mandate that is about to begin will see the right, and others, attacking the Green Deal, calling for weakening the social and green dimension of the Common Agricultural Policy, demanding less public investment and more liberalization in the name of competitiveness.” However,\u00a0the S&D agenda “is different” and is based on “a different idea of Europe,” namely that “of Altiero Spinelli, Ursula Hirschmann, Jacques Delors<\/strong>.” That is why the Italian MEP called for unity “if we want to lead the fight against nationalist and far-right forces,” already starting “from the beginning of this mandate, in the current difficult scenario of Orb\u00e1n’s presidency” of the Council of the EU<\/strong>, which kicks off on July 1 (until December 31).<\/p>\n

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The President\u00a0the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) group in the European Parliament, Iratxe Garc\u00eda P\u00e9rez (June 25, 2024)<\/p>\n

With 21 MEPs elected<\/strong>, the Italian Democratic Party delegation is the most numerous<\/a> within the S&D Group (136 members), ahead of the Spanish Socialist Workers Party (20). However, the PD decided not to propose any candidate for the group’s Presidency, with the negotiations<\/a> being handled directly by the Secretary, Elly Schlein<\/strong>, between Rome and Brussels (where she personally met Garc\u00eda P\u00e9rez on June 21). On the sidelines of yesterday’s meeting, the PD’s head of delegation, Brando Benifei<\/strong>, announced that Schlein had wrested a “clear, transparent, and public” agreement, thanks to which by mid-term (beginning 2027)<\/strong> “one of the top jobs<\/em> of the Parliament” will be up to the Democratic Party<\/strong>. Either the presidency of the European Parliament – which in two and a half years is expected to pass from the Populars to the Socialists – or the group’s leadership, in a hypothetical relay to the leadership of the Social Democrats at the turn of the tenth legislature.<\/p>\n

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After the unanimous confirmation of the outgoing president, Iratxe Garc\u00eda P\u00e9rez, the group’s constituent meeting elected the new Treasurer (Finland’s Eero Hein\u00e4luoma) and nine Vice Presidents, including the MEP from the PD: “Our idea of Europe is that of Altiero Spinelli, Ursula Hirschmann, and Jacques Delors.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5647,"featured_media":373305,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"1","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"0","show_view_counter":"0","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"","hide":""},"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25681],"tags":[25777,25778,25755,26748,26349,28312,26408],"class_list":["post-373391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-european-english-english-english-english-english-english-english-english-english-english-english-english-english-english-english-english-english-english","tag-europeanelections-2024-en","tag-news-parliament-en","tag-european24-en","tag-sd-en-2","tag-socialdemocrats-en","tag-socialisti-e-democratici-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5647"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373391"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":373874,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373391\/revisions\/373874"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/373305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}