The European Parliament has adopted the report “Mental health in a digital world of work” for which I was rapporteur for the Socialists and Democrats group. The report includes a number of socialist priorities such as legislation on the use of AI in the workplace. The European Parliament adopted a resolution setting out the challenges […]
In the European Parliament we have approved the first package of legislative measures of the Fit For 55 programme. With this programme, the EU proposes a series of concrete measures to achieve a 55% reduction in net greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 compared to 1990, with the ultimate goal of achieving zero net emissions by
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The European Parliament approved, on 19 May 2022, a resolution on the “Economic and social consequences of the war in Ukraine for the EU: strengthening the EU’s capacity to act”. In it, we underline the need to take measures to protect European citizens – especially the most vulnerable – from the consequences of Russia’s aggression
Estrella Durá: “Good mental health is essential for the well-being of individuals and society as a whole”. The Group of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament has called for a European Mental Health Strategy to address and mitigate the problems arising from mental disorders, and to do so, it must focus on prevention in
On March 15, 2022, the Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL) and the Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) committees of the European Parliament undertook the preparation of an own-initiative report (INI) entitled “Towards a European action common on care”. Sirpa Pietikäinen MEP (EPP, Finland) and Milan Brglez MEP (S&D, Slovenia) are the co-rapporteurs of the
After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, the European Parliament adopted a Resolution on 1 March, fervently condemning the attack, showing its support to the Ukrainian people and demanding to isolate Russia financially, economically and diplomatically. The Russian invasion is an unjustified brutal aggression that violates international law and the UN Charter, and constitutes
I published this article in Social Europe in which I reflect on the urgency of a mental strategy for the EU. This strategy should go hand in hand with a strengthening of the welfare state. Mental health treatment involves a series of services ranging from health and social care, to employment, education or housing.
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The Parliament’s Committees on Employment and Social Affairs and on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety have begun working on evaluating and improving the Commission’s proposal for the creation of a Social Climate Fund. The Fund is part of the ‘Fit For 55’ package that was presented last summer, and which is composed of
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On 15 October the event “Augmented Exploitation – AI, Automation & Mental Health at work” took place. The webinar was co-organised in collaboration with my colleague Agnes Jongerius, coordinator in the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs of the European Parliament. The event brought together high-level experts and policy-makers from different fields, who shared excellent
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People working for digital labour platforms should have the same rights and the same access to social protection as other workers. In this regard, in the Plenary debate of the European Parliament on platform work, I defended labour rights, human control of algorithms, the regulation of artificial intelligence at the workplace and the prevention of
