Alfred Sant

PQ2018

Labour Rights for Amazon employees in Europe

Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 130 Alfred Sant (S&D) Subject: Labour Rights for Amazon employees in Europe Roughly 2,400 Amazon employees went on strike across Europe last Friday, 23rd November. Workers in Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom walked out their work place demanding more sustainable working conditions. To take on

November 27, 2018
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Written Statements

Debate with the Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel, on the Future of Europe

In her presentation, German Chancellor Merkel was as lucid as usual but failed to clarify the basis of her priorities for Europe’s future. Among the three areas she listed wherein to develop greater European unity, came military defence and security. But which military threats are now looming over Europe? And if they exist, why did

November 15, 2018
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Explanation of Votes

Report on digitalization for development: reducing poverty through technology

I have voted in favor of this report, which supports increasing access to technology in developing countries as a tool to reduce poverty as well as a means of achieving sustainability goals worldwide. Currently, more than half of the world’s population does not have access to the internet; thus, digitalization represents an unexploited area with

November 15, 2018
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Explanation of Votes

European Competition Network Report

I voted in favour of this proposal because it aims at strengthening national competition authorities and the way these bodies operate. National competition authorities are essential entities for safeguarding the functioning of the single market. I agree that a certain level of harmonization in the power and responsibility of each member state’s competition authority is

November 14, 2018
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Explanation of Votes

Rule of law in Romania

My position on this vote carries the previous stances I took on the assessment of potential breaches of the rule of law in the EU. Questions regarding respect for the rule of law in member states constitute a crucial issue which needs to be tackled in a transparent and fully clinical – not to say

November 13, 2018
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Explanation of Votes

The use of Facebook users’ data by Cambridge Analytica and the impact on data protection

I have voted in favour of this Motion, which tackles the issues of the violation of users’ privacy and the use of personal data without prior consent. Citizens who use Facebook should know how their data is being used and by whom. Facebook recognised that its systems had been hacked and that the personal data

October 25, 2018
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European Parliament

Labour Rights for Amazon employees in Europe

Debate with the Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel, on the Future of Europe

Report on digitalization for development: reducing poverty through technology

European Competition Network Report

Rule of law in Romania

The use of Facebook users’ data by Cambridge Analytica and the impact on data protection

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