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It's been two years since Putin started his war of aggression against Ukraine. Two years of terror, bloodshed and destruction.

Today Ukraine continues to stand strong against the Russian aggressor, but there is a risk of “Ukraine fatigue” seeping in amongst some allies. Not in the S&D Group!

In our latest podcast, with Pedro Marques and Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz, we discuss the situation in Ukraine, why Europe must step up its assistance and our work to support the country rebuild itself and join the EU.

We're fighting to define rape as sex without consent on an EU level. Because only yes means yes.

We spoke to Evin Incir MEP, Kristine Holst and Pina Picerno MEP about the fight to include a consent-based definition of rape in the EU's ending gender-based violence directive.

With the social union, we're protecting people from the challenges of our time. We spoke to Agnes Jongerius, Esther Lynch and Teresa Ribera about making the economy work for the workers, not just the bosses.

Polish people voted for change, to stop the autocratic drift by PiS and to bring Poland back to its rightful place: the heart of Europe.

We spoke to Robert Biedron and Prof Marek Belka in Strasbourg about how to start cleaning up the mess after 8 dark years of PiS rule.

Three former IDF soldiers built spyware - Pegasus - that allows governments to spy on journalists, opposition politicians - anyone they don't like. The European Parliament set up the PEGA committee to investigate, leading to a report calling for pan-European legislation to protect our fundamental rights ✊ 🇪🇺

With a progressive majority, we passed the Nature Restoration Law.

We spoke to César Luena and Mohammed Chahim about the fight to protect Europe's nature in the latest episode of our podcast.