Through the social progress clause agreed in the Lisbon Treaty, we will ensure the real social and  environmental cost of EU laws is  fully assessed before they are agreed. The Lisbon Treaty has strengthened the role of the EU parliament in the EU legislative system. Labour Party MEPs, with their colleagues in the Group of Socialists and Democrats, will work for the implementation of the Lisbon Treaty reforms, for the greater transparency and accountability in the work of the EU institutions and for the prioritisation of economic stability, job creation and social development.
sceptical of internationalism, for example negative towards international cooperation, in favour of national sovereignty and unilaterialism