PES and the world
- 18/11/2009
Tunisia can't get advanced status due to tense human rights situation
Since the last presidential election on 25th October 2009, the human rights situation has worsened recently in Tunisia. In a widely-contested election, President Zine Al-Abidine Ben Ali was re-elected to a fifth mandate. Since the presidential Read more... - 13/10/2009
PES congratulates Obama on Nobel Peace Prize
The PES congratulates U.S. President Barack Obama on being awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. In his first ten months in office, President Obama has fearlessly turned the page on the unilateral foreign policy of the Bush Administration and Read more... - 02/10/2009
PES condemns Benjaafar exclusion from Tunisian election
The PES denounces the exclusion of Dr. Mustapha Benjaafar from the presidential elections in Tunisia. The decision of the country’s Constitutional Council to declare his candidacy invalid is based on dubious reasoning and amounts to an Read more... - 18/09/2009
PES congratulates Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama
The PES congratulates Yukio Hatoyama on becoming Prime Minister of Japan on Wednesday. His Democratic Party of Japan won an impressive electoral victory on 30th August, securing 327 of 480 seats in Japan’s lower house. This marks a break from Read more... - 18/09/2009
PES welcomes President Obama's decision to scrap anti-missile shield
The PES welcomes the statement by US President Barack Obama that he is scrapping plans for the antiballistic missile shield proposed by the Bush administration that would have seen interceptor rockets and a radar system installed in Poland and the Read more... - 02/09/2009
Letter of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen on the death of Edward Kennedy, Member of the US Senate from 1962-2009
"Edward Kennedy was one of the United States’ leading champions on the causes closest to the hearts of progressives worldwide with a career of vision, enthusiasm and determination wholeheartedly devoted to civil rights, minimum wages, Read more... - 18/06/2009
Iranian presidential elections: people deserve to be heard and have their rights respected
The Party of European Socialists expressed its concern about the legitimacy of the re-election in Iran of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, contested by rival Mir Hossein Mousavi and other moderate candidates. With 84% turnout, the Iranians showed a Read more... - 09/06/2009
Lebanon: a victory for democracy
The Party of the European Socialists warmly congratulates the Lebanese people for the successful legislative elections last Sunday, June 7th. It will enable Lebanon to strengthen its democratic institutions, the independence and sovereignty of the Read more... - 19/05/2009
PES Ministers say: no bailing out of aid commitments
PES Development Ministers and Opposition Spokespersons, meeting in Brussels ahead of the EU Development Ministers Council, warned EU member states not to use tightening national budgets as a reason to get out of their commitment to increase Read more... - 15/05/2009
Commission should investigate Italy-Libya agreement
Commenting on the controversy in Italy over the return of migrants at sea to Libya, PES President Poul Nyrup Rasmussen said "Italy is breeching international law and quite possibly EU policy. Berlusconi is wrong to flout international law and Read more...
