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PES to hold carbon-neutral Congress in Prague

The PES has announced today that its upcoming Congress on 7 & 8 December, the Party’s largest gathering that brings together over a thousand delegates twice every five years, will be entirely carbon-neutral. The decision had an Read more...

PES Congress 2009 - Media advisory

8th PES CONGRESS IN PRAGUE WHAT Major convention of European Socialists and Social Democrats on the future of progressive societies in the 21st century. The Party of European Socialists is Europe’s second largest political family, represented in Read more...

PES Ministers demand 'Entry strategy into the labour market'

Meeting today at the headquarters of the Party of European Socialists in Brussels, the Employment and Social Affairs Ministers of nine EU Member States called for co-ordinated EU action to provide sustainable jobs across the continent.In a joint Read more...

PES congratulates Mircea Geoana on solid result

Mircea Geoana, the leader of the Romanian social democratic party PSD, has delivered a high score in Romania’s first round of presidential elections, after significantly narrowing his margin to a bare 1.25% in relation to the incumbent. Poul Nyrup Read more...

Time to stop violence against women

PES Women and MEPs from the S&D Group of the European Parliament urged Member States and the incoming Commission to step up efforts towards eradicating violence against women, on the occasion of the UN’s International Day (25 November) Read more...

PES hails appointment of Catherine Ashton as breakthrough for Europe

Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, President of the Party of European Socialists, hailed the agreement of the European Council on the new EU High Representative and the Council as “a significant agreement for the political balance of the European Union”. PES Read more...

PES is calling for fair representation of women in the EU

On the eve of the EU summit, PES Women are calling on Mr Barroso and all EU heads of state to ensure that the new college of Commissioners will be gender balanced and will represent women in Europe. Zita Gurmai MEP, President of PES Women, expressed Read more...

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...

PES Ministers agree on bold EU Development policy under Lisbon

Meeting on the margins of the General Affairs and External Relations Council, PES Development and Cooperation Ministers agreed today that EU development policy, implemented closely with the new High Representative, must retain a sufficient level of Read more...

PES concerned about treatment of Bulgarian Socialist Party

The Bulgarian Prime Minister's comments on banning the country's main opposition Socialist Party raised concerns at the Party of European Socialists. The PES President Poul Nyrup Rasmussen is calling on Bulgaria to uphold democracy, defend Read more...