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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

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

"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,

14 November 2008Commenting from New York on the forthcoming G20 summit in Washington, PES President Poul Nyrup Rasmussen said "Despite the meeting being hosted by a lame duck President, there are some important decisions that can and must be

6 November 2008 Commenting on the election of the President of the USA Barack Obama, PES President Poul Nyrup Rasmussen said “President Obama said last night that change has come to America. We in the PES believe it is also time for change in

1 September 2008The Party of European Socialists was well-represented at the US Democratic National Convention where Barack Obama was nominated Democratic Presidential candidate.The PES was represented by Ruairi Quinn, PES Presidency member and

28 August 2008PES Activists from Hungary are producing and selling apricot jam to show their support for Barack Obama. ‘Barack’ means apricot in Hungarian – spelt exactly like Obama’s first name - so PES activists made apricot jam in the

10 June 2008PES President Poul Nyrup Rasmussen expressed his total support for Barack Obama to win the next US Presidential elections.“The US Democrats are making history by choosing Barack Obama as their candidate” said Poul Nyrup Rasmussen,

5 February 2008Commenting from New York on the American super Tuesday primaries after the close of polls but before West Coast results, PES President Poul Nyrup Rasmussen said “It feels like the end of the conservative era in America.”"The