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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

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

PES President Poul Nyrup Rasmussen today expressed his horror at the mass murders in Mumbai, India and his relief that his European Parliamentarians were not hurt.Rasmussen said “It is beyond understanding why anyone would choose to cause such

7 November 2007 The Party of European Socialists today hailed Piero Fassino – leader of the Italian Democrats of the Left and one of the chief architects of the new Democratic Party - as just the right person for the challenging job of EU special

 27 September 2007The Party of European Socialists joined up with the Socialist Group in the European Parliament to urge the Burmese government to seize the opportunity for peaceful change, and to warm the government against repression of the

3 September 2007Hermes Binner, member of the Partido Socialista Popular (PSP), has been elected with almost the 48.5% of the votes in Santa Fe province, the third largest electoral district in Argentina with more than 2.300.000 voters, on September

5 July 2007Leading European Socialists engaged Hu Jintao, the President of the Republic of China, in a wide-ranging discussion on workers and human rights, climate change, and capital funds. “China is moving towards engaging seriously on climate