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On the last Saturday of the European election campaign PES member parties across Europe will be campaigning on the same issue: People First – A new Direction for Europe.

The theme, also the title of the PES manifesto for the European elections, emphasizes the parties shared commitment to take Europe in a new direction. he PES’ top demand is for a new recovery plan to create jobs and growth in Europe, in contrast to the conservatives who say Europe has already done enough!

PES President Poul Nyrup Rasmussen said “Unemployment will reach 27 million next year. Conservatives like Sarkozy and Merkel say that Europe has done enough, but we social democrats and socialists will never sit back and accept such a huge rise in unemployment. There is already too much inequality and poverty across Europe without adding more misery. Europe can do more and it must do more. If we can form a new majority in the European Parliament then Europe will be forced to do more.”

Among the events where a “New Direction for Europe” will be a theme are

* Workshops and debates on the PES manifesto at the Europavox music festival in Clermont-Ferrand, France
* ‘People’s paella’ and discussion and campaigning on the PES manifesto in Madrid, Spain with PES activists from several European countries
* Campaign rally in Pardubicky, Czech Republic with candidate Jaroslav Vomacka
* Conference in Lefkosia, Cyprus presenting the PES manifesto
* In Estonia the Social Democrats are touring with their red campaign bus
* Street campaigning in many towns and cities including:

Lille, France;
Berlin, Bonn, Cologne, Darmstadt, Gottingen and Hamburg, Germany;
Wolsztyn, Poland
Prahova County and Craiova, Romania;
Valletta, Malta;
Charleroi, Belgium;
Linköping, Sweden;
Soller, Majorca, Spain

* Discussions in several cities of Lithuania to promote the PES
manifesto


For a full list click here.


This is the fifth European Day of Action by the PES and its member parties.
No other European party has put on a similar common campaigning effort. For details of some of the previous days of action see the reports from the European Days of Action on:

- Gender equality
- New Social Europe
- Climate change
- Fighting the economic crisis

FOR MORE INFORMATION
Julian Scola, Communications Advisor - Media & Campaigns
Party of European Socialists, Rue du Trône, 98, B-1050 Brussels
Mobile +32 486 117 394
julian.scola@pes.org