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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...

Pan-European campaign tells G20 to 'regulate finance now'

A new pan-European campaign advocating comprehensive financial reform in Europe and globally was kick-started today by a wide coalition of NGOs, trade unions, politicians and ordinary citizens. The campaign, named 'Regulate Global Finance Now!' was Read more...

Socialists step up engagement for new global deal

European Socialists are stepping up their engagement with US and Japanese Democrats – and with other progressive political parties, trade unions and NGOs outside Europe – by giving a big boost to the Global Progressive Forum.Actions taken to Read more...

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...

Global deal for a new fairness and a new respect for the planet

Read the GPF callA call for a 'Global New Deal' was launched today in Brussels by a unique coalition of progressive politicians, trade unions and NGOs from over forty countries.The launch of the call took place at the Global Progressive Forum, a Read more...

Last call to G20

PES President Poul Nyrup Rasmussen made an emergency call on behalf of Europe's socialists and social democrats to the G20 to agree a new global stimulus package to create jobs and growth. Rasmussen said “There is a clear need now for a new global Read more...

President Bill Clinton at GPF conference

US President Bill Clinton will be the keynote speaker at a conference on the global crisis to be held in the European Parliament on 2 and 3 April.President Clinton will address the opening session of the Global Progressive Forum.  2,000 people from Read more...

Time to meet. Time for action. New GPF initiative, 2-3 April 2009, Brussels

Changes are still going on globally – and too few of them to the benefit of people and the planet! It is urgent to take a new initiative. We, as international progressive forces, must step up our efforts to advance new answers to the economic Read more...

EU leaders to put PES demands for financial market regulation to G20

PES President Poul Nyrup Rasmussen today welcomed the agreement of European leaders meeting yesterday in Berlin to put to the G20 PES demands for new and better regulation of financial markets and clamp down on tax havens.Rasmussen said "It has Read more...

Don't forget the food crisis!

11 November 2008PES Development Ministers and Opposition Spokespersons and MEPs, meeting in Brussels ahead of the EU Development Ministers Council, expressed their concern at the alarming speed that the global food crisis is escalating. While the Read more...