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- 13/10/2009
PES congratulates Obama on Nobel Peace Prize
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 Read more... - 18/09/2009
PES welcomes President Obama's decision to scrap anti-missile shield
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 Read more... - 02/09/2009
Letter of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen on the death of Edward Kennedy, Member of the US Senate from 1962-2009
"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, Read more... - 14/11/2008
G20 must act now despite lame duck President says PES
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 Read more... - 06/11/2008
Change has to come to Europe too
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 Read more... - 01/09/2008
Denver - PES was there
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 Read more... - 28/08/2008
Barack jam for Obama
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 Read more... - 10/06/2008
Barack Obama - Hope for Americans and Europeans alike
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, Read more... - 05/02/2008
Rasmussen on super Tuesday
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 Read more... - 04/06/2007
EU social democrats and US democrats discuss capital funds
4 June 2007A trans-Atlantic alliance to campaign for better regulation of hedge and private equity funds was launched in Brussels, bringing together progressive political forces on both sides of the Atlantic. Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, Congressman Read more...
