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Since the last presidential election on 25th October 2009, the human rights situation has worsened recently in Tunisia. In a widely-contested election, President Zine Al-Abidine Ben Ali was re-elected to a fifth mandate. Since the presidential

Commenting on the controversy in Italy over the return of migrants at sea to Libya, PES President Poul Nyrup Rasmussen said "Italy is breeching international law and quite possibly EU policy. Berlusconi is wrong to flout international law and

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

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

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

PES President Poul Nyrup Rasmussen met the President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas, with Socialist Group Leader Martin Schulz and French Parti Socialiste Leader Martine Aubry in the European Parliament in Strasbourg.Poul Nyrup Rasmussen

PES President Poul Nyrup Rasmussen today warned “There is no military solution to the insecurity of life in and around Gaza. Only a comprehensive political agreement between Israel and Palestine will create the conditions for peace and