11 Jun

PES Congress, Budapest 2015

11 - 12 Jun 2015 Budapest
PES Congress, Budapest 2015

Almost a thousand participants and several European Leaders descended on Budapest in a strong display of solidarity with MSZP leader Jozsef Tobias. They met together to discuss job creation, investment and the future of social democracy in Europe.

PES Women Annual Conference

On the 11 and 12 of June, PES Women held its Annual Conference “Power to Women”, including interactive debates, quizzes, presentations and the adoption of the resolution on ‘Feminism in the 21st Century‘. On the first of the conference, Zita Gurmai was re-elected as head of PES Women.

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Sergei Stanishev Re-elected as PES President
June 12, 2015

Sergei Stanishev Re-elected as PES President

Stanishev elected at PES Congress in Budapest
The ex Bulgarian Prime Minister, and incumbent Party of European Socialists (PES) President Sergei Stanishev has been re-elected as the PES President at the party’s congress in Budapest.

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Leaders of left unite in Hungary for jobs and democracy
June 12, 2015

Leaders of left unite in Hungary for jobs and democracy

Jobs, democracy and peace will be the key topics when Leaders of the Party of European Socialists meet tonight in Budapest to discuss their priorities for Europe. Acutely aware of the crisis still affecting people Europe they discussed ways of helping Europeans into work and out of poverty. Leaders including Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven and European Parliament President Martin Schulz met together to discuss closer collaboration on social policies – including the creation of a European Social Union and the social economy as well as concrete measures for ensuring democracy where it is threatened such as the democracy scoreboard.

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New European Socialist Leadership Elected
June 13, 2015

New European Socialist Leadership Elected

PES agrees on direction for coming years
The Party of European Socialists – the party which unites socialists from across Europe and beyond, has elected a new leadership.
The leadership represents a balance of women and men, hailing from geographically diverse regions of Europe. The Secretary General will remain Achim Post and the Vice Presidents are Jean-Christophe Cambadélis – Leader, PS France, Carin Jämtin – Secretary General, SAP Sweden, Katarina Nevedalova – International Secretary, SMER-SD Slovakia and Jan Royall – Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords, Labour UK. The Treasurer will be Ruairi Quinn, TD – Irish Labour.

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