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Pictured from left: Agnes Jongerius, EMPL Coordinator, Member of the European Parliament, S&D, Nicolas Schmit, European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights, Ana Mendes Godinho, meeting Chair and Minister of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security, Portugal, and Yonnec Polet, Deputy Secretary General, PES.
Employment, Social affairs, Health

Finalise platform work directive and improve life for millions, PES EPSCO demands

Israel-Gaza: PES president welcomes the ceasefire agreement and hostages release
Peace, International Affairs & Cooperation

Israel-Gaza: PES president welcomes the ceasefire agreement and hostages release

António Costa Silva, Minister of Economy and Maritime Affairs, Portugal (centre) and Yonnec Polet PES Deputy Secretary General (right) at the COMPET meeting today

PES ministers celebrate tax transparency for multinationals

Progressive ministers look forward to greater tax transparency from large multinationals in the European Union, as the deadline for transposition into national law of the…

Economy, Finance, Cohesion
Pictured front row, left to right: Vice President Sebastian Pay, President Dajana Bakić, and Board Member Jessica Ekerbring. Pictured second row, left to right: Treasurer Carola Ebhardt, Vice President Sam Van de Putte, Board Member Victor Gutierrez Santiago, and Secretary General Ian Dylan Thomas.

Rainbow Rose elects new leadership team

Last weekend Rainbow Rose held its General Assembly in Brussels, hosted by Vooruit Belguim and its LGBTI network Regenboog.Rood and PS Belgium. The growing right-wing…

Gender Equality, Feminism, Diversity
PES in Porto to put Social Pillar in motion

PES in Porto to put Social Pillar in motion

One year out from the European elections, socialists from across Europe will return to Porto, Portugal, to discuss a key column of the socialist programme:…

Employment, Social affairs, Health
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, joint presidential candidate for six opposition parties, speaks to a large crowd of supporters ahead of Sunday’s elections

PES: 45% of Turkish citizens vote for democratic change

The campaign continues and European socialists hope all those demanding change in Türkiye seize the opportunity of the presidential runoff vote to make change happen….

Future of Europe & Neighbourhood
Members of the PES Women Executive meeting today by videoconference

PES Women: gender equality is a fundamental EU value that must be protected

Following the celebration of Europe Day on May 9, PES Women Executive members met to discuss how equality – a fundamental EU value – can…

Gender Equality, Feminism, Diversity
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu leader of CHP - flanked by İYİ Parti leader Meral Akşener (left) and Saadet Partisi leader Temel Karamollaoğlu (right) - speaking after he was confirmed as the Turkish opposition's joint candidate to run against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Turkey's Presidential elections in May. Ankara, Turkey, 6 March 2023. Alp EREN KAYA / Republican People's Party (CHP) Press Service / AFP

PES supports Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu’s pledge to fast-track EU visa liberalisation process for Turkish citizens

The Party of European Socialists (PES), as the second largest political family represented in the EU, supports the opposition’s joint presidential candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu’s pledge…

Future of Europe & Neighbourhood

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