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Pictured from right: S&D MEP Aurore Lalucq, President of the European Committee of the Regions Vasco Cordeiro, European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights and PES Common Candidate Nicolas Schmit, and S&D EMPL Coordinator Agnes Jongerius at the European Committee of the Regions today.
Employment, Social affairs, Health

PES welcomes 23 million Euro EU funding for local employment guarantees

Enrico Letta
Economy, Finance, Cohesion

The Letta Report is a wake-up call to complete the Single Market for our green and social future

Front row from left: PES Vice President Andrzej Szejna, S&D Group President Iratxe García, PES President Stefan Löfven, Prime Minister of Spain Pedro Sánchez, Lead candidate of PvdA-GroenLinks Netherlands, Frans Timmermans, Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen, Prime Minister of Romania Marcel Ciolacu, and PES Vice-President and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia Tanja Fajon. Second row from left: PES Deputy Secretary General Yonnec Polet, PES Vice-President Radmila Šekerinska, PES Treasurer and Minister of Development Cooperation and Urban Policy of Belgium Caroline Gennez, PES Secretary General Achim Post, PvdA Netherlands leader Attje Kuiken, PS Belgium leader Paul Magnette, European Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni, European Commissioner Nicolas Schmit, PD Italy leader Elly Schlein, SDP Croatia leader Pedja Grbin, PES Vice-President and MEP Victor Negrescu, Vooruit Belgium leader Conner Rousseau and PES Executive Secretary General Giacomo Filibeck.

PES heads of state and government, EU Commissioners and leaders meet in Brussels

Heads of state and government, European Commissioners and leaders from the Party of European Socialists (PES) convened in Brussels, Belgium, today for a strategic discussion…

PES
Members of the PES Environment, Climate Change and Energy Network (ECEN) meeting in hybrid format

ECEN discusses strategy for a progressive COP28 outcome

Representatives of PES member parties, the S&D Group in the European Parliament and the PES Group in the European Committee of the Regions met today…

Environment, Climate, Energy
YES President Enric Lopez Jurado and YES Secretary General Sofie Amalie Stage at the YES Congress

PES congratulates new YES leadership

We are with you in the fight for a better future for young people, the Party of European Socialists (PES) said today as it welcomed…

Youth, Education, Inclusiveness
Pictured from left: Spain’s Minister for Justice Pilar Llop, Portugal’s Minister for Justice Catarina Sarmento e Castro, and Slovenia’s State Secretary for Justice Igor Šoltes

PES Justice Ministers: hold Russia accountable for its crimes in Ukraine

Meeting in Luxembourg this morning, socialist and democratic justice ministers from Slovenia, Portugal and Spain met to coordinate progressive priorities for EU justice policy. On…

Peace, International Affairs & Cooperation
Fighting for our future: socialist youth and PES unite for a better Europe for young people

Fighting for our future: socialist youth and PES unite for a better Europe for young people

A fair, sustainable and democratic Europe – that is what young progressives will demand later this week at the 16th Congress of the Young European…

Youth, Education, Inclusiveness
Family members mourn Naor Hassisim, a victim of the Kibbutz Kfar Aza attack last week by members of Hamas. Thousands of people, both Israeli and Palestinians, have died since Hamas entered southern Israel in a surprise attack which led Israel to declare war on Hamas in Gaza on October 8. Photo: GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP

PES statement on the Hamas attacks and the humanitarian situation in Gaza

The PES unequivocally condemns Hamas for the brutal terrorist attack it launched on Israel on 7 October. We call on Hamas to release the hostages…

Peace, International Affairs & Cooperation

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