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PES Europe ministers: the rule of law and the recovery both need to be upheld
The continued refusal of the right-wing governments in Hungary and Poland to endorse the MFF and Next Generation EU must neither lead to a watering down of the rule of law, nor jeopardize the recovery efforts, Europe ministers from the PES warned today. Europe is on the brink of profound institutional deadlock which will dash the hopes of millions of people hoping for a recovery from the economic and social crisis caused by Covid-19.
Social Europe Network adopts plan to put citizen’s wellbeing at the heart of policymaking
MEPs, representatives from PES member parties and organisations, trade unionists and civil society today endorsed a comprehensive policy document which aims to put wellbeing at the centre of society. This principle – the wellbeing of citizens – must be a guiding framework for European Union policy, the PES Social Europe Network (SEN) agreed today.
PES supports PSD against scorched earth campaign ahead of Romanian elections
The Party of European Socialists stands by its Romanian member party PSD against the dangerous language used by the right wing in the run-up to the general election and calls on the conservatives, in particular president Klaus Iohannis, to stop its scorched earth campaign against the PSD.
Europe’s progressives call for EPP and ECR to support democracy and prosperity for all Europeans
Member parties and organisations of the Party of European Socialists today jointly called on the European People’s Party and the European Conservatives and Reformists to take swift and decisive action to protect the Rule of Law, democracy, and the social and economic recovery of Europe.
PES ministers back stronger rights for platform workers
Technological progress and digitisation must no longer benefit big business alone – workers in the platform economy deserve better working conditions and stronger social protection. Progressives will support EU efforts to achieve this, a meeting of PES Ministers for Employment and Social Affairs agreed today.
Solidarity and responsibility sharing must define EU approach to migration and asylum
The New Pact on Migration and Asylum must be guided by the principles of solidarity and responsibility sharing: Maltese, Greek, Spanish and Italian borders are our common European borders, the PES Migration and Integration Network stated today.
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