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PES Common Candidate Nicolas Schmit and European Greens Spitzenkandidat Bas Eickhout after signing a joint statement pledging to never cooperate or form a coalition with the far-right at a PES event in Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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Rotterdam conference: progressives stand together for a democratic Europe

Election poster of Igor Peternel from the far-right “Homeland Movement” party, reading “Get up, stay”, in the centre of Zagreb, Croatia, on April 8, 2024. Photo: DAMIR SENCAR / AFP
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Croatia: door remains open to EPP-far-right cooperation in Europe

Members of the PES SEN meeting in person and online

SEN: finalise strong platform work directive now to help millions of workers

It’s time Europe guaranteed proper rights for 28 million platform workers – that was the message from progressive politicians and social partners meeting today in…

Employment, Social affairs, Health
Members of the PES Foreign Policy Network meeting by videoconference

Gaza hostages: militants must release children and allow immediate medical access, PES Foreign Policy Network demands

We call on Hamas, Islamic Jihad and any others holding Israeli children in Gaza to release them and to allow medical treatment for all those…

Peace, International Affairs & Cooperation
File photo: LSAP lead candidate and First Deputy Prime Minister of Luxembourg Paulette Lenert speaks at an LSAP event. Photo: LSAP

PES congratulates LSAP on positive election result

Solidarity, justice, security, sustainability and progress for all – thanks to a campaign focused on these themes, the Socialist Workers’ Party (LSAP) has secured a…

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Pictured near side: German State Secretary Rolf Schmachtenberg, far side from right: ETUC General Secretary Esther Lynch, meeting Chair Portuguese Minister Ana Mendes Godinho, European Commissioner Nicolas Schmit, and MEP Agnes Jongerius

PES EPSCO ministers: nine months left to deliver for Europe’s platform workers

With just months until the end of this European mandate, socialist and democratic employment and social affairs ministers are pushing ahead with policies that will…

Employment, Social affairs, Health
Israeli police officers evacuate a woman and a child from a site hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip, in Ashkelon, southern Israel, Saturday 7 October 2023. Photo: AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov

PES condemns shocking attacks on Israel

The Party of European Socialists (PES) condemns the large-scale surprise attacks on Israel on Saturday by the Palestinian militant group Hamas. PES President Stefan Löfven…

Peace, International Affairs & Cooperation
PES ministers back joint declaration: A Circular Economy for a New Industrial Strategy

PES ministers back joint declaration: A Circular Economy for a New Industrial Strategy

By combining sustainable mining and recycling, with sturdier and more repairable consumer goods, we can ensure Europe meets its raw material needs now and in…

Economy, Finance, Cohesion

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