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PES warns against any abuse of social media in electoral processes and calls for actions to defend European democracy 

Malta Bidget 2025
Economy, Finance, Cohesion

PES commends Partit Laburista for the progressive 2025 budget of Malta

The world needs progressive refugee policies

The world needs progressive refugee policies

Progressive refugee policies will literally make the difference between life and death for thousands of men, women and children, argues the PES on World Refugee Day.

Peace, International Affairs & Cooperation
PES calls on all member parties to support Tsipras- Zaev agreement

PES calls on all member parties to support Tsipras- Zaev agreement

The Party of European Socialists calls for all progressives and its member parties to support the historic agreement on the decade-long name dispute and for the governments of Athens and Skopje that reached it.

Future of Europe & Neighbourhood
Turkey must release detained politician before elections

Turkey must release detained politician before elections

The presidents of the PES and the Socialists & Democrats group in the European Parliament have issued a joint statement calling for free and fair elections in Turkey, including the release of opposition leader Selahattin Demirtaş.

Peace, International Affairs & Cooperation
PES welcomes historic agreement between Athens and Skopje

PES welcomes historic agreement between Athens and Skopje

The PES warmly welcomes the agreement reached by prime ministers Alexis Tsipras and Zoran Zaev, and the governments in Athens and Skopje, in the long-running dispute over the name of the former Yugoslav republic.

Future of Europe & Neighbourhood
PES to finalise common candidate selection procedure

PES to finalise common candidate selection procedure

The Party of European Socialists will finalise the programme for selecting its common candidate for the 2019 elections at a special meeting in Riga, Latvia later this month.

Democracy, Justice, Rule of Law
PES: Italian right-wing populists risk innocent lives for electoral gain

PES: Italian right-wing populists risk innocent lives for electoral gain

The new government of Italy, an alliance of populists and the far right, has refused to allow a rescue ship to dock in the southern Italian port of Palermo because it fears a loss of support in local elections.

Democracy, Justice, Rule of Law

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