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PES celebrates International Pride Day in Madrid
Gender Equality, Feminism, Diversity

PES celebrates International Pride Day in Madrid

UK Labour leader
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PES congratulates Keir Starmer and the Labour Party on a stunning election victory

Closing the gender pay gap 2018: Focusing on pensions
February 28, 2018

Closing the gender pay gap 2018: Focusing on pensions

PES Women launches its 2018 Gender Pay Gap campaign today (28 February), on European Equal Pay Day. Equal Pay Day is the day each year in spring until which women would have to work to earn the same as their male colleagues in the previous year.

Gender Equality, Feminism, Diversity
PES General Affairs ministers discuss EU budget and rule of law in Poland
February 27, 2018

PES General Affairs ministers discuss EU budget and rule of law in Poland

European affairs ministers from the Party of European Socialists in a meeting today in Brussels discussed the budget priorities of the EU 2020 and the state of the rule of law in Poland.

Democracy, Justice, Rule of Law
PES prime ministers discuss Spitzenkandidat and long-term EU budget
February 23, 2018

PES prime ministers discuss Spitzenkandidat and long-term EU budget

Prime ministers and European Commissioners from Europe’s progressive family today restated their determination that the next President of the European Commission must not be appointed behind closed doors, but must instead be the candidate able to command majority support in the European Parliament following the 2019 elections.

Democracy, Justice, Rule of Law
PES president explains progressive stance in ‘jobs & digital economy’ discussion
February 21, 2018

PES president explains progressive stance in ‘jobs & digital economy’ discussion

The PES is leading the fight to address the unwanted consequences of digitisation.

Employment, Social affairs, Health
PES pledges solidarity with imprisoned Turkish MPs
February 20, 2018

PES pledges solidarity with imprisoned Turkish MPs

The Party of European Socialists stands with its friends and allies in Turkey in their fight for human rights and the rule of law, and against political oppression, PES secretary general Giacomo Filibeck told the congress of Halkların Demokratik Partisi (People’s Democratic Party, HDP) last week.

Peace, International Affairs & Cooperation
PES finance ministers call for a strong EU post-2020 budget of cohesion, investment and unity
February 19, 2018

PES finance ministers call for a strong EU post-2020 budget of cohesion, investment and unity

Finance ministers from the PES family today discussed the political priorities of the EU Budget post-2020.

Economy, Finance, Cohesion

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