News & press releases

PES President meets Montenegro Foreign Minister on country’s progress on EU path

PES President Poul Nyrup Rasmussen met the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro, Milan Roćen, during his visit to Brussels to attend the 3rd EU-Montenegro Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee (SAPC).

PES President Poul Nyrup Rasmussen meets with Zlatko Lagumdžija, SDP Bosnia-Herzegovina Leader

On 14 October 2010, PES President Poul Nyrup Rasmussen met with SDP Bosnian Leader Zlatko Lagumdžija after his sweeping victory in the Bosnian Presidential and Parliamentary elections.

Democratic Party of Moldova welcomed into PES Family

The Party of European Socialists (PES), at its Presidency meeting held in Brussels on October 14th, unanimously voted to accept the membership application of the Democratic Party of Moldova. The progressive Moldovan partner party had applied for the political affiliation earlier this year.

High-level meeting between PES President Poul Nyrup Rasmussen and new CHP Chairman Mr. Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu

On September 16th 2010, PES President Poul Nyrup Rasmussen met with the recently elected CHP Turkey Chairman Mr. Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu. Discussions at the bilateral meeting focused on Turkey’s accession to the EU, the referendum on constitutional reform of September 12 2010 and increasing PES-CHP cooperation.

Le Parti socialiste européen lance sa campagne annuelle sur les droits liés à la santé maternelle à l’occasion de la Journée internationale de la Femme

 Mme Gurmai a lancé la campagne du PSE Femmes Mon corps – Mes droits ! en rappelant que cette dernière s’axera sur trois piliers :…

PES activists contributions

PES activists are members of PES member parties that are active on European level. We can proudly state that we are the only European Party that has 20,000 grassroots activists from all Member States and there are even more than 80 local groups connected to the PES activists city group network.

In the forerun to the Congress, the PES has received written contributions by some PES activists. We would like to present their ideas here as “food for thought” for future debates on European Social Democracy. Feel free to add your view by commenting on this blog post.

27 Roses – Prague PES Congress and European activism – letter to Martine Aubry
27 Roses – Thematical contribution: economy, ecology, social
Paris federation contribution to the PES Congress in Prague
Motion of the eurosocialists in Geneva
PES Lille group – A unique social democratic candidate to the Presidency of the European Commission