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Sergei Stanishev Re-elected as PES President
June 12, 2015

Sergei Stanishev Re-elected as PES President

Stanishev elected at PES Congress in Budapest
The ex Bulgarian Prime Minister, and incumbent Party of European Socialists (PES) President Sergei Stanishev has been re-elected as the PES President at the party’s congress in Budapest.

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Zita Gurmai re-elected as PES Women President
June 11, 2015

Zita Gurmai re-elected as PES Women President

Socialists arrive in Budapest to debate Europe and Hungary
Zita Gurmai has been re-elected as head of the European Socialists women’s’ organization (PES Women) at the PES Women annual conference in Budapest, taking place ahead of the PES Congress 2015.

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PES announces candidates for Presidency
May 29, 2015

PES announces candidates for Presidency

Sergei Stanishev and Enrique Barón have been announced as the two candidates for the position of PES President. The vote for, and announcement of, the next President will take place at the PES Congress on 12 June 2015 in Budapest, Hungary. Both are experienced politicians at National and European levels, having had careers in both the domestic and European political spheres.

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PES Presidency: “Portugal and Spain – 30 years of accession to the European Union: A new impulse for convergence in Spain and Portugal”
May 28, 2015

PES Presidency: “Portugal and Spain – 30 years of accession to the European Union: A new impulse for convergence in Spain and Portugal”

PES Presidency Statement welcoming the Partido Socialista’s and Partido Socialista Obrero Español’s plan for a new impulse for convergence in Spain and Portugal.

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PES Study Group on Abstention meeting to discuss innovative electoral systems
April 29, 2015

PES Study Group on Abstention meeting to discuss innovative electoral systems

Abstention and apathy are big democratic problems in Europe; creating a democratic deficit, preventing people from being heard in their political systems or from actively using their civic right. The PES has in 2014 launched a study group on abstention in order to combat this issue and find ways to encourage more people who are eligible, to vote, and potentially to extend those who are eligible. Abstention from voting is a problem in domestic elections, but is even worse at the European elections, where the EU average voter turn-out is 42.6%. This figure would be even lower were it not for the fact that in Belgium and Luxembourg voting is compulsory and turnout in those countries is almost 90%.

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PES strengthens cooperation with national parties
March 23, 2015

PES strengthens cooperation with national parties

PES holds a joint seminar with BSP on campaign management ahead of local elections in Bulgaria.
A seminar on local elections, jointly organised by PES and the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) was held over the weekend in Varna, Bulgaria. The seminar attracted a large number of prominent participants, including PES President Sergei Stanishev and PES Secretary General Achim Post, BSP leadership including Chairman Mihail Mikov, Members of Parliament, local politicians, party activists and young people. During the seminar, experts from the socialist parties in Germany, Sweden and Croatia shared their experience on making local elections and campaigns.

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