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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the plenary in Strasbourg after delivering the State of the Union Address 2023.

PES on SOTEU: it’s time to finish what we started

Following today’s State of the European Union (SOTEU) speech, we send a clear message to the European Commission President: no distractions, no diversions, no delays…

PES
PES denounces Weber for trivialising asylum seekers’ deaths at Tunisia-Libya border

PES denounces Weber for trivialising asylum seekers’ deaths at Tunisia-Libya border

Callous comments today by the leader of the Christian Democrats is yet another sign that the EPP is mirroring a dangerous far-right approach on asylum…

Democracy, Justice, Rule of Law
PSOE election 2023

PES: Congratulations to PSOE for the impressive election result

The Party of European Socialists is thrilled by the great result, achieved by PSOE in the Spanish general election last Sunday. The Spanish socialists got…

Future of Europe & Neighbourhood
Participants at the PES EU-CELAC Summit 'Together for Global Justice'. Pictured front from left: Mette Frederiksen, Prime Minister of Denmark, António Costa, Prime Minister of Portugal, Gustavo Petro, President of Colombia, Stefan Löfven, President of the PES, Pedro Sánchez, Prime Minister of Spain, Lula da Silva, President of Brazil, Olaf Scholz, Chancellor of Germany, Alberto Fernández, President of Argentina, Gabriel Boric, President of Chile. Pictured second row, from left: Achim Post, Secretary General of the PES, Elly Schlein, leader of PD Italy, Iratxe García, President of the S&D Group in the European Parliament, Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Alicia Bárcena, Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, Frans Timmermans, Executive Vice President of the European Commission, Jutta Urpilainen, European Commissioner for International Partnerships, and Giacomo Filibeck, Executive Secretary General of the PES.

EU-CELAC: progressives united in fight against far-right threat to democracy, equality and sustainability

From Bolsonaro in Brazil to Vox in Spain, progressives, socialists and democrats will fight against right-wing, nationalist, and regressive forces in every corner of the…

Peace, International Affairs & Cooperation
Participants in the PES Democracy Network meeting by videoconference

PES Democracy Network: socialists will push back against far-right normalisation

Rising far-right influence – enabled by Christian democrats – presents a fundamental challenge to the European project, members of the Democracy Network of the Party…

Democracy, Justice, Rule of Law
Pictured from left: PES Deputy Secretary General Yonnec Polet, S&D Group Secretary General Antony Beumer, Portugal’s Secretary of State for the European Union Tiago Antunes, meeting Chair and Finland’s Minister for European Affairs and Ownership Steering Tytti Tuppurainen, Vice-President of the European Commission Maroš Šefčovič and S&D Group Vice-President Mohammed Chahim MEP

PES Europe ministers: EU must stay firm on rule of law defence

The European Union must always defend its fundamental principle: that citizens have the same basic rights in every member state. This demand was restated today…

Democracy, Justice, Rule of Law

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