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PES develops a coordination strategy to ensure socialists are the first political force in 2019
A joint meeting of the S&D Bureau and the SPD Parliamentary group leadership took place on 30 September in the European Parliament. In the course of the meeting the leader of the S&D Group in the European Parliament Gianni Pitella and the PES leader Sergei Stanishev discussed with their German colleagues the need to enhance cooperation and improve coordination between the S&D Group, the PES and the sister parties on a national level.
Stanishev demands Juncker’s Commission implement concrete jobs and growth investment strategy at EP hearing
PES President Sergei Stanishev today told European Commission President designate, Jean-Claude Juncker that Socialist support for his Commission Presidency depends on his commitment to key progressive policies. Opening the questions at the S&D Group hearing of Mr Juncker this morning, Stanishev recalled the ten-point policy programme he proposed to fellow Socialist party leaders at the PES Pre-Council meeting on 26 June.
PES Congratulates new S&D Group President Gianni Pittella
The PES offers its congratulations to Gianni Pittella MEP, who was elected this week as Group President of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament. Pittella represents the Italian Partito Democratico, who officially joined the PES in March 2014.
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