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PES heads of state and Government say EU summit fight is about jobs and real solidarity, not picking off countries one by one
The European Council summit meeting today “should have as its aim objective to create more and better jobs”, said Party of European Socialists’ (PES) President, Sergei Stanishev. He added “instead, we see yet more attempts to dilute the sense of shared economic and social standards and decision-making”.
PES President says Commission President Barroso could be accused of trying to hide the effects of the economic crisis as Social Communication stripped of key measures
Sergei Stanishev, President of the Party of European Socialists (PES) today urged Jose Manuel Barroso, the European Commission President to make the upcoming communication on the social dimension of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) part of a ‘radical overhaul’ of EU policy. In an official letter to the Commission head, Mr. Stanishev has stated that the Commission runs the risk of being accused of hiding the effects of the economic crisis.
PES Prime Ministers and Presidents call on EU summit to honour June pledge for more jobs and growth
“To have credibility with the citizens of Europe we must follow through on our commitments” says Stanishev.
Meeting to prepare positions ahead of today’s European Summit, the Party of European Socialists’ Prime Ministers and Heads of State, have called for pledges for more European solidarity ‘to be honoured’. The meeting participants, who included French PresidentFrançois Hollande, called for a swifter implementation of the Compact for Growth and Jobs agreed in June. The push comes after increasing frustration from progressive party leaders that the timetable on the jobs and growth deal were slipping.
PES Prime Ministers meeting call on European Council to recognise need for investment
“A fiscal compact on its own will not provide solutions”. These were the words of the Party of European Socialists (PES) President, Sergei Stanishev following a pre-European Council meeting of PES Prime Ministers. Answering questions on the European Council debate, PES President Sergei Stanishev said that there needs to be clearly identified sources of financing. “Otherwise it is empty rhetoric”, said the PES President. Referencing the draft conclusions before the Council he commented; “Centre-right politicians need to make a leap from what are just words on a page to a genuine list of action points that can actually have an impact on people’s lives”.
A European Work Programme or a European Job Loss Programme?” PES criticize European Commission work programme priorities
Alors que la Commission européenne présentait aujourd’hui son programme de travail pour 2010, le président du Parti socialiste européen (PSE), Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, estime que “le programme de travail ne reflète en rien le courage politique dont elle devrait faire preuve pour faire face à la crise économique et financière actuelle”.
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